[Kaveren]

> photography was an art, and photos were generally manipulated, sometimes heavily , sometimes to remove people etc.

Except this was time consuming and couldn't be done automatically in an undetectable way.

> human societies have survived without video evidence since forever

Stupid argument, we've also survived war since forever, except now a war between nuclear powers would be devastating in a way war historically wasn't. It will absolutely not be the same as it was before photos and videos.