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Committee weighs bill to require authenticity labels and provenance for online content and capture devices
Summary
AB 853 would require large online platforms and certain capture devices to support provenance labels and disclosures for synthetic or manipulated content; supporters said industry standards exist while opponents raised feasibility and timing concerns.
Assemblymember Ward introduced AB 853, which would require provenance information and visible labels for content posted on large online platforms, offer users the option for latent disclosures embedded by capture devices, and restrict generative-AI hosting platforms from making available systems that do not display provenance disclosures.
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