Summary
- Campaigns, platforms and newsrooms need authenticated originals and a shared incident channel before polling begins.
- Corrections should preserve evidence, name uncertainty and reach the same audiences as the manipulation.
Synthetic video combines cheap production with rapid distribution and political timing. A detector alone cannot settle authorship, especially after recompression or editing, and confident false alarms can also damage trust. Election institutions should establish source credentials, preserve original files, publish contact points and rehearse cross-platform response. The next useful evidence is a timed exercise from first report to a public, documented assessment, including appeals. Resilience comes from verifiable provenance and accountable communication, not a promise that every fake will be recognised instantly.
