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Re:Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders by xhevahir on Saturday December 07, 2024 @08:52PM (#42354382)
They say that "media literacy is poor" in Pakistan but it's not at all clear that education would solve the problem. We've seen in more "media-literate" countries a free-floating distrust of media of all kinds that is exacerbated by the keener awareness of deceptive techniques. Niklas Luhmann has written about this "suspicion of manipulation:" https://monoskop.org/images/6/6c/Luhmann_Niklas_The_Reality_...
Re:Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders by chii on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:11AM (#42355152)
The fact that advertising works, despite many claiming they're not susceptible to it, is good evidence that media manipulation works amazingly well - even to people who think they understand and would not be manipulated.
Re:Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders by renox on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:16AM (#42356714)
OTOH there also the saying that there's no bad publicity.. So it's not so obvious!