Deepfake 只是诱饵，真正的 scam 是权力对认知的垄断Deepfakes Are Just Bait; The Real Scam is the Monopoly of Perception
英格兰银行这次的警告很有意思：他们担心的是 deepfake 视频里两个男人打架。在主流叙事中，这被定义为“数字欺诈”或“网络瘟疫”。但如果用 Violence Triangle 来看，这不过是 Cultural Violence 的一次低级演习。Deepfake 的本质不是技术故障，而是表达的武器化 (Weaponisation of Expression)——它通过夺取“什么是事实”的制造权，将公众的认知入口直接交给算法和骗子。
有趣的是，当人们在讨论 Farage 和 Bailey 谁更像那个持枪的疯子时，真正的 structural violence 正在后台静默运行。X 平台一边宣称禁止欺诈，一边让其姐妹公司 xAI 的 Grok 工具成为“数字脱衣”的温床。这种对比揭示了一个残酷的共谋逻辑：平台并不在乎事实的真伪，它们在乎的是流量的波动。对于权力者来说，只要能通过制造混乱来维持注意力的霸权，真相就是可以被牺牲的成本。
最讽刺的是，这种“数字荒原”的受害者永远是那些被定义为 vulnerable 的群体。当权力者在讨论如何用法律 (Online Safety Act) 来治理这个“西部世界”时，法律的生效日期被推到了明年。这意味着在这一年里，所有被 deepfake 剥削的人，实际上都在为这种技术性的元暴力 (Meta Violence) 买单。所谓的“警惕”，不过是在制度性失能时的自我救赎，是一场注定输掉的博弈。
The Bank of England's warning is telling: they are worried about deepfake videos of two men fighting. In the mainstream narrative, this is labeled as "digital fraud" or an "online scourge." But through the lens of the Violence Triangle, this is merely a low-level exercise in Cultural Violence. The essence of deepfakes is not a technical glitch, but the Weaponisation of Expression—seizing the power to manufacture "facts" and handing the cognitive entry points of the public over to algorithms and scammers.
It is fascinating that while the public debates whether Farage or Bailey looks more like the gunman, the structural violence is running silently in the background. X claims to ban deception while its sister company, xAI, allows Grok to be used for "digital undressing." This contrast reveals a cynical logic of complicity: platforms don't care about truth; they care about the volatility of attention. For those in power, as long as they can maintain the hegemony of attention by manufacturing chaos, the truth is merely a disposable cost.
Most ironically, the victims of this "digital wild west" are always the defined "vulnerable" groups. While the powers-that-be discuss regulating this wilderness via the Online Safety Act, the enforcement date is pushed to next year. This means for the next twelve months, everyone exploited by deepfakes is effectively paying the price for this technical Meta Violence. The call to "stay vigilant" is nothing more than a plea for self-salvage in the face of institutional failure—a game that is rigged from the start.