# Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett warns that skillfully made deepfake videos could impact the 2020 elections

1 School News December 9, 2019 ![HuffPost logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huff%20post%20feature.jpg?itok=3JhlPPPI)>

Excerpt from [HuffPost](https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/post-truth-bjp-govt-worries-about-deepfakes_in_5dedc21be4b00563b8538f4e) -- "Paul Barrett, adjunct professor of law at New York University, added that 'a skillfully made deepfake video could persuade voters that a particular candidate said or did something she didn’t say or do.'"

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