Episode 22
Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka
This week, we are speaking to Craig Ryder, a Doctoral Researcher & Digital Anthropologist at SOAS, University of London on Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka. Craig is a digital anthropologist concerned with disinformation, social media and the nascent technology of synthetic media. Building on his journalism experience in Sri Lanka, Craig’s PhD research looks to not only understand the impact of fake news on democracy but how communities are mitigating its effect.
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Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera
Editor: Eliza Bacon
Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare
Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis
Resources:
Read the Fair Observer article In Sri Lanka, Cartoonists Take on the Alt-Right on online and offline threats to journalism and the information eco-system.
Read about Rana Ayyub’s experience with deepfake attacks I Was The Victim Of A Deepfake Porn Plot Intended To Silence Me via The Huffington Post.
The Verge article Distorted Nancy Pelosi videos show platforms aren’t ready to fight dirty campaign tricks, goes into deepfakes and political manipulation.
The Next Web article Chinese face-swapping app goes viral, invites criticism over privacy clause questions privacy in the age of deepfakes.
The Guardian article To fix the problem of deepfakes we must treat the cause, not the symptoms expands on the context that encourage fake information.
The BBC News article Deepfake videos 'double in nine months, raises alarm over the number of the increase in deepfakes online.
The BBC article Google makes deepfakes to fight deep-fakes goes into how some platforms are responding to deepfakes.
On YouTube one of the the creators of one of the early Obama deepfakes speaks about the ethical considerations of the technology in the video Fake videos of real people -- and how to spot them.
Chinese ‘Deepfake’ Creator Says Videos Meant to Educate Public in the Sixth Tone article.
The Guardian article The rise of the deepfake and the threat to democracy warns of deepfake threats.