California law cracking down on election deepfakes by AI to be tested

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California law cracking down on election deepfakes by AI to be tested
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California now has some of the strictest laws on election deepfakes.

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Among the three law signed by Newsom on Tuesday, only one takes effect immediately to prevent deepfakes surrounding the 2024 election. It makes it illegal to create and publish false materials related to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. It also allows courts to stop the distribution of the materials, and violators could face civil penalties. The law exempts parody and satire.

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, called the new California law unconstitutional and an infringement on the First Amendment.on X sharing an AI-generated video featuring altered audios of Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. His post of another deepfake featuring Harris prompted Newsom“The governor of California just made this parody video illegal in violation of the Constitution of the United States.

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