- 'Sup you Beautiful Bastards?
Hope you havin' a fantastic Wednesday.
Welcome back to The Philip DeFranco Show
and let's just jump into.
And the first thing we're gonna talk about today is this
incredibly weird and fascinating
story around celebrities and fake porn.
And the thing is this situation isn't going to be just limited
to celebrities, it's just where it's at right now.
So we've talked about celebrities in the past who
accidentally threw up a nude online or a sex tape got leaked
somehow or they did it on purpose.
Or maybe they're one of the many victims of the Fappening or
Fappening 2 when people's iCloud accounts were hacked and all
their personal photos and videos were released to the internet.
One of things we heard from a lot of people who weren't
sympathizing as much with the victims during those last hacks
was, "Well, they wouldn't have to deal with that if they didn't
"take those pictures or video."
Well, it's not fully true especially because it's getting
harder and harder to tell what the truth is.
And that is in large part here due to deepfakes.
A reddit user by the name of deepfakes was using machine
learning algorithms to make porn.
He was getting a lot of attention leading to a subreddit
dedicated to this with thousands of copycats.
And essentially what they do is they take normal porn and a
celebrity's face and they're able to merge it very well.
And depending on factors like time,
the amount of source footage, the quality of the footage,
it can come off as very believable.
Especially in GIFs or lower res videos.
Some of the big examples people have known about since around
December you had Gal Gadot, Daisy Ridley.
I also went and checked this morning a lot of posts are
starting to get deleted so I wanted to make sure that
this was actually a real thing.
There are videos where they had fakes of
Margo Robbie, Emma Watson.
They looking incredibly well done.
One of the craziest ones I saw was of Cara Delevingne.
Apparently it took a ton of assets it was a 20 hour render
but the video looks real.
It's insane how well done it is.
If I didn't know this was a real thing that was happening and the
source footage wasn't so high quality where you could tell it
was a professionally porn, you know, like it was
a cell phone or was shot vertically.
But the way you can tell the real stuff is like there's
something on the TV it's completely unsexy
it's like the weather or there's a smoke alarm
that needs its battery change going off.
And essentially the way that works it takes open source
machine learning AI algorithms
such as Google's TensorFlow and it puts them to work by
splicing these videos and footage together.
You just provide all that content
and the AI does the rest of the editing.
Now keep in mind the technology is not perfect.
There are examples where things have gone horribly wrong.
You have inside out faces.
But still when you have people that have the high quality
content to be able to merge it, it looks credibly real.
And we're going to see more and more of
this kind of content come out.
They have a desktop app that's called FakeApp that according to
the update today has been downloaded over 100,000 times
and the newest version reportedly turns this into a
one-button process.
And once again, this situation goes past celebrities.
Hypothetically, someone could do this to their ex.
I mean just one look at the deepfake subreddit right now and
you can see that they are even slowly moving
toward social media women.
Today users had already uploaded videos and GIFs of
Lauren Southern, KittyPlays, iJustine.
I mean think about it, we live in the age of
social media and selfies.
You could go to anyone's Instagram,
their Twitter, their wherever,
you're gonna find so much content,
so many high quality images of someone's face
from different angles.
You throw it into this program, all of a sudden you have stills,
you have GIFs, you have lo-res video.
Also a person posts that online, they may think the Emma Watson
one's fake but why Jessica?
There's probably gonna be a lot of people that
aren't gonna believe that someone went through this
crazy process to fake it.
I mean fake photos, Photoshoped photos are already used as a
harassment tool, as revenge porn but putting in the realm of
video is just, it takes it to the next level.
It makes it that much more believable.
Also whether Jessica or some celebrity,
what do these people do?
What's the legal situation here?
And this is something experts have started to argue over
because there are claims you could say this is defamation.
You can have the video removed that way but of course this is
the internet so everything that is ever uploaded will be on the
internet forever in one way shape or form.
Just how you get to it or find it or share it changes.
But you could claim defamation, the video is a false statement
of fact AKA representing that it's you in the video
when it is not, but that requires a huge lawsuit
and then you have to deal with
that person's defense that you're violating their
First Amendment right to free speech.
