Altered Pelosi video draws Congress to manipulated media

A video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slowed to make her sound impaired, spread on Facebook and Twitter after a 22 May 2019 speech and was shared by President Trump. YouTube took it down; Facebook limited its reach and left it up. The House Intelligence Committee then held a hearing.

Why it mattered Lawmakers and platforms began treating manipulated video as a policy problem of its own, ahead of the 2020 United States election.