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Research Articles

Examining public perception and cognitive biases in the presumed influence of deepfakes threat: empirical evidence of third person perception from three studies

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Pages 308-331 | Received 03 Nov 2021, Accepted 18 Mar 2023, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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