FEC Urged Again to Act on AI-Generated Deepfakes, 'A Clear and Present Threat to Our Democracy'

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FEC Urged Again to Act on AI-Generated Deepfakes, 'A Clear and Present Threat to Our Democracy'
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'Should the FEC fail to take immediate action on this issue, Americans will experience an unprecedented onslaught of misinformation and disinformation in the 2024 election cycle,' Lisa_PubCitizen of Public_Citizen said.

a false image of rival candidate former President Donald Trump hugging former White House Coronavirus Task Force chief Anthony Fauci.

"The integrity of our elections―already imperiled by those who refuse to accept election results that are not in their favor―will now be under constant siege from AI-generated 'deepfakes' in campaign ads," Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, said in a statement."What Americans will see on TV throughout the 2024 election cycle is doctored footage of candidates saying or doing things that may well be entirely fabricated.

The two arguments offered by the FEC for its actions were that it did not have the authority to regulate deepfakes and that the original petition did not cite the regulation it wanted updated.

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