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House Judiciary Committee advances bill creating offense for malicious deepfakes
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to report Senate Bill 649, which would add a 'digital forgery' offense targeting malicious deepfakes created or distributed with intent to defraud or injure; the measure passed the committee 25-1.
Senator Pennycook introduced Senate Bill 649 to the House Judiciary Committee, saying the measure would expand Pennsylvania forgery law to penalize “malicious deepfakes” that are created and distributed to defraud or injure a real person.
The bill “builds on Pennsylvania's existing forgery statutes to address this modern threat,” Senator Pennycook told the committee. He called deepfakes “digital forgeries” and said the legislation balances accountability with First Amendment protections.
Committee counsel Dave Vitale described the statutory elements: a person…
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