It's another weapon in the hands of the propagandists. Weapons know no ideology. However, being computer code, producing convincing enough deepfakes is within reach of almost anybody.
One solution is to have people digitally sign their communications so the sources can be challenged - but this also creates an environment of plausible deniability. A figurehead can say something controversial, not sign it, then disavow the statement if called out.
Another would be to trust the sources that vet info and pass it onto us. However, trust in the mainstream media is extremely low.
Perhaps a distributed approach would be to use a web-of-trust style system and have known notaries mark copies as authentic or not. It would be up to the public to decide with notaries they trusted. We already do something similar for documents like birth certificates.
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Thank you for your comment @eturnerx
That's the frightening true.
That's interesting conception. And sometimes video materials are not intended fur public opinion, but journalists sometimes manage to get them, not necessarily in a legal way. Such materials would definitely not have such digital sign.
That's true, especially when nowadays most mainstream media are targeted on certain political opinion. There are plenty "trusted" TV stations in Poland which regularly manipulate facts.
Hi @eturnerx
Great comment buddz. One of those worth reading. Steemit definetly need more people like you.
Would you perhaps consider using "enter" from time to time? To separate blocks of texts? It would make it much easier to read.
Yours
Piotr