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Re:South Park creators have new political satire series with... by cm2187 on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:54AM (#24969432)
The other way round. Any shocking video trending on twitter will start with a -100 credibility as people will think "just another deepfake".

You are assuming people will have never heard of these deepfakes. Sure there are still a few grannies today who have never heard of photoshop. But your average twitter user?

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Re:South Park creators have new political satire series with... by mwigdahl on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:26AM (#24969798)
I think that's overoptimistic. A shocking video trending on Twitter that reinforces some population's existing beliefs and biases about the subject will find a ready audience of believers.

Every piece of controversial video content will have a group loudly screaming "TRUTH!" at the same time as another group screaming "FAKE!", and it will just amplify the social polarization we're already experiencing.

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