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You're being obtuse. There's an obvious difference between "state-level actors can produce misleading films" and "anyone with an internet connection and 5 minutes can make anything they want".


Not in terms of effect. This might have been a gamechanger 20 years ago but nowadays people already trust TikTok memes more than they trust CNN. The bar for credibility is so low that this sort of thing is almost trying too hard.


“People” aren’t a monolith. Certain people are definitely falling for low effort TikTok trash but now more people will fall for these more “credible” fakes.


I think it will be like these "X celebrity is dead" fake articles that went viral on Facebook 201X something. People, as in enough people to make gossip, will only get fooled 3 or 4 times.


The post I responded to wrote "Imagine what a 3 letter agency could do with their level of resources" and I don't think much changed in that regard.




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