TikTok ran a deepfake ad of an AI MrBeast hawking iPhones for $2 — and it’s the ‘tip of the iceberg’::As AI spreads, it brings new challenges for influencers like MrBeast and platforms like TikTok aiming to police unauthorized advertising.

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      2 years ago

      So you see this as specifically a tiktok problem and not a tech problem? Do you think it won’t/hasn’t happened elsewhere, and will be only a tiktok problem? I don’t use tiktok, or care about it but I feel like every problem with it is something endemic to social media platforms run by businesses atm.

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        2 years ago

        Sorry, just blurting an admittedly off-topic idea. No, I don’t think TikTok is the problem here…

        But why isn’t TikTok banned? It is cancer.

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          2 years ago

          So is all social media. People were saying the same about Facebook. People are saying the same about Twitter. People are also saying the same about reddit. TikTok is just the main popular right now.

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      2 years ago

      Maybe it’s a bad idea for the government to completely shutdown a private business?

      Maybe it’s because of the first amendment violations the government silencing a social network would entail.

      Maybe it’s because we are attempting to be a democracy and have due process available to all entities that operate within the United States?

      Just a thought.

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      Because its a overstep of government power. How would that be enforced? The US couldn’t even manage to get rid of alcohol let alone software.