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Committee advances bill to criminalize distribution of forged digital likenesses; removes "humiliate" motive
Summary
The House Community Safety Committee reported out a substitute to House Bill 1205 expanding the offense of criminal impersonation to cover distributing forged digital likenesses; an amendment removed "humiliate" as a listed motive and exempted certain communications providers.
The House Community Safety Committee on Feb. 13 reported out substitute House Bill 1205 to expand the existing offense of criminal impersonation in the second degree to cover distribution of a forged digital likeness with intent to defraud, harass, threaten or intimidate another person.
The bill’s sponsor and the committee said the measure targets harms from “deep fakes.”…
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