Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social media websites may have this ‘doctor problem’

A wave of AI-generated “deepfake” videos is reportedly flooding social media, featuring trusted doctors promoting unproven and potentially harmful health remedies. According to a report by news agency AFP, videos on Facebook and Instagram have taken advantage of the credibility of star TV doctors to advertise untested “natural” syrups for diabetes, even claiming that the proven, first-line drug metformin “could kill” patients.