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Vermont Senate debates broader disclosure rule for synthetic election media, recesses for drafting
Summary
Senators considered an amendment to S.23 that would expand a 90-day disclosure trigger for deceptive synthetic media from material about candidates on the ballot to any deceptive synthetic media within 90 days of an election; senators raised drafting and scope concerns and recessed before a final third-reading vote.
The Vermont Senate considered an amendment to S.23 on synthetic media and elections that would expand the bill’s 90-day disclosure trigger from synthetic media about a candidate on the ballot to any deceptive synthetic media within 90 days before an election.
Senator Smith, the bill’s presenter, told colleagues the bill’s stated intent is to require disclosures “for synthetic media if it were to injure the reputation of a candidate, affect the outcome of an election, or, in other ways deceive a voter.” He described the amendment as replacing…
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