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It's going to be nearly impossible to validate wartime journalism now, and it's can easily be weaponized for misinformation.

throwaway48540 2y ago
It was always impossible and you always had only two options - trust the person who told you, or see it so many times from so many original sources it's impossible to be fake. That's always been the case. I have seen fake wartime reports using photos from different conflicts, complete fabulations etc 20 years ago just as often as today - the good thing is that people finally recognize they shouldn't trust everyone and everything they see.
er4hn 2y ago
But we're already there. The Gaza and Ukraine conflicts have been full of misinformation, especially showing pictures of attacks that either: - were from that conflict, but not the particular attack that is being used to fuel upset reactions - from other conflicts and labeled as being the current one
wyldberry 2y ago
I'm sure a solution exists that can take inspiration from the digital rights people, anti-cheat developers, cryptography, and other industries interested in provenance. Of course, nothing will be fool-proof, but perhaps something strong enough that social media websites require the uploaded media to have this provenance attestation as well.
- alwa 2y ago
  You may be interested in the Content Authenticity Initiative: https://contentauthenticity.org/ https://contentauthenticity.org/ They’re the folks behind things like Content Credentials, and stuff like building digital signatures into the physical cameras taking the pictures.
  - wyldberry 2y ago
    This is really awesome, thank you for sharing!
mhb 2y ago
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shepherdjerred 2y ago
This is not a new problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spa...
TimedToasts 2y ago
The good news is that it's ALL misinformation so nothing has been lost or gained.

throwaway48540 2y ago

It was always impossible and you always had only two options - trust the person who told you, or see it so many times from so many original sources it's impossible to be fake. That's always been the case. I have seen fake wartime reports using photos from different conflicts, complete fabulations etc 20 years ago just as often as today - the good thing is that people finally recognize they shouldn't trust everyone and everything they see.

er4hn 2y ago

But we're already there. The Gaza and Ukraine conflicts have been full of misinformation, especially showing pictures of attacks that either: - were from that conflict, but not the particular attack that is being used to fuel upset reactions - from other conflicts and labeled as being the current one

wyldberry 2y ago

I'm sure a solution exists that can take inspiration from the digital rights people, anti-cheat developers, cryptography, and other industries interested in provenance. Of course, nothing will be fool-proof, but perhaps something strong enough that social media websites require the uploaded media to have this provenance attestation as well.

alwa 2y ago
You may be interested in the Content Authenticity Initiative: https://contentauthenticity.org/ https://contentauthenticity.org/ They’re the folks behind things like Content Credentials, and stuff like building digital signatures into the physical cameras taking the pictures.
- wyldberry 2y ago
  This is really awesome, thank you for sharing!

mhb 2y ago

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shepherdjerred 2y ago

This is not a new problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spa...

TimedToasts 2y ago

The good news is that it's ALL misinformation so nothing has been lost or gained.