Expert talk with Dr. Bernd Zywietz (4): How can young people come into contact with extremist deepfakes?

Extremist deepfakes are often first shared in groups, for example on the messaging app Telegram, before they end up on major social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. Once spread, extremist content is difficult to recapture. This means that children and young people can also come into contact with deepfakes that pursue extremist goals. In the video, Dr. Bernd Zywietz from jugendschutz.net explains why young people can recognize manipulated content more quickly than older generations, but why there is also a risk that they will not classify the content correctly. 

Dr. Bernd Zywietz is Head of Political Extremism at jugendschutz.net and deals with the topic of deepfakes in this context. Information on jugendschutz.net and the possibility to report illegal deepfakes on the internet can be found here: www.jugendschutz.net.

The klicksafe expert talk on "Deepfakes and extremism" is part of the klicksafe campaign "No likes for lies" for Safer Internet Day 2025. The campaign focuses on empowering young people to recognize and deal with extremism, populism and deepfakes online in good time. All information on SID 2025 can be found at: https://www.klicksafe.de/sid25.