Just like there is a social system in place to sift fact from rumors (via watercooler chatter, snopes, networks of trust), at least to a degree where society do

Just like there is a social system in place to sift fact from rumors (via watercooler chatter, snopes, networks of trust), at least to a degree where society doesn't collapse into chaos, in the same way will we be able dampen any damage that this new technology might cause. I think this whole "fake videos of politicians" will become a way smaller issue than what doomsayers predict it will be.