“…In light of this trend, concerns have been raised regarding the vulnerability of individuals, political parties, institutions, and communities, as well as the possibility of manipulating them for destructive reasons [ 27 ]. At the dawn of the deepfake era [ 20 ], deep learning algorithms and generative adversarial networks (GANs) aggravated the situation by altering the appearance of human subjects on existing photographs and videos to make them appear like someone else [ 59 ].…”