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> ...lot of articles and comments about deepfakes saying, ‘Why is it a serious crime when it’s not even your real body?’

Impersonating someone else is always a serious crime. We call it fraud.

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Impersonation is a mean, which can often but does not always necessitate fraud. One might impersonate Arnold Schwarzenegger for comedic effect, one might also impersonate a daughter to steal money from a grandma. Stealing the money is the crime here, one does not impersonate without purpose, the purpose defines the severity (or lack of) crime...

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