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AI Deepfakes Spread Health Misinformation on TikTok

AI Deepfakes Spread Health Misinformation on TikTok

Update: 2025-12-05
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AI deepfakes are manipulating health experts images and audio to promote unproven supplements on TikTok, as revealed by Full Fact. Professor David Taylor-Robinson, one of the victims, discovered fourteen doctored videos falsely showing him endorsing products. Despite TikToks eventual removal, the ease of creating deepfakes poses a significant threat to public health information.

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AI Deepfakes Spread Health Misinformation on TikTok

AI Deepfakes Spread Health Misinformation on TikTok