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X sues to block California election deepfake law ‘in conflict’ with First Amendment
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I don't think it's practical or even really possible to remove all fake content. The safer and far more effective solution IMO is to digitally sign authentic content instead, and assume that anything unsigned is fake.
Technology is not the solution to a social problem. Big tech companies have an obligation to make it more difficult for state actors and extremists from multiplying obviously false claims about elections and protected minorities.
That's great in theory. How are you going to force foreign actors to do it?
"Russia, stop spamming Facebook with all that manipulative fake garbage"
"Oh OK you only had to ask. Sorry about that"
Tweak algorithms to limit reach of new accounts, don't allow russians to buy ads or blue checkmarks, have a team of moderators that moderate based on known bad images, known bad IP addresses, known bad account creation patterns. If non-profit researchers are able to uncover botnets, there's no reason why billion dollar companies can't. It's a cat and mouse game, but it's not acceptable for these companies to put in 0 effort. These companies are better funded than the Internet Research Agency.
How would you rate the odds of all those things happening in order for your scenario to come true?
100% if you fine them 6% of their global revenue for refusing safety recommendations by the EU and independent auditors
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-enforcement
There's a reason why Elon Musk is running to Trump for help after the EU started suing him for breaking this law.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-elon-musk-x-tech-social-media-politics-elections-eu/
If Trump can't dodge EU disinformation laws, no one can.
I hope you're right.