In Taiwan last March, to solve the problem of advertisers pushing deep fake scams. We sent 200,000 text messages to random numbers around Taiwan asking how we should make sure that the information integrity is upheld without harming freedom of expression because after all Taiwan is the most free in all of Asia when it comes to internet freedom. And so people gave us very good ideas. 450 people in rooms of 10 in 45 rooms deliberated in a generative way. The social media company needs to be liable for the full damage of $5 million. Let’s slow down throttle connection to their videos, but do not censor them. Many public representatives of Taiwan people agree on this bundle of policy with more than 85% approval. And that was last March. So, this year, if you scroll in Taiwan, Facebook or YouTube, you simply do not see those deepfake ads anymore. The problem is solved.

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