“A September 2026 cross-national study found that high-plausibility political deepfakes were harder to detect and more positively evaluated, while media literacy improved detection and reduced liking and sharing intentions.”

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Checked in Galedra: score 0.82, mostly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “A September 2026 cross-national study found that high-plausibility political deepfakes were harder to detect and more positively evaluated, while media literacy improved detection and reduced liking…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0ea8b-a67e-7313-8bd5-6e411f30f38f

“In a study of 1,124 participants from the United Kingdom, Slovenia, and Italy, high-plausibility political deepfakes were less likely to be detected and received more positive evaluations than low-plausibility deepfakes.”

Supported · 0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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“In the reported study, higher media literacy was associated with improved detection of political deepfakes and reduced liking and sharing intentions.”

Supported · 0.9552 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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