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Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast. (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] valen@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Spreading election lies (and that's what these deepfakes are), needs to be a felony, not protected by the 1st amendment.

[–] thenexusofprivacy@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Republicans have weaponized misinformation and protected their operators from scrutiny. It will never be punished the way it should.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are no experts on this. We’re in uncharted water.

[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No we're not. The US right now, is WW2 era Germany as far as fascism goes. It will play out the same way, Trump will probably win or steal the election. And as an American, I'm so frustrated that not many other people recognize this. Still gonna vote.. But man do I have an extremely bad feeling about this outcome.

[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you think that the US is like WW2 era Germany in terms of facism, I doubt you know enough about WW2 era Germany...

[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Its a slope.. Once you begin slipping, you kinda slip all the way. The US has been slipping for a looong time.

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They should do one where they let a guy who led an insurrection against the government run for president a few years later.

[–] QuantumBamboo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

I don't care how polished a deepfake it might end up being... nobody would believe something that batshit.