In a troubling development, war conditions are potentially acting as an accelerant in the adoption rate of deepfakes.  

Throughout the Mueller investigation, many subject matter experts (who felt the whole investigation to be a bit myopic) encouraged us to not miss the role Chinese, North Korean, and Iranian influence campaigns were playing (in addition to the Russians in what was a multinational Bitskrieg on our cognitive infrastructure in the lead up to the 2016 Presidential Election. History is unfolding – and law enforcement and criminal justice activities are now contributing to the historical record of the breadth and scope of the influence campaigns directed at the United States in that time period.