Whether it is done or not doesn't even matter. It also does not matter whether deep faking videos is made illegal.
All that matters is that it is possible to do so, and supporters of political candidate A will claim with possible deniability that political candidate A never said "X". While also claiming that political candidate B definitely said "Y", even though this may be false. Soon there will be no way to prove whether or not the videos are actually real and people will believe whatever fits their preconceived notions.
All that matters is that it is possible to do so, and supporters of political candidate A will claim with possible deniability that political candidate A never said "X". While also claiming that political candidate B definitely said "Y", even though this may be false. Soon there will be no way to prove whether or not the videos are actually real and people will believe whatever fits their preconceived notions.