[api]

We’re not talking about differing views but about flat lies.

It’s basically a DDOS attack. It takes seconds especially with AI to generate bullshit but hours to debunk it.

I certainly haven’t thought of a way to address that imbalance.

[shzhdbi09gv8ioi]

One way to address this kind of attack is by vetting the source. If you put some effort into it, you could possibly conclude that for example nytimes.com does not auto generate nonsense stories with AI, so you could then assume their text is written by humans.

Of course this falls apart in this day and age, where many seem to rely on whatever flows thru their social media feeds / reels.

It is certainly a user problem, where we need to counter by educating ourselves to deal with this the new reality of bad actors being common place, educate ourselves and our peers, and permanently solve the social chain of trust-issue in our digital lives with new technical solutions.

[thsksbd]

Like the Steele Dossier?

Or that Hunter's laptop outlining his old man's corruption was fake?

What do you think are lies that should be censored and how quick are you to identify them?

[techostritch]

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Are you trying to make the point that the Steele dossier was fake? Certainly not censored but it would have been great if it was desensationalized.

[2four2]

Strange agenda here. This conversation isn't about those things, and isn't about censorship.

[Nursie]

Nobody cares about Hunter Biden’s laptop. It’s the biggest nothing-burger ever. If it actually detailed any corruption, then it would have pursued in court by now. It’s always been a complete waste of time.

[justonenote]

Regardless of the specific case of the laptop, it is beyond naive to think that every incidence of corruption that is known about is pursued in court.

Even non-political figures who are known to be corrupt will not be prosecuted or pursued because of the difficulty of securing a conviction or simply priorities and limited resources.

When it comes to people to with powerful political connections, you are talking a different level of 'difficulty pursing this case'.

[Nursie]

And if I was making such a claim that would be a very valid argument.

[api]

If I were Hunter I would have demanded that the laptop be imaged and a torrent posted to the Internet. Label it NSFW if there was a porn collection.

No mystery no story.

It’s like when Bezos responded to a tabloid threatening to post his dick pic and out him for sending one by owning up to it and threatening to post it himself. Based.

[astrange]

One of the earliest mentions of it was on fake news sites owned by Guo Wengui claiming it had child porn on it, presumably because they'd planted some on it - the suppression was so effective that the people claiming it's real don't remember this either.

IIRC the articles had very poor ideas of what Americans would find scandalous because they spent much of their time talking about how big Hunter Biden's penis was.