Is democracy at risk? Helped by AI, deepfakes are becoming ever harder to spot. Experts fear that they could trick voters in a key election year.
Experts fear year of Deepfake Elections
Election deception: An estimated two billion people will vote in national elections this year. Glossary
Government - The group of people who govern - or lead - the country.
Labour - Britain's main left-of-centre political party.
Conservative party - A British political party. Members are known as Tories.
General election - In the UK, when an election is held for all 650 members of the House of Commons. One must take place every five years.
Deepfakes - This technique uses artificial intelligence to change the identity of a person in an image or a video — or to make it appear that a person is saying or doing something that they never said or did.
Democracy - A system of government based on the idea of rule by the people.