New: We& #39;re releasing a potted guide to recognizing GAN-created imagery in the wild, with input from @MuniraMustaffa, @HaoLi81, and others. Read it to understand how we determined Oliver Taylor was a fake - and how you can spot similar creations. https://graphics.reuters.com/CYBER-DEEPFAKE/ACTIVIST/nmovajgnxpa/index.html">https://graphics.reuters.com/CYBER-DEE...
He blogged a fair bit as well for the @TimesofIsrael. Much of his work was either innocuous or at least uncontroversial: light pieces about Jewish guilt, or how religious Jews could adapt to the coronavirus pandemic. See for example:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200319152238/https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/replacing-minyans-with-meditation-in-times-of-corona/">https://web.archive.org/web/20200...
Taylor - who describes himself as a poli-sci student at the University of Birmingham - seems pretty keen on attacking the couple. He also has a similar piece published by @ArutzSheva_En saying that Masri has "ties to many nefarious figures."
https://web.archive.org/web/20200505222018/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25559">https://web.archive.org/web/20200...
Deepfakes have been used to populate profiles used in an alleged Epoch Times-linked disinformation campaign exposed by Facebook earlier this year, for example. And last week the excellent @arawnsley of @thedailybeast exposed not one but several deepfake op-ed writers like Taylor.
Here& #39;s the Graphika& #39;s report on "Fake Face Swarm" (CORRECTION: it was late last year, not earlier this year) https://graphika.com/reports/operationffs-fake-face-swarm/

And">https://graphika.com/reports/o... here& #39;s @arawnsley& #39;s piece for The Beast, from last week:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign">https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-win...
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