Social networks in Iran have been flooded with compromising footage featuring several known ultra-conservative officials engaging in homosexual activities. While homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, the Iranian regime has attempted to deny the videos and cover up the scandals. We spoke to a former religious authority who says authorities are trying to “save face” by refuting the wave of videos.

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    1 year ago

    Absolutely right. I don’t care what you do in private but the moment you start depriving others of life and liberty for those same actions, well…I won’t weep when the axe falls on that person

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      1 year ago

      Except really I think these kind of reveals will slowly lose their relevance since we are getting tools that make it far easier to do “Deepfakes”. So it will just become the goto answer. In some ways its liberating, in other ways horrific since it will mean accountability is far harder. Hell we already have the trial run with this whole discussion of “Fake news”.

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      1 year ago

      I think consequences accruing to bad people for the wrong reasons are still worth concern, personally.