Anti-deepfake Legislation Just Took A Major Step Toward Becoming Law

Posted under: Online Security
Date: 2024-07-29
Anti-deepfake Legislation Just Took A Major Step Toward Becoming Law

The Senate has enacted the Defiance Act, a bipartisan anti-deepfake bill that will allow victims to prosecute producers and distributors of nonconsensual sexually explicit digital forgeries. It is championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and seeks to protect victims, most of whom are women. The civil remedies provided by the Act may be a forerunner to eventual criminal punishments. The House will vote on it next.

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