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Re:Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to ar... by quotemstr on Thursday January 25, 2018 @12:58AM (#16229079)
> new advances in authentication technology

I'm not so optimistic. Other people here are focusing on breaking the authentication, and that's something to worry about. I'm worried about the effect that even _known_ false content will have on people. Seeing a perfectly realistic video of $POLITICIAN doing something repulsive will affect your emotional perception of $POLITICIAN even if your rational mind reads and understands some kind of "unauthenticated" label attached to the video.

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Re:Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to ar... by Chaebixi on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:52AM (#16232277)
I think the solution to that is a social one: generate so many authentic-looking but obviously false videos that no one will believe them without authentication. I think these immunization-fakes could reach even the most information-poor voter: just make them funny memes, etc. Plus, if there are enough of them, I'd think the emotional balance between rivals could even out.
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