Hello and welcome to our programme. Over the next half an hour, well bring you some of the highlights and original journalism from our programme over the last week. First, two clips were published this week depicting borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn endorsing each other for Prime Minister. Well show you them in a moment. But these false, manufactured videos are known as deep fakes and were published by a Group Calling itself future advocacy. They specialise in the challenges of new technologies and they want all Political Parties to Work Together to tackle the threats posed by fake videos and other disinformation online. Heres our exclusive film. Hi, folks. Im here with a very special message. Once upon a time, i called for a kind and gentler politics. These two deep fake videos have hit the internet, timed for the election. One shows Boris Johnson endorsing Jeremy Corbyn. Endorse my worthy opponent, the right honourableJeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister. And the other showsJeremy Corbyn
Timed for the election. One shows Boris Johnson endorsing jeremy corbyn. Endorse my worthy opponent, the right honourablejeremy corbyn to be Prime Minister. And other showsjeremy corbyn backing borisjohnson. Back Boris Johnson to continue as our Prime Minister. Weve been behind the scenes for the whole making of. First up, the team identify the people they want to make into a deep fake and choose a target video. Thats the video youll see in the end result. It is to be longer in duration than the finished product. The source video is. Wouldnt look like this. The background would be the same, the suit would be the same. 0k. The mouth would move differently. We want to have a bit of humour but in a way that isnt offensive. Weve literally spent hours and hours reviewing the videos. Borisjohnson does a lot of videos. He has loads of videos. Whereas corbyn jess tends to do ten minutes. I really like this video. The problem with it is a reflection on his glasses which is difficult to replicat
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