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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…
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.
There will be a reckoning - and it may originate from the most unexpected place.
Memes might continue but WH credibility won't. As if there was any in the first place.
It's not "This is the truth." Rather, it's "The truth is unknowable." If nobody knows what's true and false anyway, there's no reason to concern yourself with "facts" that disturb your preconceptions.
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.
Nuremberg-style trials for every single person working under this administration is obviously the base minimum to start to get a handle on this. Anyone who is not pushing for that is not being serious about tackling America's problems. Then what? Extreme anti-trust enforcement and implement wealth caps to prevent the harm from recurring and hope most of the population eventually comes back to planet Earth?
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, the…
Some potential jurors will have seen these doctored photos. With the prosecution putting out obviously false info then it calls into question their credibility and any other evidence presented at trial.
Collective action problems are just the worst.
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.
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, the…
Memes might continue but WH credibility won't. As if there was any in the first place.
Dunking on the administration only serves to pat one another on the back and not make any actual political progress.