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Deepfake Videos Are Getting Terrifyingly Real
| PBS | Deepfakes are an increasingly popular editing technique that uses artificial intelligence to alter faces and voices in videos. Part of the name comes from the AI used to create them, deep learning. Similar technology has been used…
- 2019
- Fake
The dangers of deepfakes
| DW | “Don’t believe everything you see or hear on the Internet”. Today, we present to you an issue that has been very popular these past few years. Deepfake isn’t new, but it’s gotten more attention since the release…
- 2022
- Fake
Why these caregivers call their jobs ‘indentured servitude’
| PBS| Providing for the elderly has become a multi-billion dollar industry, with about 29,000 residential care facilities operating across the country. But a new investigation by Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting, finds that some of these facilities…
- 2019
- Business ethics, Integrity, Power abuse
The Collapse of Lehman Brothers – A Simple Overview
| Company Man | The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy is the largest one of all time and it helped spark the 2008 financial crisis. The subject can be a bit complex but given that it’s such a historical event, I think…
Waste Management $1.8 Billion Fraud Story
| deepEND | Waste Management FBI Fraud Story When we hear the term waste management, what comes to mind is the truck that picks up garbage, and that’s all. However, there’s more to that. Why do you think Bill Gates…
The $500 Billion/Year World of Counterfeits
| VICE | ‘Bad Goods’ is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to traffickers, at the heart…
- 2021
- Counterfeit, Financial crisis
Illegal Logging: The Problem
| European Forest Institute | Trees are vital to our planet, they are the natural protectors of our climate. As the largest plants in the world, they provide us with oxygen, store carbon, stabilize the soil, and give life to…
- 2012
- Environmental Crime
How the pandemic has fuelled money laundering I FT
| Financial Times | Over the past 12 months Covid-19 has curtailed countless business activities, but not money laundering. The UN estimates some $1.6tn is laundered every year, and authorities say lockdown measures have presented criminals with even greater opportunities…
Ethics Illustrated: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
| USDA | A judge who has a personal relationship with one of the parties appearing before them in court but still chooses to preside over the case anyway or an employee that accepts a vacation package as a gift…
South Seas Bubble of 1720: the First Major Manipulation of Financial Markets
| Video Economist| The first major manipulation of financial markets. Today we look at the South Seas bubble of 1720. The South Sea Company was a British investment company that collapsed in 1720 due to a speculative bubble, the South…