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Senate committee hears testimony on bill to block AI 'nudify' notifications; amendment adopted and bill laid on table
Summary
The committee considered Senate File 1119, which would require apps, platforms and websites to disable functions that generate nonconsensual intimate images; survivors and advocates described harms and senators debated definitions, penalties and enforcement.
Senate File 1119, a bill requiring apps, platforms and websites to disable notification or generation functions that produce nonconsensual sexually explicit images and videos, drew testimony from survivors and advocacy groups and extended policy questions about enforcement, penalties and where recovered civil penalties should be directed.
Chief author Senator McQuaid told the committee the bill would require the notification functions on apps, platforms and websites be turned off in Minnesota to prevent "nudify" deepfakes — AI-generated images or videos that place a real person's likeness into sexually explicit content. ‘‘These functions should be turned off everywhere, in every state,’’ she said, arguing the harm begins at creation rather than dissemination.
Sandy Johnson, senior legislative policy counsel for RAINN (the national anti-sexual-violence organization),…
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