2025-12-18 14:22:37

The fake video scandal generated by AI shook France. After the spread of a video depicting a coup created by artificial intelligence, the country experienced a major crisis.

According to French authorities, even leaders of African countries searched to verify the video's authenticity, believing it to be real. A sign of how seriously the situation was taken.

When questions were posed to Meta, the platform responded: "We did not violate our community standards." In other words, even if the video was fake, no intervention was made because technically it did not violate the platform's terms of use.

This incident raises serious questions about the spread of misinformation generated by artificial intelligence, the responsibility of social media platforms, and the difficulty of discerning reality in the digital age.

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PseudoIntellectual

· 2025-12-20 21:55

Meta's response is spot on, exploiting loopholes skillfully. --- Fake videos fooling African leaders? Ha, it shows we all need to learn how to identify them. --- It's another Meta passing the buck. Is this the platform's sense of responsibility? --- AI face swapping is so advanced? It feels like it won't be fake for much longer. --- Forget it, Meta is just pushing the legal boundaries. As long as they don't violate any rules, it's fine. --- If this happened to us, just thinking about it is terrifying. --- The government is already anxious, which shows how serious the problem is. --- Unstoppable; as technology advances day by day, fake content will eventually become real. --- Meta always plays dead when it comes to politically sensitive issues. We've seen through it long ago. --- Now even national leaders are easily fooled. This could lead to a major incident.

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QuorumVoter

· 2025-12-20 20:14

Silly Meta, hiding behind terms and playing word games? --- This is outrageous, even African leaders believe it, what does that say? --- AI face swapping needs to be regulated, if this continues, the information war will have no bottom line. --- Meta's attitude, just claiming no violations? Who would believe that? --- This is really bullshit, as long as the technology is fine? Then even fake coups are okay? --- This is the real information war, more ruthless than any propaganda. --- So from now on, we have to question everything we see, who can tell what's true and what's false?

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MemeCoinSavant

· 2025-12-18 14:52

ngl meta saying "lol not against ToS" while literally destabilizing governments is peak comedy. the memetic coefficient of this disinformation event is statistically significant in the worst way possible... number go down fr fr

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GateUser-0717ab66

· 2025-12-18 14:50

Now Meta really can't hold it anymore, hiding behind the terms and wanting to back out completely? --- Deepfake can fool African leaders, and we're still scrolling on our phones. Truly hilarious. --- So whether violating the terms depends entirely on Meta's mood. --- AI face swapping... feels unstoppable. From now on, all videos might have a question mark. --- I just want to ask Meta, isn't it really awkward to keep passing the buck like this? --- The French government is getting anxious, and the platform is still replying with official rhetoric. Incredible. --- False information is everywhere. As long as the technology is fine, is that enough? This logic is absurd.

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MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

· 2025-12-18 14:49

Wow, Meta's move is really clever, digging into the loopholes thoroughly. --- That's why I trust social media less and less. --- Fake videos fooling African leaders... how outrageous is that? --- Meta: We haven't violated any guidelines. You guys: ??? --- Is AI face-swapping technology this advanced? I'm a bit scared. --- Still waiting for Meta to take responsibility voluntarily. That's hilarious. --- To put it simply, the platform doesn't want to regulate it; laws can't keep up with technology. --- Don't you realize how quickly false information spreads? --- These generative tools should really be banned. They're too dangerous.

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GasFeeGazer

· 2025-12-18 14:45

Meta is truly incredible, even finding artistic flair in exploiting loopholes haha --- AI is still quite terrifying, even capable of fooling the government --- I haven't even seen the fake video of the French coup... when will Web3 be able to produce something like that --- It's outrageous, African leaders actually believe it... what does that say --- Meta's "no violation of guidelines" approach really made me laugh to death, fine, you win --- Now it's hard to tell what's real or fake --- This is why I simply don't trust things on social media... it's all AI-generated nonsense --- It's frustrating, it feels like in the AI era, we're all going to be thoroughly deceived --- Although it's shocking, it's not surprising; Meta's nature is obvious --- In my opinion, platforms should be responsible and not just blame the algorithms

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