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