A doctored video of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is being circulated amid criticism that the tech giant isn’t doing enough to combat disinformation. A short clip posted on Instagram, a platform owned by Facebook, supposedly shows Zuckerberg speaking directly into the camera and boasting of his company’s supposed control of people’s data. Spectre showed me that whoever controls the data controls the future.” — Mark Zuckerberg in fake videoFACEBOOK IGNORES HILLARY CLINTON, NANCY PELOSI AMID GROWING BACKLASH OVER DOCTORED VIDEOThe existence of the so-called “deepfake” video of Zuckerberg was first reported by VICE. The clip was likely created as a test for Facebook rather than a genuine attempt at deceiving people. A spokeswoman for Instagram insisted that the fake video of Zuckerberg is handled the same way as the fake video of Pelosi and other misinformation.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2019 09:11 UTC