"Deepfakes and other manipulated videos put the integrity of democratic elections at risk, a group of experts told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday.
A hearing, titled "Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age" and held by the subcommittee on Consumer Protection, focused on the wide range of online fraud and manipulation on the internet. Monika Bickert, the vice president of Facebook global policy management, was joined by three other experts on the topic. They were Joan Donovan, a research director at the Harvard Kennedy School, Tristan Harris, executive director at the Center for Humane Technology, and Justin Hurwitz, an associate professor at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
But some action needs to be taken, said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat from Illinois who chairs the subcommittee that held the hearing. She said she considered the suggestion of another lawmaker that Facebook allow a third-party audit of its policies in advance of the 2020 presidential election to be a good first step. The next step could be regulation."
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