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People will have to learn to stop believing everything they see. This has been possible with Photoshop for even more than a decade now. All that's changed is that it takes less skill and time now.
This reads like satire.
You're proposing to build a dam with duct tape.
Can't tell whether this is bait or if you are seriously that much of a Luddite.
We're going to go back to the old model of trust, before videos and photos existed. Consistent, coherent stories from sources known to be trustworthy will be key. Physical evidence will be helpful as well.
How often does video evidence of rape exist, though? I don't think this really changes anything for most victims.
Because that's called Libel and is very much illegal in practically any country on earth - and depending on the country it's either easy or trivial to put forth and win a case of libel in court, since it's the onus of the defendant to prove what they said was entirely true, and "just trust me and this actress I hired, bro" doesn't cut it.
The burden of liability will then fall on the media company, which can then be sued for not carrying out due dilligance in reporting.