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May
31
2023
By ALEXANDRA ULMER and ANNA TONG
Deepfaking it: America’s 2024 election collides with AI boom

Deepfaking it: America’s 2024 election collides with AI boom

WORLD
"I actually like Ron DeSantis a lot," Hillary Clinton reveals in a surprise online endorsement video. "He's just the kind of guy this country needs, and I really mean that." Joe Biden finally lets the mask slip, unleashing a cruel rant at a transgender person. "You will never be a real woman," the president snarls. Welcome to America's 2024 presidential race, where reality is up for grabs. The Clinton and Biden deepfakes - realistic yet fabricated videos created by AI algorithms trained on copious online footage - are among thousands surfacing on social media, blurring fact and fiction in the…
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Mar
26
2021
By The African Mirror
FACTBOX-Transgender politicians and government officials around the world

FACTBOX-Transgender politicians and government officials around the world

LGBT+
RACHEL SAVAGE RACHEL Levine made history this week as the first openly transgender person confirmed in a top government job by the U.S. Senate, with senators voting 52-48 to approve her appointment as assistant health secretary in Joe Biden's administration. A professor of paediatrics and psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, Levine led Pennsylvania's response to coronavirus pandemic as the state's top health official. As LGBT+ rights become more accepted, gay and trans politicians have gained greater prominence in recent years around the world - with Pauline Ngarmpring becoming Thailand's first trans candidate for prime minister last year. Here…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Seeking asylum in Joburg

Seeking asylum in Joburg

LITERATURE
B CAMMINGA MAROONED: Seeking asylum as a transgender person in Johannesburg “When I come here for me, my perspective about South Africa is that it is a gay-friendly country … when I … get in the plane I was crying because I felt relieved. I say, ‘Oh my God!’ and I cried. There was a … woman on the plane who said, ‘Why are you crying?’ I know why I am crying. I know because I was feeling, when we land to Johannesburg I will say, ‘Thank you, God, now I am safe!’” South Africa is the only country on…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Juno’ actor Page comes out as transgender, changes name to Elliot

‘Juno’ actor Page comes out as transgender, changes name to Elliot

LGBT+
THE Oscar-nominated star of "Juno" and "The Umbrella Academy," formerly known as Ellen Page, has revealed that he was a transgender person and had changed his first name to Elliot. "I can't begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self," Page wrote on Instagram. "I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer." Page, 33, was nominated for an Academy Award for playing a pregnant teenager in 2007 film "Juno" and starred in other movies including 2010 sci-fi thriller "Inception." The actor currently appears in…
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