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A famous actor has gone viral on TikTok. He is called Tom CruiseAn American actor who often does action movies. He is most famous for starring in the Mission Impossible films as Ethan Hunt..

He has posted many videos. He tells funny stories, tastes sweets and does magic tricks. But there is one problem: they are not really him.

In fact, the videos are deepfakes. This means they were created using a computer.

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Chris Ume made the videos. He is a computer expert. He also had help from an actor who pretends to be Tom Cruise.

He made the account just for fun: "We made people smile. And that's it, the project is done."

But some say deepfakes are dangerous. They are very realistic. It is hard to tell if what we see online is real.

No. They should be banned. Deepfakes are mean. They could be very harmful. People could be made to say things they do not believe.

Yes! It's the perfect solution. Deepfakes are only dangerous if we believe them. If each one had a label explaining what it is, nobody would get confused. That way, everyone could have fun with the technology.