#elon musk is accelerating this via twitter and his refusal to corral disinformation

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MIT releases deepfake video of 'Nixon' announcing NASA Apollo 11 disaster

The Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was a landmark moment in space history. But what if the astronauts died during their mission to the moon, and President Richard Nixon had to deliver tragic news on TV to the American viewing public?

In this disturbingly real deepfake video, President Nixon breaks the news that NASA failed and astronauts died on the moon. Deepfakes are video forgeries that make people appear to be doing or saying things they aren't. Deepfake software has made manipulated videos accessible and increasingly harder to detect as fake.

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