Hi @neavvy thanks for the memo
Your memo about deepfake got me here.
Wow this is so alarming right!

Now let us take a few steps back and try to see thinks more objectively.
Yes all the cases you bring forth point towards the possibility of the abuse of technology to create fake videos and news.
However if we trace the invention of photoshop which lead to the ability to produce doctored images. Soon experts came into existence that helped us distinguish the original from the doctored or photoshoped ones.
Now lets look into the future and try to find out the solution.
with the bitrh of the tech that could abuse the system by planting false news, I am sure with automation and AI we would be able to create a bot army which would be able to identy and block any fake news created