Deepfake ‘Queen’ to deliver alternative Christmas message on UK’s Channel 4

UK television station Channel 4 has come under fire for a digitally altered video of Queen Elizabeth II giving her annual Christmas message, but the station says the segment is “a stark warning” about deepfake technology and the “proliferation of misinformation” in the digital age.

In a statement announcing the four-minute segment’s airing on the afternoon of Christmas Day in the UK, Channel 4 said the fake Queen appears “startlingly familiar at first” as she addresses what she and her husband…