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Reddit to Crack Down on Deepfakes, Impersonation

Posted on 15 January 2020

Reddit’s leadership has declared war on “bad actors who are trying to manipulate Reddit.” In a Thursday post to the Reddit Security subforum titled “Updates to Our Policy Around Impersonation,” Reddit representative u/LastBluejay, verified by the platform as a “Reddit admin, speaking officially,” made upcoming policy changes known. “Impersonation,” while noted as “one of the rarest report classes we receive,” will be watched closely in the coming year.