The problem has far less to do with reliable methods of authentication and far more to do with social attitudes and atomization.
Not nearly enough people on either side of the ideological spectrum are going to use tools to verify a picture or video’s authenticity, because we can do that now relatively easily, and people don’t do it now. I can’t imagine people are going to trust anything that contradicts their own narratives.
For example, the people who most need to use fact-checking websites are now swearing off the use fact-checking and calling places like Snopes scams and left-wing propaganda.
The problem has far less to do with reliable methods of authentication and far more to do with social attitudes and atomization.
Not nearly enough people on either side of the ideological spectrum are going to use tools to verify a picture or video’s authenticity, because we can do that now relatively easily, and people don’t do it now. I can’t imagine people are going to trust anything that contradicts their own narratives.
For example, the people who most need to use fact-checking websites are now swearing off the use fact-checking and calling places like Snopes scams and left-wing propaganda.