How can I recognize Deepfakes?

Is the video available elsewhere?
If something seems odd in a video, you can always search to see if you can find the video again – perhaps on another website. If not, it’s suspicious. This applies to all information on the internet!

Pay attention to details
It’s about the little things – for example, pay attention to whether the ears or hair are strangely shaped, whether the person’s eyebrows are the same, or any distinguishing features like freckles, moles, etc.

Pay attention to transitions
Pay attention to the transitions on the body – especially the transitions between the face and neck or hair and face can be blurry in deep fakes. Sometimes the inside of the mouth is also blurry when a person is speaking.

Pay attention to image sharpness
Does the quality and sharpness of the face match the rest of the video? If the body or background is of lower quality, it may indicate a deep fake. You can tell if a video has low resolution by the image being noisy or blurry in dark areas.

Does the person blink?
If the person in the video doesn’t blink, it’s clearly a deep fake. Because we humans have an automatic reflex to blink every few seconds – it happens unconsciously.