It's worse than that. The link below shows three deepfake videos - the Zuckerberg one, one of Trump, and one of Kim Kardashian (you have to click the "READ MORE" button to see the videos).
The Trump video is obviously faked because the voice is wrong - but it's his image saying the words. The other two are hard to tell unless you look very closely - and who looks closely at a video? The technology is only going to get better. The mainstream media companies (those you call "fake news") have standards and practices in place that require them to authenticate a video before airing it. Fox dropped the ball when they allowed Lou Dobbs to air an obviously faked video of Nancy Pelosi; he should probably be suspended, if not fired. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube - where these videos usually surface - have no standards and practices policies in place.
This is only going to get worse as we head into the 2020 election.
Here's the link I was referring to. Again, click the READ MORE button to get to the videos. Despite what you might think about the website and its content, the videos are actual videos found on Facebook or Instagram (owned by Facebook)
http://news.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxgj3/facebook-refuses-to-remove-deepfakes-of-zuckerberg-trump-and-kardashian |