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Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

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263 points josephcsible | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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crazygringo ◴[07 Dec 25 02:01 UTC] No.46178534[source]▶
To be clear, you don't need AI for this.

You can also just call the railroad and report the bridge as damaged.

Hoaxes and pranks and fake threats have been around forever.

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1. zqna ◴[07 Dec 25 09:34 UTC] No.46180407[source]▶
Any hoax can be easily fought, if the punishment of getting caught is severe enough.

The problem is the justice system, that is optimized to protect a criminal and to offload the costs to the society, which is happy to be distracted with identity and moral supemacy arguments.