YouTube's Community Guidelines now mention that the platform is expanding its likeness detection technology to cover civic leaders and journalists, in addition to existing protections for creators and artists. This addition appears in the introductory section describing YouTube's content protection tools. The change signals YouTube's effort to address deepfakes and synthetic media involving public figures and media professionals.
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