With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake parodies off YouTube

Re:With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake ... by zentiggr on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:19AM (#23018749)

I think you're ignoring an approximately 5,000 year history of humans using propaganda, misinformation, and outright lies to manipulate each other. Nothing new here except perhaps a little broader perception of the level of misinformation actually generated.

We (ok, mostly those in power or who want to be) constantly feed each other the most manipulative, self interested lies for personal/organizational benefit, 24/7/365.

Life has always revolved around either being manipulated, or knowing that that's the point of what you hear, and putting in the effort to find out more before forming an opinion.

Hence investigative journalists, etc etc.

> God help us all...

Umm, we've all been deceived about almost everything since forever. There's no sudden worsening here, just a newer level of verification required.

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Re:With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake ... by hobs on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:39AM (#23018970)

A little broader? You mean reaching everyone on the planet for almost no cost? This is a huge difference, it used to be only nation states and huge actors could spread and maintain disinformation on this level, now an individual can do it with a GPU.

One set of shared delusions is not the same as an anarchy of delusions.

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Re:With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake ... by bluGill on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:47AM (#23019909)

It didn't take many people to create the Spanish American War. The news papers were not states or even large actors, though of course they did have a platform that most others did not.

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