Deep fake political ads draw lawmakers’ attention in election year
Unable to stop "deep fakes'' in politics, state lawmakers are settling on the next best thing: requiring that viewers and listeners be told what they are seeing is not real.
Criminalizing deepfakes will censor political speech
Serving a hard time for spoofing a politician is draconian. The Arizona legislature should have found a middle ground. Otherwise, this law restricts free expression. There is nothing more un-American than censoring criticism of politicians. The fear of emerging technologies is no excuse to trample free speech.