@aral If a government that commits genocide, and all the people who stand behind the people in that government, are not an enemy of humanity, then who is?

For what purpose do we have that term if not for this?

@greenWhale Yes. LinuxIsBest is the guy who claims to work for Facebook.

@aral What a coward hiding behind an anonymous account. He doesn't believe his own fabricated story.

Your description was funny ("from your trusted sources") even though the subject matter is not. You have my full support, Aral. ️

As a decent person, I struggle to imagine the path that leads a person to become like that.

@cybeardjm @axbom All the people who want to be free from "the State" and regulation are very happy to make big contracts with the state to loot taxpayer's money.

The biggest opportunity is war preparations and expenses.

That's why we have Palantir and Palmer Luckey's company (Anduril it is called, I believe).

@la_li_lu_le_lo Alexander Dobrindt, Friedrich Merz, Jens Spahn, Markus Söder, etc.

@joshix @zaphodb GdP und DPolG sind beide rechtsgesinnt und hetzen gegen alle, die ein Gerechtigkeitsempfinden haben. Die eine Gewerkschaft vielleicht mehr als die andere, aber nehmen tun sie sich letztlich beide nichts.

@fabio Ja, das ist genau ein Problem. Die GdP zerstört völlig die Glaubwürdigkeit der Polizei. Die ja ohnehin nicht sehr hoch ist.

@fabio Es gibt nicht "nur" das fake image.

Im wohlwollendendsten Fall nehme ich an, dass die verantwortliche Person es einfach bequemer fand, mittels ChatGPT innerhalb von 5 Minuten ein geeignetes Bild zu haben, als sich ewig lang durch Videos auf der Suche nach einem geeignete Frame zu wühlen. Nochmal: Das ist der wohlwollendste Fall ohne Täuschungsabsicht.

@realn2s Yes, for protests against fossil fuels or genocide, I don't trust their statistics one bit. For soccer matches with violent hooligans who throw stones, I am much more inclined to believe that the police officers were actually injured by a stone thrown at them, rather than by tripping over themselves.

@Netraven I might have been responsible for spreading misinformation. The news is about soccer hooligans, not anti-genocide protestors. I edited my initial post since first publishing it. Sorry for any confusion.

But in your image, it even knew to use BE for Berlin cops. That's damning. Many videos of infamous Berlin police on social media.

@watcher2026 You're talking nonsense.

@alineblankertz Yes! Better no picture than an AI-generated one.

While you were writing your comment, I completely revamped my initial post. I don't know if you already saw it. I had to admit that I wrote my initial post too rashly.

I heavily edited my initial posting, which I think needed some clarification to not spread misinformation.

@alineblankertz Thank you. I admit I was a bit too quick ranting about police, given all the negative and unmistakable experiences in recent and not so recent past.

I condemn violent soccer fans. I don't even consider them fans. True fans are there to enjoy the sport and watch their team. But these folks only come for acting out their violence. And destroy the reputation of "their team". A fan wouldn't do that.

- There was actual use of pyrotechnics.
- Hooligans did actually throw stones at police officers.
- There probably were dozens of officers with broken bones and similar injuries.

Police has all that on video/film. Why not use a picture—any picture—of that? That way everyone believes that out-of-control violent hooligans throw dangerous stuff at police officers.

Why generate some crappy AI image that destroys all trust in their coverage? How am I supposed to believe this violence against police officers is something that actually happened and not just pulled out of their ass like so many of their lies, after escorting Nazis or beating up genocide protestors.

I expect something else from news coverage.

@wakame In a tiny footnote that they added >> after several people complained <<, they even write:

> Zur Verdeutlichung und Transparenz weisen wir noch einmal darauf hin, dass es sich bei der Darstellung um ein KI-generiertes Bild handelt, welches nicht die eigentliche Einsatzsituation vorgeben soll.

Translation: "To make it clear, and for transparency, we point out again that the image is AI-generated and not supposed to show what truly happened."

What the fuck?!

1. They admit to lying.
2. Instead of removing their lies (or not posting them in the first place), they add a teeny tiny footnote, saying not to believe what they post.

Source: https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden

@gme Law currently isn't worth much in Germany.

German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.

After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.

However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".

I find this very problematic.

The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.

Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.

Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.

Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.

Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.

The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".

It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.

¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden

@Shivviness @aral In Germany, it's lawful to strike only if an union called for a strike.

If you strike without a union first having called for a strike, you will get fired from your job and there won't be anything you can do about it. You might even have to pay your employer for damages caused by you not working.

Even if a union calls for a strike, your salary will be cut. Your employer won't pay you for your time on strike.

So there's a few things to know before striking. Many Germans don't know them and are thus insecure/timid/submissive.

Even if they know all that, they're not ready/willing to make the sacrifices. Even though the German welfare state would pay them 60% of their previous salary while they're unemployed.

There are occassionally specific strikes in Germany, like all trains standing still (because such strikes are backed by a union).

But a general strike will never happen in Germany. Or anything else that could stop Germany's export of weapons to Israel.

Even more so because the Germans are a people that likes to bitch and whine about their own personal inconveniences. Suffering even a mild personal inconvenience as the price for showing solidarity with a just cause is not something the majority of Germans will do. Like your commute taking 5 minutes longer because some climate protestors blocked a road and you had to take a different road. That is something a German would still bitch and whine about even three months later. That's why the far right has it so easy in Germany, inciting against "radical leftists". Because Germans hate leftists and protests already, they don't need right-wing propaganda to become mad at them.