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This may be a silly question, but how do you intend to battle disinformation with yt-dl?

dijit 6y ago
Makes certain types of media archivable when they otherwise wouldn’t be. It’s rather common for people to take down things that can be used against them later. Very common for youtubers but also somewhat common for politicians who may want to distance themselves from historical points of view.
- motohagiography 6y ago
  Also useful for pulling apart fakes where you need the original files to see how they were edited together.
Hnrobert42 6y ago
My company does anti-disinformation consulting. We don’t use ytdl, but we do download videos. It helps to: 1. look for artifacts of deepfaking. 2. extract audio for speech to text, translation, and searching. 3. look for patterns that indicate the video is churned out by disinfo content farms.
- jlokier 6y ago
  Sounds like an interesting line of work, and one that could get very sophisticated.
- falsaberN1 6y ago
  First notice I have of this line of business. I am thoroughly intrigued. Is the deepfake situation that out of control? What kind of scenarios is it used for, in terms of spreading misinformation?
  - Hnrobert42 6y ago
    I wouldn’t say deepfakes are out of control, but we see their risk potential to our clients. We support social media platforms, politicians, and large corporations. So far, our social media clients are those most concerned and affected by deepfakes. Threat actors use deepfakes, along with other forms of disinformation, to achieve their objective. The most commonly discussed are the Russians interfering with US elections, but many other nations are now getting in the game. We have also seen organized crime using elections or other hot-button issues to drive traffic to their ad-laden websites. We are still in the early days of deepfakes. I am sure we will see many more sophisticated methods as the technology improves. As it becomes commoditized, it will become another tool used moving down market from geopolitical goals, to organized crime, to petty fraud.
- chordalkeyboard 6y ago
  I echo the sibling comments and would like to learn more about your work and perhaps have a link to your company or another one in the same industry.
  - Hnrobert42 6y ago
    In case you don’t return to this comment otherwise, I wanted to post that responded to the sibling post.

Makes certain types of media archivable when they otherwise wouldn’t be. It’s rather common for people to take down things that can be used against them later. Very common for youtubers but also somewhat common for politicians who may want to distance themselves from historical points of view.

motohagiography 6y ago
Also useful for pulling apart fakes where you need the original files to see how they were edited together.

Hnrobert42 6y ago

My company does anti-disinformation consulting. We don’t use ytdl, but we do download videos. It helps to: 1. look for artifacts of deepfaking. 2. extract audio for speech to text, translation, and searching. 3. look for patterns that indicate the video is churned out by disinfo content farms.

jlokier 6y ago
Sounds like an interesting line of work, and one that could get very sophisticated.
falsaberN1 6y ago
First notice I have of this line of business. I am thoroughly intrigued. Is the deepfake situation that out of control? What kind of scenarios is it used for, in terms of spreading misinformation?
- Hnrobert42 6y ago
  I wouldn’t say deepfakes are out of control, but we see their risk potential to our clients. We support social media platforms, politicians, and large corporations. So far, our social media clients are those most concerned and affected by deepfakes. Threat actors use deepfakes, along with other forms of disinformation, to achieve their objective. The most commonly discussed are the Russians interfering with US elections, but many other nations are now getting in the game. We have also seen organized crime using elections or other hot-button issues to drive traffic to their ad-laden websites. We are still in the early days of deepfakes. I am sure we will see many more sophisticated methods as the technology improves. As it becomes commoditized, it will become another tool used moving down market from geopolitical goals, to organized crime, to petty fraud.
chordalkeyboard 6y ago
I echo the sibling comments and would like to learn more about your work and perhaps have a link to your company or another one in the same industry.
- Hnrobert42 6y ago
  In case you don’t return to this comment otherwise, I wanted to post that responded to the sibling post.