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Deepfakes Are Harming Our Children.

A vendor walks past screens depicting facial deep fake technologies depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Security China 2023 expo in Beijing, on June 7, 2023. After years of breakneck growth, China's security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the United States and other outside actors, worried about risks posed by hackers, advances in artificial intelligence and pressure from rival governments. The renewed emphasis on self-reliance, combating fraud and hardening systems against hacking was on display at the recent Security China exhibition in Beijing. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Deepfakes Are Harming Our Children.

Cyber expert Annie Chestnut Tutor joins us to discuss the ramifications of deepfake porn is having on both male and female youth in our country and how the recent ‘Take It Down’ act is an essential first step to resolving this issue.

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