fake
(see also “real”)
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1. TTG never uses the term “fake” except in quotation marks
Like the term “real,” the term “fake” has too many meanings to be helpful when explaining why particular images do or do not qualify as TTG.
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2. What does the term “fake” mean on this website?
When seen on these pages, the term “fake” can be understood to mean
“how the public characterizes images that look like undoctored photographs but do not qualify as TTG” (as in the wording of FAQ #200).
But again, the English word “fake” is always used in quotation marks.
On this website the images that the public describes as “fake” are either described using the terms linked in #3 below or with the term “non-TTG”.
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3. What does the public mean by the term “fake”?
The general public uses the word “fake” to describe a wide range of “images that look like undoctored photographs but do not qualify as TTG,” including
1. Doctored photographs
2. Aigmented photographs
3. Photo-like AI-generated images
4. Photos that do not depict what they appear to depict (for example, scenes that are staged but look spontaneous)