Can you believe your eyes? Deepfakes and fraud

Elizabeth Metliss (+44 (0)20 3321 7472, elizabeth.metliss@mishcon.com) and Sofia Berggren (+44 (0)20 3321 6004, sofia.berggren@mishcon.com) are lawyers with Mishcon de Reya. Elizabeth is an associate in the dispute resolution department, specialising in civil fraud and commercial litigation, and Sofia is a trainee solicitor.

“The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.”Some two hundred years later, Goethe’s words have fresh meaning in the context of fast-developing technology for fake visual effects. Elizabeth Metliss and Sofia Berggren of Mishcon de Reya give counter-fraud professionals a heads-up on how to tackle this evolving problem.