Spreading election lies (and that's what these deepfakes are), needs to be a felony, not protected by the 1st amendment.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2024
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Republicans have weaponized misinformation and protected their operators from scrutiny. It will never be punished the way it should.
Spreading false voting information -- like the example in the article about fake phone calls saying polling places are closed -- is a crime in the US, whether or not it's online, it's just hot particularly well enforced.
Good news! We don't have to wonder what's going to happen! It's totally going to happen in the next few months!
They should do one where they let a guy who led an insurrection against the government run for president a few years later.
I don't care how polished a deepfake it might end up being... nobody would believe something that batshit.
It's not even original, a similar thing happened in the 1930s in Germany.
There are no experts on this. We’re in uncharted water.
It's not the big, loud disinformation that's the most worrying; at least that can be addressed head-on. It's the subtle, divisive manipulation that's been going on for years that has us disowning family and flirting with civil war.
You know where this is going, can't trust the vote of a misinformed voter, so... No vote until the government figures out what information you need for deciding on further changes to government.
Hope they do a Ceaușescu on that fatshitsmellingorangemushroombaby, but faster.