[hwers]

I wonder why the article has the title '20170629-the-hidden-signs-that-can...' in the url. That date would suggest it's from the 29th of june 2017 (while the date below the headlines says 2020), way before the current breakthroughs of deep fakes.

[commoner]

Nice catch. The article was republished. Here's an archive from 2019 of the original 2017 version:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191030232152/https://www.bbc.c...

[hwers]

I'll be honest and admit that in taking a second look I noticed that they totally admit to this being a republished article from earlier: "[...] BBC Future has brought you in-depth and rigorous stories to help you navigate the current pandemic, but we know that’s not all you want to read. So now we’re dedicating a series to help you escape. We’ll be revisiting our most popular features from the last three years in our Lockdown Longreads.[...]"

[commoner]

I didn't see that, either. My eyes glossed right over the italics.

[dang]

Still kind of dodgy not to include the original date, and to display today's date in exactly the same way that a publication date is usually displayed.

[dang]

We've added the year to the title now. Thanks!