Deepfake — an intro · Lập trình với Martin

Deepfake = a mask on a video or a voice

A deepfake is a video or audio that looks or sounds as if someone else is speaking — a celebrity, a teacher, a parent, a friend. A computer puts a face or a voice together. Sometimes it is a joke. Sometimes it is a scam or bullying.

For you a simple rule holds: a video is not proof that that person really said it. When a video in chat “says” something weird, check outside the video — call, ask at school, show a parent.

We will not make a deepfake. We will spot it — calmly, without hysteria.

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If a video pushes on rush, money, a photo or a secret from parents — it is the same trap as with SMS. A mask does not mean “believe it more”.

Signs of a suspicious video

the mouth does not fit the words — it “floats” a bit
blinking is weird — too little or too much
the background changes weirdly
the voice did not sound like that person before
the video arrived only in chat, not from an official account
“A parent said it in a video” — but a parent next to you is silent

It is not your job to be a detective. This is enough: “This is weird. I will check with a parent / a teacher.”

What a deepfake can misuse

“A teacher says you do not have to go in” — you call school, you do not believe the video.
“Mum is sending a video so you send money” — you call mum on the saved number.
Blackmail with a fake photo or video — an adult immediately. You do not talk to a blackmailer on your own.

A deepfake is not a reason not to talk to anyone. It is a reason to check important things outside chat.

What to say

“The video looks weird / it pushes on money. I am not clicking. I am calling a parent.”

“Someone sent a video where a teacher is supposedly speaking. I will check at school.”

How it fits the projects

Safe checking — the next lesson: call a parent.

🏫 Campaign. A video is pushing? Check outside chat.

Family rules. I do not deal with important things only from a video in chat.

Now you 💪

With a parent, read a description of deepfake (you do not have to watch manipulative content). Agree a password or a sentence: “When something is urgent, you will call me, not just send a video.”

Family checking: urgent things = a call on a saved number.
A sentence in the head: a video is not proof without checking.
Into the campaign: Check outside chat — already a third scam sign.

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Check: Deepfake = check outside the video. Rush = a trap. Important things = a call to a parent.

What to take from this lesson

A video can lie about who is speaking.
Checking = call, ask at school.
Rush + a video = the same trap.
Blackmail = an adult immediately.