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Wouldnt it be handy, then, to have a deepfake detection tool baked into your smartphone?

A warning system designed to expose bad actors before they convince you of their false identity?

Honor�s Deepfake Detection feature on an orange background

If inconsistencies are identified, the Deepfake Detection feature triggers a popup that reads: Honor scam alert.

It looks like the other person could be using AI to swap their face.

Pretty cool, right?

Deepfake Detection on the Honor Magic 7 Pro - YouTube

Theres just one problem.

Its all fun and games until the retweets turn to riots.

The point being: deepfakes are hard to spot, even for those of us who are chronically online.

AI deepfake faces

A built-in smartphone tool that identifies video-calling deepfake scammers is great, and Honor deserves praise for developing one.

But the real deepfake battleground is not in our front-facing cameras, its on our For You Pages.

Perhaps, then, the onus is on the platforms themselves to implement built-in reality check buttons.

Smartphone manufacturers like Honor can lend a hand, but they need to be allowed to do so.

Scammers are a scourge, but misinformation is the real enemy.

Its all fun and games until the retweets turn to riots.