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White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by SilverElfin »

Here’s a direct link to the tweet from the White House deputy communications director that said this, after being caught red handed altering photos to spread propaganda and lying to the public:

https://xcancel.com/Kaelan47/status/2014410500096856358

Even crazier is the reply further down on that post from the deputy press secretary, Abigail Jackson, making fun of people who debunked that post like Snopes:

https://xcancel.com/abigailmarone/status/2014411002561863790

It’s horrifying but shows that they’re completely shameless about lying. And shameless about being aggressive and obscene. You see this from the other people too like press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who regularly abuses journalists asking reasonable questions.

And more horrifying are all the accounts replying in support of this. That’s evidence of the hardcore MAGA base that’ll support Trump no matter what he does, I guess.

Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by techterrier »

MattDaEskimo wrote: post #6
jjbinx007 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's already got to the point that if I see an interesting video showing a cute animal doing something or a natural disaster my first thought is "Is this AI?"

Makes one wonder what the other, more horrific side of this looks like, and how law enforcement and even begin to separate truth from fiction

In this instance, we've already got law enforcement using fiction to obfuscate fact.

Probably not long before we see sora style videos of a 'new angle' of a controversial event, showing that the protestor / victim did in face have a gun / deserve it

Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by hbarka »

wmeredith wrote: post #2

There's been a lot of talk on HN about generative AI and how it will be weaponized to scam people and politically for propoganda. That reality got here very quickly. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota civil rights attorney, being arrested at a political protest. A half hour later, the official White House X account posted an altered version in which Armstro…

Their vulgarity goes beyond tech and are unapologetic about it. They get to do it because mass media fails to call the lies. Over and over.

Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by invalidOrTaken »

torlok wrote: post #7
throwaway81523 wrote: post #5

Memes might continue but WH credibility won't. As if there was any in the first place.

The voter base doesn't care. Federal agents are sent to a state against the governor's will, a man gets shot and killed while carrying a holstered pistol, and all the MAGA 2nd amendment republicans think this was a justified killing because he had a gun on him.

> Federal

> against the governor's will

that's kind of the idea

Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by secabeen »

Slander and libel laws are complicated, but she should have a pretty good case:

- The defendant knew or should have know that he or she was making an untrue or defamatory statement about you. (Yes, they edited the photo.)

- The false statement must clearly identify you. (It's a clear photo.)

- The defendant must have spread the false information to at least one third party who is not the target. For a libel case, they must do so in print, and for a slander case, they must do so verbally. (They posted it on Social Media.)

- The false statement must have damaged your character in some way. (Probably? This is the hardest one, but it's reasonable that the message that a "Far-Left" agitator would cry when arrested, rather than being stoic and strong could cause damage to her reputation or character.

https://askalawlibrarian.nycourts.gov/legalresearch/faq/3677...

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Post by GrowingSideways »

matthewdgreen wrote: post #9
wmeredith wrote: post #2

There's been a lot of talk on HN about generative AI and how it will be weaponized to scam people and politically for propoganda. That reality got here very quickly. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota civil rights attorney, being arrested at a political protest. A half hour later, the official White House X account posted an altered version in which Armstro…

There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.

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Re: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"

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Post by davidivadavid »

matthewdgreen wrote: post #9
wmeredith wrote: post #2

There's been a lot of talk on HN about generative AI and how it will be weaponized to scam people and politically for propoganda. That reality got here very quickly. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota civil rights attorney, being arrested at a political protest. A half hour later, the official White House X account posted an altered version in which Armstro…

There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.

The number of tech or tech-adjacent people that have completely torched their reputation in the last few weeks is staggering. I hope they get publicly shamed.
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