"Oversight Board Urges Meta to Address Deepfake Concerns Before High-Stakes Election"

Meta's Oversight Board criticized the company's "incoherent" and "confusing" policies on manipulated media after an altered video of President Biden spread on Facebook, calling for clearer guidelines and expanded policies to address potential harms, including voter suppression. The video, which showed Biden appearing to touch his granddaughter inappropriately, was not removed by Meta despite criticism. The board recommended extending manipulated media policy to cover altered audio and videos showing people doing things they didn't do, and suggested attaching a label to manipulated media instead of removing it if it doesn't violate other rules.