• Veraxus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I feel an easy and rational solution is to criminalize a certain category of defamation… presenting something untrue/fabricated as true/real or in a way that it could be construed as true/real.

    Anything other than that narrow application is an infringement on the First Amendment.

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      5 months ago

      I feel an easy and rational solution is to criminalize a certain category of defamation… presenting something untrue/fabricated as true/real or in a way that it could be construed as true/real.

      I would love that solution, but it definitely wouldn’t have bipartisan support.

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        5 months ago

        There are certain political groups that have a vested interest in lying, deceiving, manipulating, and fabricating to get what they want. So… yeah. 😞

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          I feel that’s just most political groups nowadays. Not implying both sides are the same, just that everyone likes their lies.

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        Exactly. Photoshop has been around for decades. AI is just more of the same. I find it weird how, as technology evolves, people keep fixating on the technologies themselves rather than the universal (sometimes institutional) patterns of abuse.

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        It’s not, though. Not remotely. At least not in the US.

        Defamation of an individual (including “individual” entities like an org or business) is purely a civil matter, and defamation in a broader sense, such as against “antifa” or “leftists” or “jews” or “gays” et al, has no remedy whatsoever, civil or criminal.