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  "id": 124961,
  "title": " Facebook bans 'deepfake' videos in run-up to US election",
  "url": "/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/124961",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-01-07T18:37:52.360370500Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>Interesting article given where we are. I wonder do FB already have algorithms for detecting this...</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election\">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election</a></p>",
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      "id": "712939",
      "postDate": "01/07/2020 18:37:52",
      "content": "<p>Interesting article given where we are. I wonder do FB already have algorithms for detecting this...</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election\">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Interesting article given where we are. I wonder do FB already have algorithms for detecting this...\n\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election",
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      "id": "712961",
      "postDate": "01/07/2020 19:09:36",
      "content": "<p>\"The video, spread by Trump supporters including Rudy Giuliani, was edited, but not using any technique more complex than slowing down the raw footage and pitch-shifting the audio.\"</p>\n\n<p>This caught my attention in the link you posted.  Seems like a good description for some our fakes!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "\"The video, spread by Trump supporters including Rudy Giuliani, was edited, but not using any technique more complex than slowing down the raw footage and pitch-shifting the audio.\"\n\nThis caught my attention in the link you posted.  Seems like a good description for some our fakes!",
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      "id": "716712",
      "postDate": "01/12/2020 06:08:58",
      "content": "<p>I think for a majority of such competitions (hosted by big companies), there are already internal benchmarks and existing algorithms. The competition results enable them to learn and understand to what extent can models be pushed and what new features, ideas, approaches can be used to solve the problem that the internal teams might not have considered.</p>\n\n<p>And the ROI is quite good considering the amount of information the host gets in 2-3 months for the prize money as investment.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think for a majority of such competitions (hosted by big companies), there are already internal benchmarks and existing algorithms. The competition results enable them to learn and understand to what extent can models be pushed and what new features, ideas, approaches can be used to solve the problem that the internal teams might not have considered.\n\nAnd the ROI is quite good considering the amount of information the host gets in 2-3 months for the prize money as investment.",
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      "id": "754231",
      "postDate": "02/23/2020 08:51:15",
      "content": "<p>About Facebook investments in academic research for fighting DeepFake: <a href=\"https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/\">https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "About Facebook investments in academic research for fighting DeepFake: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/",
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  "comments": [
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      "id": 712961,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/07/2020 19:09:36",
      "content": "<p>\"The video, spread by Trump supporters including Rudy Giuliani, was edited, but not using any technique more complex than slowing down the raw footage and pitch-shifting the audio.\"</p>\n\n<p>This caught my attention in the link you posted.  Seems like a good description for some our fakes!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 716712,
      "author_name": "rohanrao",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/12/2020 06:08:58",
      "content": "<p>I think for a majority of such competitions (hosted by big companies), there are already internal benchmarks and existing algorithms. The competition results enable them to learn and understand to what extent can models be pushed and what new features, ideas, approaches can be used to solve the problem that the internal teams might not have considered.</p>\n\n<p>And the ROI is quite good considering the amount of information the host gets in 2-3 months for the prize money as investment.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 754231,
      "author_name": "gpreda",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/23/2020 08:51:15",
      "content": "<p>About Facebook investments in academic research for fighting DeepFake: <a href=\"https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/\">https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/</a></p>",
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    "712939": "Interesting article given where we are. I wonder do FB already have algorithms for detecting this...\n\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election",
    "712961": "\"The video, spread by Trump supporters including Rudy Giuliani, was edited, but not using any technique more complex than slowing down the raw footage and pitch-shifting the audio.\"\n\nThis caught my attention in the link you posted.  Seems like a good description for some our fakes!",
    "716712": "I think for a majority of such competitions (hosted by big companies), there are already internal benchmarks and existing algorithms. The competition results enable them to learn and understand to what extent can models be pushed and what new features, ideas, approaches can be used to solve the problem that the internal teams might not have considered.\n\nAnd the ROI is quite good considering the amount of information the host gets in 2-3 months for the prize money as investment.",
    "754231": "About Facebook investments in academic research for fighting DeepFake: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfake-detection-challenge/"
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