‘Politicians fear this like fire’: The rise of the deepfake and the threat to democracy
By: Simon Parkin June 22, 2019 On 4 May 2016, Jimmy Fallon, the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, appeared in a sketch dressed as Donald Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee. Wearing a blond wig and three coats of bronzer, he pretended to phone Barack Obama – played by Dion Flynn – to brag […]