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This will hurt journalists reporting on facts more than it will hurt targets of smear campaigns. Journalist: "Here is a compromising photo of a politician." P
by fritzo 10y ago
This will hurt journalists reporting on facts more than it will hurt targets of smear campaigns.
Journalist: "Here is a compromising photo of a politician."
Politician: "Here are 1M photos of every politician doing every imaginable illegal act. Prove that your one photo is not similarly fabricated."
- thadjo 10y agoverifying the source of an image via a blockchain is probably going to have to be a thing
- anchpop 10y agoWhen all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. What do blockchains have to do with this?
- HappyTypist 10y agoBlockchain are timestamped, cryptographically stamped and immutable.
- oconnore 10y agoGood journalism is typically not dependent on "gotcha" images. It might hurt amateur twitter reporting, though.
- jackpirate 10y agoWhat?! Iconic photos are crucial for telling news in a way people remember. For example: * We remember Tienemen square because of [tank man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man) * We remember napalm in Vietnam because of [Phan Thi Kim Phuc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man) * There are too many pictures from the civil rights movement, so I'll [just link to the Getty's gallery](http://www.gettyimages.com/event/the-american-souths-troubling-history-of-racism-560585453#freedom-riders-on-a-greyhound-bus-sponsored-by-the-congress-of-racial-picture-id154784547 http://www.gettyimages.com/event/the-american-souths-troubli...). These pictures tell the story of violence against black far better than any article ever could.