Deepfakes & Democracy

The Deepfakes & Democracy Initiative, part of EthicalTech@GW, was established to promote a deeper understanding among researchers, scholars, and policymakers of regulations of deepfakes that are deployed within the democratic process – including regulations imposed through US and international legislation, state legislation, and executive actions, as well as social media platforms’ content moderation policies and practices.  The Initiative is creating a publicly accessible database, as well as an online collection of authoritative articles and learned commentary, focusing on the regulation of deepfakes and the democratic process.  In addition, our researchers have also drafted white papers on select topics (see our Deep Dives). The Initiative will host a series of expert panels on deepfakes and democracy, with the first panel scheduled for early September 2024. Stay tuned for the date of the first expert panel and for further developments.

Faculty Co-Directors: Professor Dawn Nunziato and Professor Bob Brauneis

Researchers: Yiting Duan, YouHao Lai, Madeline Rosenstein, George Valases