When Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced last month that she had been diagnosed with cancer, it seemed to quell the rumors that had swirled over her stepping back from public life.
With disinformation spreading fast online, at times amplified by hostile states, some social media users were primed for skepticism.
A note from Getty Images beside the video announcement, released on March 22, said it “may not adhere” to its editorial policy and fanned more conspiracy theories over the video’s authenticity.
There is no evidence, according to researchers, that the video is a deepfake, and agencies routinely attach such notes to content given to them by third parties.
With images easy to manipulate, researchers say that news agencies are being transparent about the source of their content.
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