Art is considered free speech so you may have
a potential legal problem there.
As Eric Goldman, a Santa Clara University School of Law
professor stated, "All content is presumptively protected by
"the First Amendment... So the burden will be on
"the plaintiff [you] to find a doctrine outside the
"First Amendment or to explain how the
"claim avoids any First Amendment protections."
Additionally, you're gonna run into a problem if the content is
post anonymously, if it's on an overseas server,
you might be screwed. Location in situations like this
creates a whole different headache.
Plus, if you're a public figure, you're a celebrity,
a politician, a whatever your right to privacy is even less.
And so essentially, your protections are fewer and
because you are who you are the demand is higher
than your everyday person.
Additionally, the naked parts being shown aren't yours
also a lot of the videos being shared
aren't saying that these are real.
Once again, that's because right now it is at a
showcasing of technology point.
And as far as what this means moving forward,
it's really just the acceleration of an issue we are
going to have more and more.
We've talked about programs in
the past where you can get a web cam, you're talking,
you're able, thanks to this program,
to make it seem like someone else is saying something.
Now thanks to more programs, newer programs like FakeApp it's
becoming more accessible.
So as this is adopted more and more,
how will people be able to tell what is real and what his fake?
It will be even easier if people to deny claims that something
happened even if there is video evidence.
And I saw one user leave this comment
and it is incredibly true.
"If anything can be real, nothing is real."
But with all of that said, I do want to pass the question off to
you, what are your thoughts around the situation?
You think this is going to be a problem in the realm of
revenge porn, fake news, etc.?
I'd love to know your thoughts on this story.
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For every tweet and retweet of the hashtag #BellLetsTalk on
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to mental health initiatives.
So hop on Twitter, go do it or
you can go into the description down below.
I'll link like five that you can retweet if you want.
One, it helps raise awareness,
and two, it's helping a good cause.
Then we got extended trailer for "Dundee" which is definitely a
real movie and not an advertisement.
Side note just make the movie.
Do it. Don't tease us with Margot Robbie,
Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and
mother fuckin' Danny McBride. It's just rude.
Then we had Peter Dinkledge and Morgan Freeman doing a Doritos
and Mountain Dew commercial. It's actually good.
Then thanks The School of Life,
we got the video "Why We Pick Difficult Partners".
It's an interesting one.
We also got a tease for the new "Purge" move.
It's supposed be a prequel.
I know there's going to be controversy around it because
I have that you red MAGA hat
but it says "The First Purge" on it.
That aside, I'm just genuinely excited for this movie.
I'm a fan of the franchise.
The second movie's the best one in my opinion but I'm excited to
see what they do with this one.
And if you want to see the full versions of everything
I just shared, the secret link of the day,
anything at all, links is always
are in the description down below.
And then let's talk about this story out of Tennessee
that has a ton of people angry.
Last week, a video posted to Snapchat went viral.
It showed a teenage boy at Franklin High School walking up
behind a female student, pulling her wig off and running away.
The text over the video read "Weave snatchin" and reportedly
stemmed from a $5 bet between students.
The girl this video, the girl this happened to was
16-year-old, Lauren "Lulu" Williams.
Lulu suffers from eczema, scalp psoriasis,
conditions that have caused her to have severe dryness,
breakage, hair loss.
So to feel more comfortable, more confident,
she wears away a wig.
A wig that is glued and pinned to Lulu's scalp and so that
means when it was ripped off,
it also left her with chunks of hair missing.
Even worse the bullying didn't end there.
After her wig was ripped off another student with a camera
followed her into the bathroom where she was trying to hide and
according to Lulu the student was laughing and
videotaping her over the stall.
- And I ran to the stall and I could hear people laughing.
See them videotaping.
This girl named Courtney followed me to the bathroom was
laughing and I had to close the door on her.
And she was putting her hand over the stall videotaping me.
When I moved my hand and tried to go like that she'd push my
hand out of the way and keep videotaping me and laughing.
I just heard her laughing outside the stall the entire
time and I was crying.
- And so then horrified by the incident,
her family members took to social media
to condemn the bullying.
