{"id":236657,"date":"2026-06-18T04:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenya-the-algorithm-will-see-you-now-deepfake-doctors-and-the-commodification-of-care-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:29:02","slug":"kenya-the-algorithm-will-see-you-now-deepfake-doctors-and-the-commodification-of-care-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenya-the-algorithm-will-see-you-now-deepfake-doctors-and-the-commodification-of-care-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: The Algorithm Will See You Now – Deepfake Doctors and the Commodification of Care in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video. In a brightly lit room with brown d\u00e9cor, a doctor in a checkered shirt was discussing PCOS, a common condition that affects many women globally. As he shared medical insights and opinions, he repeatedly recommended herbal supplements, claiming they would help manage the condition. The more I watched, the more I sensed something was off. The man’s movements were unnatural, with odd shadows and swirling effects, while the…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video. In a brightly lit room with brown d\u00e9cor, a doctor in a checkered shirt was discussing PCOS, a common condition that affects many women globally. As he shared medical insights and opinions, he repeatedly recommended herbal supplements, claiming they would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":236658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00681220:764165e64dcdaa8cd215e8b775cb8360:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[258,256,54642,5732,54643,52972,6827,4688,430,257,254],"class_list":["post-236657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-algorithm","tag-care","tag-commodification","tag-deepfake","tag-doctors","tag-kenya","tag-kenya-news","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00681220:764165e64dcdaa8cd215e8b775cb8360:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}