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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,869 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:14 AM 5 hrs ago

Can DU provide us with .html code with which we can indicate that an illustration we're posting is fake?

Good morning.

Recently I've seen a thread showing what is claimed to be a court artist's illustration made during yesterday's oral argument of Trump v. Barbara. The illustration depicts Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson standing at a lectern directly in front of Donald Trump, as if she were lecturing him.

The illustration was generated by well known right-wing troll Jack Posobiec. It is as phony as the day is long. It's easy to tell. Whoever Posobiec had provide the illustration for him conjured up a setting that in no way shows how the justices are positioned during oral arguments.

When the illustration shows up at Snopes and other factchecking sites, it will quickly be determined to be a fake. Snopes will make sure that the illustration bears some sort of an icon or a red slash, warning all who see it of the illustration's creator's intent to deceive.

I can see that DUers would have reason to post fake illustrations here, in a capacity to alrert fellow DUers of the fraud. In the thread I'm talking about, the OP has made sure that readers are alerted up-front that the illustration is not real. Still, the illustration is there in all its fraudulent glory.

Can we have code here that we could apply to the illustration to mark it as fraudulent? It would look something like this;

[diagonalredslash]Something or other.jpg[/diagonalredslash]

What say you?

It's overcast, so I think I'll go outside and shout at some clouds.

Thanks. See ya.

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Can DU provide us with .html code with which we can indicate that an illustration we're posting is fake? (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago OP
This is something that, in theory, might not be too difficult to implement... EarlG 5 hrs ago #1
Perhaps a robot emoji justaprogressive 4 hrs ago #2
Don't post fakes Srkdqltr 4 hrs ago #3
There is software out there or in development that tries to detect fakes, but usonian 3 hrs ago #4

EarlG

(23,634 posts)
1. This is something that, in theory, might not be too difficult to implement...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:22 AM
5 hrs ago

I'll think about it.

justaprogressive

(6,918 posts)
2. Perhaps a robot emoji
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:48 AM
4 hrs ago



or maybe a flashing pink dot with siren... ala red for video, blue for twitter?





usonian

(25,354 posts)
4. There is software out there or in development that tries to detect fakes, but
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:18 PM
3 hrs ago

It all looks pretty complex and experimental.

One, somewhere in my treasury of saved pdf articles, claims high accuracy. (text, IIRC)

And of course, DuckDuckGo offers the option in image search of "show AI" or not, and a bunch do sneak through the filter, whatever it is.

California's new AI executive order aims for a watermark on images, and more.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/california-ai-regulations-trump

https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3.30-FINAL-Trusted-AI-Procurement-EO-N-5-26.pdf

Then, there's the community, pretty sharp. "The Wisdom of Crowds" still works here, while on the wider internet, echo chambers, bots and such have destroyed its value. There are still (mostly) real people here, THOUGH, an inadvertent post, as mentioned in the OP, can bring down jeers and derision.

I have had to trash people who are so focused on only that issue, sorry, even if I agree.

With some civility, it can be done here.

I use some AI-generated images in my mashups and memes. There just isn't the time or talent (in me) to recreate stuff from scratch. My Dad was the artist, not me. But I try to stay away from wildly obvious AI stuff as part of my "art".

This would be qute a task, community-wise, or via some automation, but with over half the internet traffic artificial in one sense or another, kind of important.

And please { you know who you are} stop bashing folks who aren't tech-savvy enough to tell.

Cheers


and by the way mahatmakanejeeves, some clouds can be wonderful to watch, shouting optional.





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