Deepfakes and Cheapfakes as well as Twitter Censorship March

In the evening of Turkey’s most significant elections of the past two decades, Can Semercioğlu went to bed early. For the past seven years, Semercioğlu has worked for TeyitHe was the director of the largest independent fact checking group in Turkey. But that Sunday night, May 14, was one of the quietest he can remember at the organization.

Before the voting opinion polls Had suggested that incumbent…