Bloomberg debate video would violate Twitter’s deepfake policy, but not Facebook’s

Bloomberg debate video would violate Twitter’s deepfake policy, but not Facebook’s

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Las Vegas Ahead Of Nevada Caucuses

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As platforms prepare for the upcoming 2020 election season, Twitter and Facebook are divided on whether a video posted by the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign would violate their policies on manipulated media.

On Thursday, Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign posted a video to Twitter that was edited to make it appear as though there was a long, embarrassing silence from Bloomberg’s Democratic opponents after he mentioned that he was the only candidate to have ever started a business during Wednesday night’s debate. Candidates like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg are shown searching for the words to respond to Bloomberg’s challenge.

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Bloomberg debate video would violate Twitter’s deepfake policy, but not Facebook’s
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