Her sister, Kayla, posting a tweet detailing the incident.
Adding, "Being a strong person she decided she wasn't going to
"let them win and shaved her hair to show others that you can
"still be beautiful no matter what.
"Having seen what my sister went through (and has gone through
"all her life for being made fun of for not having a lot of hair)
"I'm making this post to let girls know that you're so
"beautiful no matter what anyone says!!!"
Now after posting around this situation blew up,
officials at Williamson County Schools
released the following statement.
"The Franklin High administration and the school
"resource officer immediately began investigating an incident
"when it was reported to them Friday.
"This type of behavior can never be tolerated at school.
"In addition to school discipline,
"WCS prosecutes delinquent behavior
"to the fullest extent of the law."
But according to Lulu's mother,
the school's punishment wasn't enough.
- Their punishment today was in school suspension which is no
worse than detention.
- We then saw Williamson County School
Superintendent Dr. Mike Looney tweet,
"For those concerned about the incident at
"FHS late Friday, the administration and
"law enforcement are on it.
"Please remember when you retweet,
"share, or react to social media posts,
"you give those in the wrong even more attention."
And following that many, including the family,
have taken that message as the
school discouraging victims from speaking out.
The school trying to keep this under wraps.
Also because I guess the superintendent doesn't
understand the internet, that has just resulted in the story
being shared even more.
And where I personally stand is I agree with the family.
I'm glad the family is saying they're moving forward to
prosecute the students involved.
I also feel like it's very odd that the school's saying,
"Don't share. You're gonna give the bad people attention."
I agree with that notion if we're talking about people that
are trying to be martyrs, serial killers who were issuing
manifestoes trying to be infamous.
But some shit heads are too stupid to realize their filming
evidence against them in an assault?
If I had the names and pictures of the people that harassed,
assaulted this young girl I would 100% put them on screen.
They thought they were being funny,
let the whole world know what a shit person they are.
Also, the school giving in school suspension for a
punishment that once again was ripping a girl's hair out,
that's an assault yet they gave this guy the same punishment
that I received for being late three times to one class.
That's just insane to me but I will pass a question of you.
What are your thoughts here? Big deal, not a big deal?
Love to know what you're thinkin'.
And the last thing I want to talk about today is last night's
State of the Union address.
There was a lot to cover, too much for one episode.
It was a long State of the Union.
Not Bill Clinton long but still long.
And so with that said,
I kinda want to split it into two pieces.
The first, as far as presentation and reception,
I think it was a strategically smart speech.
Right, if I oversimplified what he was saying essentially
80% of his speech boiled down to America's dope,
more jobs are dope,
unemployment going down, super dope.
Veterans are awesome. First responders are great.
Little kids who love our country are awesome.
North Korea and ISIS can suck a bag of dicks.
Right, saying stuff that if you didn't clap
you look kinda like a dick.
Also, his guests that he referenced had these amazingly
inspirational and heartbreaking stories.
Heroes who saved lives, people who lost loved ones.
That amazing story of the defector from North Korea.
People and stories that just hit you right in the heart.
And according to a lot of polls, a lot of people that watched the
State of the Union had a very good response to it.
There was a CBS poll that said
three-fourths of people watching approve.
The largest percentage of people
watching were Republicans but still.
A CNN poll also had the majority in the positives.
So there was that part.
I really think there's no doubt that most Americans
are big fans of Teleprompter Trump.
Right, it makes us think of last year when Trump spoke
to a joint session of Congress.
He was a calm, he even had a majority Democrats saying,
"Wow, that was presidential."
Based on the Trump we got last night, not a surprise.
Now as far as the truth and spin behind some of his words,
I think that's also a thing we need to talk about.
I'm not going to be able to get to every single one but I do
want to give you some examples and I'll link to
a lot of resources down below.
On new jobs Trump said,
- Since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs.
Including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone.
After years and years of wage stagnation,
we are finally seeing rising wages.
- So there, yes wages went up
2.5% which was a little above inflation.
US factories did add around 200,000 jobs in 2017.
But that 2.4 million job number has a little spin to it.
