An ice sculpture is seen spelling out the word "truth" by artist duo Ligorano Reese, with the US Capitol in the background, in Washington, DC on September 22, 2018. OLIVIA HAMPTON/AFP/Getty Images

Fake information has reached a fever pitch online and in politics.

In the past week, Facebook said it deleted 2.2 billion fake accounts in three months, a fake video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi went viral, and President Donald Trump went on a fresh "fake news" tear.

It's only going to get easier to generate fake audio, fake videos and even fake people — and to spread them instantly and virally.

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Welcome to our sad, new, distorted reality — the explosion of fake: fake videos, fake people on Facebook, and daily cries of "fake news."

Driving the news: This week we reached a peak fake, with Facebook saying it had deleted 2.2 billion fake accounts in three months, a fake video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi going viral, and Trump going on a fresh "fake news" tear.