Facebook wants to combat deepfakes by making its own

The Next Web
By Ravie LakshmananSep 6, 2019, 3:02 am120 pts
With algorithmically-generated fabricated videos, otherwise called deepfakes, on the rise, Facebook is teaming up with Microsoft and seven academic institutions in the US for a Deepfake Detection Challenge. The contest — meant to develop technology for detecting deepfakes and prevent people from falling prey…

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