A video shared by a top Trump adviser contains audio edited to make it seem like an NBC reporter is mocking GOP presidential candidates.

A senior Trump advisor shared a video that seems to show an NBC reporter badmouthing Republican presidential candidates. It appears AI was used to imitate the reporter’s voice.

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    121·
    8 months ago

    This is pretty obviously humor. And it’s also very obviously protected by the 1st amendment. So many real fights out there, and NBC goes after this? Whatever.

    This is a nothingburger for attention ON THE PART OF NBC, and we’re all helping.

    Edit: I don’t usually mind downvotes, but I find it upsetting that so many people are downvoting this. I hope you all actually take the 30 seconds to listen to the video. It’s pretty clearly intended to be parody/humor, and, while I don’t appreciate the humor, the right to create that piece of “comedy” should probably be protected, no?

    Watch the video. This is practically an Onion video if they start using AI in their video parodies. We want to make that kind of thing legally actionable? Any reasonable person watching the video will understand the end of it is intended to be parodic.

    • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      8 months ago

      Libel, fraud, and trademark infringement are not protected by the 1st amendment.

      The question would be if an average person viewing the video would know that it was fake or if they would believe that the reporter had actually said those things.

      If the average person would be misled about their reporting, NBC certainly has a case against the video’s use.

      I can’t create a deepfake of Donald Trump saying that he loves Hitler and plans to continue his agenda if he wins the election “for the lolz” and post it online without facing serious legal consequences, even if I am protected in doing the same with a cartoon version of him voiced by a parody impersonation.

      • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
        13·
        8 months ago

        You actually are protected to do that, assuming it’s clear to the viewer it’s being used with humorous intent to be critical of Trump. Even the current congressional legislation on this topic carves out exceptions for digital manipulation and construction for parody, satire, and criticism.

        If you’ve watched the video, I’m surprised you don’t find it an obvious attempt at humor.

        • undercrust@lemmy.ca
          51·
          8 months ago

          Parody and satire are done by someone else. Kinda like your example of SNL. It’s very very clear that when Will Ferrell was impersonating Dubya, it wasn’t actually him. When Weird Al sings about his bologna, no one actually thought it was The Knack.

          This is AI, putting a live person’s voice into their own mouth, saying words they never said. That should be immediately apparent as obviously different to parody and satire.

          Defending this as OK behaviour is willful ignorance and reeks of one particular political party that seems to rely on lying directly to it’s constituents as a main promotional tactic.