How to spot manipulated video | The Fact Checker

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The Internet is increasingly populated with false and misleading videos — spread by politicians, advocacy groups and others — viewed by millions. The Fact Checker set out to develop a universal language to label misleading online video and hold creators and sharers of this misinformation accountable. Some video is taken out of context; other content is deceptively edited or, in the worst instances, deliberately altered. We’ve grouped manipulated video into three categories with further sub-categories. You can see the full guide on The Washington Post's website: https://wapo.st/manipulatedvideo. The first category is missing context. The video is unaltered but it is presented in a way that lacks or misstates the context in which events occurred. Misrepresentation is using incorrect framing of a video that misleads the viewer. Isolation is sharing a brief clip from a longer video, creating a false narrative. The second category is a deceptive edit. This means the video has been edited or re-arranged. Omission is editing out large portions of a video to skew reality. Splicing is editing together different videos to fundamentally change a story. The third category is a malicious transformation. The video has been manipulated to transform the footage itself. Doctoring is altering the frames of a video — cropping, changing speed, using Photoshop, dubbing audio, or adding or deleting visual information to deceive the viewer. Fabrication is using artificial intelligence to make high

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