Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed
Contrary to what some have heard, Emmanuel Mun is still the president of France and has not been overthrown by an unnamed colonel. This after a series of artificial intelligence generated videos purported to show journalists reporting live from Paris on an ongoing coup. For now, unofficial sources are describing a coup detaine in France led by an unidentified colonel and the possible toppling of Emanuel. Two days later, more false AI videos purported to confirm the push from the presidential palace and from the streets. >> Live from Paris, the situation continues to develop, and as you can see, supporters of the colonel have taken to the streets. The videos garnered millions of views, but did not cross the president’s radar until days later when he received a concerned message from an African counterpart. A Facebook message that said, “Dear president, what’s happening in France? I’m very worried. >> The president’s response to the content was one of indignation. I believe in a free and open debate, but these people are making a mockery of us. They don’t care about protecting public debate.” >> And he was especially unimpressed by the platform when they declined to take the videos down. >> Facebook. The message from Facebook read, “This does not contravene our rules of acceptable use. They refused to withdraw it. When we have manifestly fake news that endangers public safety through destabilization, it must be possible to take them down.” >> The videos were subsequently removed on Wednesday morning. Bart’s AI generated content has proliferated, its quality has improved, and it has become an increasingly effective vehicle for fake news.
Sometime in the second week of December, an improbable video began making the rounds on French-language social media. France, it claimed, was subject to a coup d’état, and President Emmanuel Macron had possibly been deposed. The video, an AI-generated fake, racked up millions of views and caused alarm with at least one African leader. At first, not even the French president could get Meta to take it down. Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.
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31 comments
Its believable because Macron is that bad
People creating such fakes are walking very thin line. Sooner or later people would get hurt believing in such lies.
LOL now this is pod racing
Imagine the applications when countries want to topple each other tho
Europe mocked our boy Trump for his 'fake news' argument. Now we will show Europe what's 'fake news'
What a shame. It might be real soon. Bring back sovereignty.
Either the liberal democracies control the internet or the internet will destroy liberal democracies.
This will be the death of most social media that focus n short form content.
Facebook, Instagram, Youtube shorts.. the only way to combat the spread of AI propaganda is to remove the platform they can be posted on OR to heavily moderate it. With facebook refusing to moderate itll have to be the first option
Never seen the video they talk about.
Why is any democratic Government even tolerating Meta at this point? Or X for that matter?
L'ho detto e lo ripeto, l'AI rappresenta la fine del mondo
when he says, they don't care about protecting the public.
He means only himself
And so it begins…
1:08 look at the expressions of the people behind him!!! They seem to disagree with Macaroon
Spreading misinformation is one of the worst things people can do about politics. Ai is the perfect tool for bad actors and a danger for society.
Lets hope it becomes reality, done with the politicians that are destroying western culture.
People were probably hoping it was real.
I think people are stupid if they cant tell ai from real.
The most interesting thing here is that world leaders message each other on FaceBook!
I haven't use Facebook in over a decade. It's time for every country to BAN Facebook.
This wouldn't happen if human beings weren't so gullible and ignorant.
Meta did not pass the test of handling AI fake news. Meta response of three days delay is too slow. Someone perhaps should build another AI fake news on Meta CEO and see how Meta responds quickly this time.
Times were better when it's just ceremony as for control that just weird abusive
Laws are laws no stalking stalking human rights very simple
Ban social media. Go back to traditional = No more problems.
bro is aiming for Iran level of censorship xD
pass a law making it easier to sue tech companies that post a fake video in court – eg. set it that they are automatically responsible if their software is used, and set it so that there is a minimum fine for slander for them that is very high without a need to prove lost income. and mandate the best lawyers for free (paid for by the state and repaid by big tech after big tech loses) for anyone suing big tech.
Hold the line, we must continue combating AI slop, no ground given.
The solution to all this, would be to forbid SoMe platforms to post adds or comercials. They would then need other forms of revenue, no longer be fixated on clicks and toxic content
Hope this happens soon.
Fake news has been weaponised by governments including Macron, and it was all fine until fake news are made against them
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