For years, the influence of fake news and the manipulation of public and political perception has been a threat to political systems. During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories have risen to new...
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "Hany Farid, professor in digital forensics at the University of California, Berkeley, said of the fake Zelensky video: 'The next time the president goes on television, some people might think, ‘Wait a minute – is this real?’ I suspect it’s the tip of the iceberg.'"
Deep fakes appear to be playing a role in the Russia-Ukraine war, demonstrating its potent potential. Recently, Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey spoke on a video call with an individual posing as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Giffey abruptly ended the...
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid interviewed on R2 Radio, the public broadcaster of the Stare of Hesse, on the subject of deep fakes.
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, an internationally recognized expert in digital forensics, misinformation, algorithmic amplification, image analysis, and hashing technology, is a professor at UC Berkeley with a joint appointment in Electrical...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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