Distorted videos Pelosi, altered to make her appear drunk and slurring, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation spreads at the speed of the Web
By Drew Harwell Drew Harwell National technology reporter covering artificial intelligence Email Bio Follow May 23 at 10:32 PM Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , altered to make her sound as if she’s drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can now grow at the speed of the Web.
The origin of the altered video remains unclear but its spread across social media comes amid a growing feud between congressional Democrats and Trump. In addition to links from multiple YouTube and Twitter accounts, the video has appeared in the comments sections of message boards and regional news outlets.
Analyses of the distorted Center for American Progress video by Washington Post journalists and outside researchers indicate that the video has been slowed to about 75 percent of its original speed. To possibly correct for how that speed change would deepen her tone, the video also appears to have been altered to modify her pitch, to more closely resemble the sound of her natural speech.
“It is striking that such a simple manipulation can be so effective and believable to some,” he added. “While I think that deepfake technology poses a real threat," he said, in reference to more sophisticated computer-altered videos,"this type of low-tech fake shows that there is a larger threat of misinformation campaigns — too many of us are willing to believe the worst in people that we disagree with.
Owners of the Politics WatchDog page did not respond to requests for comment. Pelosi’s office and Twitter declined to comment.
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