.
Former President Barack Obama suggested in a new interview the development of “digital fingerprints” to combat misinformation and distinguish between true and misleading news for consumers.
Obama sat down with his former White House senior adviser David Axelrod for a conversation on the latter’s podcast, “The Axe Files,” on CNN Audio. During the interview, Axelrod noted he’s seen “misinformation, disinformation, [and] deepfakes” targeting Obama.
“As I’ve told people, because I was the first digital president when I left office, I was probably the most recorded, filmed, photographed human in history, which is kind of a weird thing,” responded Obama. “But just the odds are that I was. As a consequence, there’s a lot of raw material there.”
The former president added that the deepfakes — digitally manipulated images, audio or video that appear legitimate — started with a version of him dancing, “saying dirty limericks” and similar kinds of activity.
“That technology’s here now,” continued Obama, who warned about the issue getting worse moving forward. “So, most immediately we’re going to have all the problems we had with misinformation before, [but] this next election cycle will be worse.”
He then suggested “digital fingerprints” to discern truth from misinformation.
“And the need for us, for the general public, I think to be more discriminating consumers of news and information, the need for us to over time develop technologies to create watermarks or digital fingerprints so we know what is true and what is not true,” he said. “There’s a whole bunch of work that’s going to have to be done there, but in the short term, it’s really going to be up to the American people to kind of say.”
Obama and Axelrod went on to say that today many consumers are only viewing information from sources they are predisposed to agree with and will likely believe what they see.
“Obviously, we saw that during the vaccination stuff. So, I am concerned about it,” added Obama, referring to the COVID vaccine. “And I think the best we’re going to be able to do is to constantly remind people that this is out there.”
The former president said he thinks most people are now aware that “not everything that pops up on your phone is true,” but cautioned misinformation can be used to discourage people from voting by characterizing the system as rigged and corrupt.
“That can oftentimes advantage the powerful,” said Obama. “And I am worried about that kind of cynicism developing even further during the course of this next election.”
Red Pill Expo isn’t just for Father’s Day! Buy the mother in your life a VIP ticket to Red Pill Expo, where she can enjoy renowned speakers such as Alex Newman, Sarah Westall, Stacey Olinger, G. Edward Griffin and more! But the fun doesn’t stop there! Make sure to sign Mom and Dad up for the FREE seminar hosted by Peymon Mottahedeh where he will teach you how to legally reject paying federal income taxes and how to make the IRS honor that exemption! Use Code: EXPO24 for 25% off your ticket but don’t wait because this offer is only available for Mother’s Day!
Actually he’s right about the 2024 President Election being even more corrupt. What he forgot to mention though, is that it will be HIS PEOPLE making it more corrupt.
The left is the force that lies. An example would be their insistence that Conservatives are anti-immigrant, when they are actually anti-illegal immigrant. That is how the White Supremest label got started in modern times.
Why is Obama out spouting crap to people anyway.. most past presidents just go home and relax. We don’t hear from them again and certainly not about propositions for the US Gov. Are we going to have to put up with Biden after he becomes PAST? Why is Obama even showing his face? He’s like a never ending story.
More like a recurring hemorrhoid. Trump needed to severely deal with him and Soros when he was in office, but . . . . .