SUMMARY: VISUAL CONTENT AND DISINFORMATION When testing the credibility of several current disinformation reports, those that are 01 supported by visual content (misassigned picture) have higher credibility scores than those that contain only text. It seems that the inclusion of visual content can enhance the perceived credibility of 02 misinformation (or information). As deepfakes technology is rapidly evolving, this finding may be one of the major challenges of the near future or even present. 23

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