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joshdavham ◴[] No.43111276[source]
Besides just being really cool, what are some of the clearest use-cases for this?
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listenallyall ◴[] No.43111989[source]
Catfishing

Convincing older people that their children/relatives are in jail/hospital/kidnapped and need money

Disinformation/chaos by faking important speeches by politicians

Fake celebrity endorsements of products and causes

Rewriting historical events with "newly uncovered" footage

Other creative ways of ripping people off and lying

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1. tetris11 ◴[] No.43113326[source]
> Disinformation/chaos by faking important speeches by politicians

I do wonder what the end game here would be. A race to the bottom where any televised speech is brought into question. I wonder if that would destabilize all power bases to the point that people will finally look at the actions of their politicians rather than their words. Wishful thinking perhaps.

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2. wruza ◴[] No.43113442[source]
I think that taking political speeches at face value was flawed anyway, so. Maybe someone will finally get tired of this circus and invents Bitrule somehow.