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Gutless2615 ,

There are no experts on this. We’re in uncharted water.

lemmy_user_838586 ,

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    TheDarksteel94 ,

    If you think that the US is like WW2 era Germany in terms of facism, I doubt you know enough about WW2 era Germany...

    lemmy_user_838586 ,

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    WamGams ,

    Slippery slope is literally the name of the fallacy.

    Don't drown in despair. Prepare.

    Infinite ,

    It's not the big, loud disinformation that's the most worrying; at least that can be addressed head-on. It's the subtle, divisive manipulation that's been going on for years that has us disowning family and flirting with civil war.

    CaptainProton ,

    You know where this is going, can't trust the vote of a misinformed voter, so... No vote until the government figures out what information you need for deciding on further changes to government.

    Nudding ,

    They should do one where they let a guy who led an insurrection against the government run for president a few years later.

    QuantumBamboo ,
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    I don't care how polished a deepfake it might end up being... nobody would believe something that batshit.

    Nudding ,

    It's not even original, a similar thing happened in the 1930s in Germany.

    valen ,
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    Spreading election lies (and that's what these deepfakes are), needs to be a felony, not protected by the 1st amendment.

    FenrirIII ,
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    Republicans have weaponized misinformation and protected their operators from scrutiny. It will never be punished the way it should.

    thenexusofprivacy ,
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    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.

    SteefLem ,
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    Hope they do a Ceaușescu on that fatshitsmellingorangemushroombaby, but faster.

    bigkahuna1986 ,

    Good news! We don't have to wonder what's going to happen! It's totally going to happen in the next few months!

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