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Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might think

  • Written by Mona Kasra, Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design, University of Virginia
Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might thinkIf you know how photo editing works, you might have a leg up at spotting fakes.Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com

It can be hard to tell whether a picture is real. Consider, as the participants in our recent research did, these two images and see whether you think neither, either or both of them has been doctored.

Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might thinkImage A: Is it real?Mona Kasra, CC BY-NDIdentifying a fake picture online is harder than you might thinkIm...

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