Two lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would make the nonconsensual sharing of digitally altered pornographic images a federal crime.
The legislators’ renewed a push on Tuesday to pass the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act” was led by Rep. Joseph Morelle, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The Democratic New York congressman first authored the act in May 2023, which he said in a press release at the time was created “to protect the right to privacy online amid a rise of artificial intelligence and digitally-manipulated content.”
Morelle’s renewed push of the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act” now includes a co-sponsor, Rep. Tom Kean, a Republican from New Jersey, The Journal reported.
The congressmen created their respective bills in the wake of an incident at Westfield High School in NJ, where AI-generated pornographic images of female students at the school were circulated by male classmates without their consent.
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The legislators’ renewed a push on Tuesday to pass the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act” was led by Rep. Joseph Morelle, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The Democratic New York congressman first authored the act in May 2023, which he said in a press release at the time was created “to protect the right to privacy online amid a rise of artificial intelligence and digitally-manipulated content.”
Morelle’s renewed push of the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act” now includes a co-sponsor, Rep. Tom Kean, a Republican from New Jersey, The Journal reported.
The congressmen created their respective bills in the wake of an incident at Westfield High School in NJ, where AI-generated pornographic images of female students at the school were circulated by male classmates without their consent.
US lawmakers reintroduce legislation to make sharing fake nude images a federal crime
The congressman created their respective bills in the wake of an incident at Westfield High School in NJ, where AI-generated pornographic images of female students at the school were circulated by …
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