[justifier]

> You can contest facts, he said, but not images.

with the ubiquity of photo editing, and ai driven video manipulation, i'd argue one can contest images too(i):

>> Ghost in the Shell addressed this issue in 2005(o) >> The Tachikoma units are debating how to stop a nuclear strike and one suggests that broadcasting a live feed of the nuclear sub would help, but the idea is reasoned against due to the technological capabilities to fake such a feed: >> "Pictures don't prove anything anymore. It would just end up as a source of amusement for the uninvolved masses, an image from an unknown source that showed up at an all too convenient time." >> beyond this inflection point one must now trust both the content and the source

(o) https://youtu.be/yAoj3AskFMI

(i) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16522643