> everyone will start doubting any videos they watch.
This kills the medium.
Just as ubiquitous scam calls have moved people away from phones, this moves people away from using media which cannot be trusted. Done enough this destroys reporting and therefore democracy. I wonder when the first nonexistent candidate will be elected.
This sounds like saying Text, as a medium, is already destroyed. But as we can see, despite thousands of years of fraud potential, we still use text a medium. We're back to needing witnesses and corroborating evidence.
It is inevitable at this point that video as 'proof' will be killed. That we cannot do reporting and it destroying democracy is a little too much 'sky is falling'. Democracy existed before video.
I'm not sure I can take seriously arguments of "killing democracy", that undermines whatever point you're making in the same way people that worry about crime and shout "think of the children" or immediately go to "stopping terrorism". Just make your point without hyperbole.
This kills the medium.
Just as ubiquitous scam calls have moved people away from phones, this moves people away from using media which cannot be trusted. Done enough this destroys reporting and therefore democracy. I wonder when the first nonexistent candidate will be elected.