THE ROLE OF DEEPFAKES IN MALIGN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS - Giles, Keir 1968-; Hartmann, Kim; Mustaffa, Munira; Reynolds, Anna (NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, 2019)
In early 2019 Katie Jones, a young researcher based in Washington DC, set up a new profile for herself on LinkedIn. She filled in her biographical details—degrees from the University of Michigan, a present position at the prestigious CSIS think tank—and set about building her network of contacts. There was nothing unusual about a new profile being set up on LinkedIn; thousands are created every day. It was not even unusual that Katie Jones was entirely fictitious; with no checks on the identity of individuals creating these profiles, there is nothing to prevent someone from assuming any identity they choose
Keywords: Media studies; Government/Political systems; Security and defense; Politics and communication; ICT Information and Communications Technologies