Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

Re:Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That... by Ferret7446 on Monday December 18, 2023 @04:46PM (#38688819)

That sounds like a classic example of doing something and making the situation worse (aka almost every regulation ever)

If advertising providers were de jure and de facto liable for fraud, then that will raise the bar for competing advertising providers, as if Google wasn't enough of a monopoly.

Regulation almost universally benefits established players and stifles competition, which is why a lot of regulation is (secretly) backed by large companies. (Note that I'm not saying that regulation never hurts large companies, and regulation can hurt both large companies and small companies/society.)

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Re:Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That... by wedernoch on Monday December 18, 2023 @05:28PM (#38689292)

> That sounds like a classic example of doing something and making the situation worse (aka almost every regulation ever)

Such a weird take.. without regulation we would still have child labor, slave labor, cancer causing shit in basically everything, no seatbelts, even worse corruption in politics and companies, .. list goes on ..

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Re:Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That... by sausagefeet on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @02:19AM (#38692802)

It is true that some regulation is meant to thwart competition and keep entrenched players in power. However it is pretty far to say "almost every regulation ever". Would you prefer to live in an age where anyone can sell a tincture on the sidewalk that claims to cure any ailment? Would you prefer to have the food you put in your mouth be a gamble on its quality? Would you prefer companies be able to dump their poisonous waste anywhere they want?

We don't have to be on the side of 100% regulation is good but I hope we can see that a lot of regulation is actually making the world we live in liveable.

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Re:Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That... by lores on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @10:08AM (#38696467)

"Fraud should be allowed, otherwise small companies can't rely on it to become big" is QUITE the take.

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Re:Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That... by galaxyLogic on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @01:13PM (#38711726)

It's simply a question of fraud. Fraud is a crime. And aiding and abetting to commit a crime is a crime as well.

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