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Mahsa Alimardani
Academic
A researcher specialising in Iran at the Oxford Internet Institute.
Notable Quotes
"Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people's trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence."View Story →
"Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people's trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence."View Story →
"They have a narrative that they're pushing."View Story →
"If you’re able to have the bandwidth needed to generate content like that and upload it, you are officially or unofficially cooperating with the regime."View Story →
"If you’re able to have the bandwidth needed to generate content like that and upload it, you are officially or unofficially cooperating with the regime."View Story →
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