[carlosjobim]

It's become a trope of HN that the first, second or third top-level comment for any and every subject will be somebody calling for government regulations.

In this case, it's calling for government regulations to make sure that people do not lie. Good luck with that, I say. Those are regulations which will be guaranteed to be imperfectly written and imperfectly enforced, and smart people - like the commenter I replied to - should understand that.

Unless you are of the faith that "the government" is an almighty and all-seeing god, which to be fair is what many people think and why government worship is the largest religion on the planet right now. Both in devotion of the believers, in tithes paid, and in willingness to kill for and die for the faith.

What will happen in reality if the government regulates picture veracity like suggested is this:

- Any pictures (real or manipulated or generated) which are in line with government policies and ideology will be marked as 100% true, real and verified.

- All pictures (real or manipulated or generated) which go against government policies and ideology will be marked as 100% fake and lies.