🧵 1. UK consumer finance champion Martin Lewis warns of an-generated deepfake video circulating on Facebook, promoting a scam investment opportunity with Elon Musk. #tech
🧵 1. UK consumer finance champion Martin Lewis warns of an-generated deepfake video circulating on Facebook, promoting a scam investment opportunity with Elon Musk. #tech
🧵 2. Lewis has previously sued Facebook over scam ads misusing his image but the deepfake video featuring him is a "terrifying development".
🧵 3. Deepfake video scam, featuring Lewis, is the first of its kind. He calls for proper regulation of scam ads and highlights the urgent need for action against scammers.
🧵 4. Lewis settled his defamation suit against Facebook in 2019, but losses to scams in the UK hit £1.3 billion last year. Despite some changes by Facebook, more needs to be done to protect users.
🧵 Read more at: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/07/martin-lewis-deepfake-scam-ad-facebook/
If only there was a way to verify where videos of this nature originated!
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