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Committee accepts friendly amendment to S.23 expanding synthetic‑media election disclosure trigger
Summary
The Senate Government Operations committee accepted a friendly amendment during debate on S.23 to broaden the bill's disclosure requirement so it applies to synthetic media distributed within 90 days of any election in Vermont, not only to material tied to a particular candidate.
The Senate Government Operations committee on March 19 accepted a friendly amendment to S.23, a bill addressing synthetic media and election disclosures, to broaden the statute's trigger so the disclosure requirement applies to any election in Vermont within 90 days.
Senator Keishrawn Hinsdale, sponsor of the amendment, said the intent was to ensure language that prevents deceptive synthetic imagery from being used to mislead voters…
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