Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.

  • MacGuffin94@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Can someone explain to me why we cannot wrap these deep fakes into existing identity theft law? Or at least impersonating a public official /government employee when it comes to politicians.

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      9 months ago

      Because it has nothing to do with identity theft? The actors are not attempting to pass by another person for fraudulent purposes. Supporting Trump is not exactly illegal, I guess. I’m sure there are laws that align better with this scenario.