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Deepfake ‘news’ videos worsen misinformation in Venezuela

UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government
A video on YouTube channel ‘House of News’ last month employed avatars to broadcast misinformation in support of Nicolás Maduro’s administration

As Venezuela prepared for carnival season last month, an English-language video was published on the “House of News” YouTube channel. Its presenter Noah lauded an alleged tourism boom as millions of citizens flocked to the country’s Caribbean islands to party.

The report, which was widely circulated in media supportive of President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government, suggested claims about widespread impoverishment in oil-rich Venezuela had been “exaggerated”.

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