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I would love to see Facebook and Amazon researchers join forces and try to figure out whether this is a deepfake or not.

It doesn't have to be a deepfake. It isn't hard to compel someone in captivity to record a 50 second video.

At that point, why not get an actor and use a ton of make up to cover the imperfections?

During the video he keeps blinking 'e' in morse code. If real, he could be trying to communicate that he's hungry? 饿 :-)