“It was jarring for folks in the room to see how quickly just a handful of these types of threats could spiral out of control and really dominate the election cycle,” said one of the organizers.
Spreading false voting information – like the example in the article about fake phone calls saying polling places are closed – is a crime in the US, whether or not it’s online, it’s just hot particularly well enforced.
Spreading election lies (and that’s what these deepfakes are), needs to be a felony, not protected by the 1st amendment.
Spreading false voting information – like the example in the article about fake phone calls saying polling places are closed – is a crime in the US, whether or not it’s online, it’s just hot particularly well enforced.
Republicans have weaponized misinformation and protected their operators from scrutiny. It will never be punished the way it should.