The number that he was using includes jobs gained
November 2016 moving forward.
But Barack Obama was still
technically president until January.
Also, even if we use the 2.4 million new jobs,
that's actually slow down in new jobs.
If you use that same period of time,
so November 2015 to December 2016 with Obama there was
actually more new jobs, 2.7 million.
But that said, the slowdown's not important not because Trump
is inept or something but because more and
more jobs are being claimed.
The economy is getting closer and closer to full employment.
Regarding employment Trump also
referenced the African-American community.
- Something I'm very proud of, African-American unemployment
stands at the lowest rate ever recorded. And Hispanic American
unemployment has also reached the lowest levels in history.
- And around this, there was a viral moment online last night.
People taking pictures and videos of the
Congressional Black Caucus not clapping during this moment.
Many stating that this moment was damning or hypocrisy.
But the defense of the Congressional Black Caucus here
is they just don't see Trump as the reason this is happening.
If you look at black unemployment in the
United States over the past two decades,
you'll see that it peaked at around 2009,
2010 and it's been on a
continued downward trend since that.
We also saw Trump say that he was going to keep open detention
centers in Guantánamo Bay.
- I just signed prior to walking in an order directing
Secretary Mattis, who is doing a great job,
to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep
open the detention facilities in Guantánamo Bay.
- There were a lot of people that were angry about that.
They criticized the President for that but I would say there
as a counterpoint is that Guantánamo Bay
is a very complex issue.
You had eight years of an Obama Presidency and it's still open.
Also one of the big standouts is when Trump
talked about immigration.
And he talked about it saying that there are four pillars.
- The first pillar of our framework
generously offers a path to citizenship
for 1.8 million illegal immigrants
who were brought here by their parents at a young age.
- And what he's proposing here is actually bigger than the
number of people in DACA.
The path to citizenship would take 12 years
but it's still a massive move.
And a lot of people who wanted more restrictions on immigration
are just seeing this as President Trump saying,
"Full amnesty." But then he hits on the second pillar.
- The second pillar fully secures the border.
That means building a great wall on the southern border and it
means hiring more heroes like CJ to keep our communities safe.
- And so this brings us back to Donald Trump saying he wants
that $25 billion wall and then also personnel.
Right, so if this is where we still are on this issue
it really makes me wonder if we're going to see
the government shut down again in a week.
Then we have the third pillar.
- The third pillar ends the visa lottery,
a program that randomly hands out green cards without any
regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people.
- That is once again an oversimplification and
misleading explanation.
Millions of people do apply but even if those entries are
picked, they don't just automatically get a visa.
They just become eligible to apply for a visa and must meet
"simple but strict eligibility requirements".
This according to our State Department.
There are background checks and security screenings despite what
Trump and his administration keeps saying.
If you want it to be handled in different way,
sure, I think that's a good argument but you're
misrepresenting the real situation here.
And finally, the fourth pillar.
- Under the current broken system,
a single immigrant can bring in virtually
unlimited numbers of distant relatives.
- And depending on where you stand on the issue,
you either call this
chain migration or family reunification.
But what he is saying here is true.
After an immigrant becomes a US citizen,
they can sponsor an extended family member.
Now if you're a green card holder,
you can also sponsor a relative but they
have to be an immediate family member.
And also because there is a cap on the number of US visas given
out every year, it can sometimes take years or decades.
And the President can give some of his reasoning
around the last three pillars.
- In recent weeks, two terrorist attacks in New York were made
possible by the visa lottery and chain migration.
In the age of terrorism, these programs present risks
we can just no longer afford.
It's time to reform.
- So I'll say one, any act of terrorism,
mass murder, etc., wrong. Horrible. Shouldn't happen.
One is too many.
But what we're not seeing here is the President commenting on
the number of non-immigrants
who kill each other every single day.
And that's not including the mass murders we have
seen from non-immigrants.
Whether illegal or through the lottery
or through chain migration.
But with all that said, I want to pass the question off to you.
What're your thoughts about the State of the Union?
If you're on the left, the right,
somewhere in-between, I'd just love to know.
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