Defenses against deepfakes should focus on evaluating the probability of the information being true rather than relying on detecting technical artifacts in the media.

“we should rely less on technical artifacts or telltale signs to tell a scam and focus more on the likelihood that what we're hearing and seeing is real.”

Philip DeFranco claims that deepfake technology and its distribution on platforms like X are significant, unresolved issues that have worsened over time.

“it's clear to me that this has only gotten worse, especially because there's a certain platform that is not only allowing these images to be freely distributed, but literally has a built in tool that allows people to create and I am just shocked at the lack of progress that we have made.”

Deepfake technology makes it impossible to distinguish between real and fake audio or video evidence in court or news media.

“there's no look there's no way that you're going to be able to validate what's real or what's not there there's just no way”