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Committee hears about proposed bill targeting synthetic media in political communication; staff offer judiciary resources
Summary
Senate and congressional staff discussed a proposed federal bill (Senate bill no. 23 referenced in the meeting) that would penalize intentional use of synthetic media in election-related communications; staff offered to provide the committee with bill text and to connect state officials with judiciary experts.
Members of the Senate Committee on Government Operations discussed the scope of proposed federal action on synthetic media and deepfakes during a Feb. 13 briefing with delegation staff.
"We have a bill we've written, and I'm happy to send that to you to, like, depend on you can review the scope of that and see where we're at," said Ryan McClellan, senior adviser for…
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