alt Hacker NewsAuthoritarian regimes don’t run on facts. They run on the primacy of Authority. Cameras record factual information. Facts are inconvenient for Authority. You know, 1984 Department of Truth style.
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simonh • yesterday at 11:52 PM
It’s not a coincidence that the CIA just took down the World Fact Book.
kevin_thibedeau • yesterday at 10:41 PM
When you control the cameras you can memory hole any inconvenient truths.
plagiarist • yesterday at 10:46 PM
They will have the AI just make a video of you doing whatever they feel like accusing you of and publish that from a .gov website.
PunchyHamster • yesterday at 10:38 PM
well if you never read about how any of those work you might think that.
In reality they are very much interested in facts, because they give them info who to oppress harder
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Yeah but the camera was broken that day the policeman beat you. On protest day? It's magically up and running.