Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down

October 17, 2025 Rebecca Bellan

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The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans' X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause significant confusion on public issues.”

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