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SarahV

@dw_innovation This seems like it would be a power tool for combating disinformation, and I love it for that. But it could also be used to more easily find the locations of people in photographs for the purposes of stalking, harassment, and doxing. What kind of safeguards are you intending for Spot? How will you balance its utility and need vs potential harms?

4 Dec 2023 at 14:09 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.futurelab.social
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Veronika Cheplygina
DW Innovation

@admin Hi. Thanks for the comment. We'd never condone stalking, harassment, or doxing. And this journo tool clearly isn't intended for stuff like that. At the same time, tech is always
a double-edged sword. For instance, you can use any open source blog engine to post and spread malinfo. And you can use any photo editor to doctor images. There's no easy way to fix this. At the end of the day, it's a social and political problem, one of civility. We'll discuss this some more internally, though.

5 Dec 2023 at 9:42 | Open on mastodon.social
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