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Senate committee lays over bill to require apps to disable ‘nudify’ notification functions
Summary
Senator McQuade, sponsor of Senate File 1119, asked the Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee to hear her bill that would require apps, platforms and websites accessible in Minnesota to disable notification or “nudify” functions that enable generation of nonconsensual sexualized imagery.
Senator McQuade, sponsor of Senate File 1119, asked the Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee to hear her bill that would require apps, platforms and websites accessible in Minnesota to disable notification or “nudify” functions that enable generation of nonconsensual sexual images and videos.
The bill drew testimony from two Minnesota residents who said artificially generated sexual images made with easy-to-access online tools had caused significant personal and professional harm. “It broke me open to be violated in this way. I missed 2 months of work, depleted my savings, and went into debt to try and recover,” said Megan Hurley, identifying herself as a lifelong Minnesota resident and a massage therapist. Jessica Gustales, another Minnesota resident who testified, said she had been “afraid to leave my house for weeks” after a private…
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