Facebook down-ranks, but won't remove, fake 'drunk' Nancy Pelosi video
If you were horrified by how easy it was for someone to create a fake viral video that made Nancy Pelosi look as if she was slurring her words on stage, you weren't alone. Facebook is now taking action to stop the misleading video, which has over 2.5 million views, from spreading further — though it won't go as far as deleting it entirely.
On Wednesday, a video that apparently showed the Democratic congresswoman seemingly "drunk" went viral, first on Facebook, and then on other social media platforms. But Pelosi wasn't actually impaired while speaking at a Center for American Progress event. Instead, the creator (whose identity is not known) simply slowed down the footage of the speaker of the house to 75 percent, and altered the pitch. Read more...
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