Twitter Releases Its Draft of Potential Rules Covering Deepfakes

Feedback will be accepted on its synthetic and manipulated media policy through Nov. 27

Twitter said last month that it would release a draft of its potential rules on deepfakes, and it did so Monday.

The social network said in a series of tweets in October that its new policy will address content that has been “significantly altered or created in a way that changes the original meaning/purpose, or makes it seem like certain events took place that didn’t actually happen.”

Vice president of trust and safety Del Harvey said in a blog post Monday that Twitter defines synthetic and manipulated media as any photo, audio or video that was significantly altered or fabricated in a way that intends to mislead people or changes its original meaning.

She also shared the following draft of an addition to the Twitter rules for public comment:

Twitter may:

  • Place a notice next to tweets that share synthetic or manipulated media;
  • Warn people before they share or like tweets with synthetic or manipulated...
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