AnthillOmbudsman t1_j8q2y8f wrote on February 16, 2023 at 3:17 AM

Reply to comment by jamescookenotthatone in TIL that, despite it being widely reported, Bruce Willis never sold the rights to use his likeness with deep fake technology. A Russian Advert company made it up and illegally used him in a commercial. by EarlGrey_Picard

This is the inevitable result of news media parroting everything they get from corporate sources and posting it as credible "news".

vemenium t1_j8qmjer wrote on February 16, 2023 at 6:23 AM

Well, to be fair, if news sites can’t have unpaid interns and freelancers working for pennies type up corporate press releases with zero research and add a few sentences of forced commentary, they’ll never be able to churn out enough content to get enough clicks for a good number of people to stumble on one of their affiliate links.