

Why it matters: It’s become increasingly hard for people to distinguish between images made by humans and those generated by AI programs. Google and other tech giants have pledged to develop technical means to do so.
You don’t need a watermark for good intentions. A bad actor doesn’t put a watermark on it. A watermark may hurt because the broad mass will think “if there’s no watermark, the image is real”.
Instead of rallying against that party, you could also change your politics such that your people are satisfied with you and don’t vote for the opposition.