SAG-AFTRA condemns AI "actress" Tilly Norwood and says "the union is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics."
"To be clear, 'Tilly Norwood' is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation. It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion and, from what we’ve seen, audiences aren’t interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience. It doesn’t solve any 'problem' — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry. Additionally, signatory producers should be aware that they may not use synthetic performers without complying with our contractual obligations, which require notice and bargaining whenever a synthetic performer is going to be used.
Read more here: https://t.co/zrBAcqLRCy
This isn't just any report by a fringe organization: this is the United Nations - which, lest you forget, under the Charter signed by the entire world is supposed to represent the ultimate international legal authority - now officially saying that Israel is committing genocide.
And not in a small way: while the Genocide Convention requires proof of just ONE "prohibited act with genocidal intent" to establish genocide, they found Israel guilty of FOUR separate categories:
- killing Palestinians
- causing them serious bodily and mental harm
- deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy them
- imposing measures to prevent Palestinian births
- they also found that Israeli President Herzog, PM Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Gallant personally incited genocide - meaning the genocidal intent goes straight to the top
In other words, this is textbook, systematic, intended genocide according to the UN's own investigation.
We all know however that, while all nations - including the U.S. and Israel - have signed up to the UN Charter, the actual world order is VERY different from what's written on paper. What's happening in Gaza is making this eminently clear: a UN investigation can meticulously document genocide using the very legal standards the world agreed upon after the Holocaust, and yet said genocide will continue unabated.
Heck, without a doubt the states legally obligated to prevent genocide will instead work overtime to discredit the UN. The very institutions created to prevent another Holocaust will ironically be demolished for identifying one.
An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and that “the country’s top leaders have incited [it].”
(https://t.co/t8FgqzJscd)
Say what you like about Banksy, but with these two pictures, he's managed to sum up the attitude of 'British democracy' to free speech when it comes to Israel and the genocide in Gaza.
Trotsky once said that art must tell the truth. I'd say he's met that standard.
WTAF! The UK government is so smart that it knows better than the highest court in the world, the vast, vast majority of global genocide experts & almost all human rights organisations.
I’m sure this is unrelated to the huge money being made by British arms firms & our political class out of the genocide, or that Keir Starmer is, in his own words, ‘a Zionist without qualification’
The lineup for the Together For Palestine benefit concert has been unveiled, including Bastille, Rachel Chinouriri, Jamie xx, Mabel, Paloma Faith & more.
100% of the ticket price will be donated to Palestinian-led organizations through Choose Love.
Jenna Ortega speaks out amid anti-ICE protests and conflicts in the Middle East:
“People in LA are being torn away from their everyday lives & love... Innocent civilians in Iran are caught in the middle of warfare… Palestinian cries are still being buried in every day media. […] To say this doesn’t concern you, or that it isn’t your problem, is a privilege under abuse.”
LA protester goes viral for delivering impassioned plea to authorities at anti-ICE demonstration:
“You should be standing here with us! You’re on the wrong side of history. We know you got a job to do. But you took an oath to the Constitution, not the fascists in the White House!”
“I feel it’s my responsibility, as an artist, to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people. For Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza. We all deserve to live in hope and not fear.”
— Doechii at the #BETAwards
Javiera Montero was detained for 8 hours before NYPD was forced to admit she committed no crimes and was just vacationing in New York.
Please share her story.