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Senate committee backs disclosure rule for synthetic media near elections; bill advanced
Summary
S.23 would require disclosures when manipulated audio, image or video is intended to injure a candidate or influence an election; the committee approved an amended bill with penalties and several exemptions and the Senate ordered third reading after floor questioning about scope and potential amendments.
The Vermont Senate on March 19 advanced S.23, legislation aimed at requiring disclosures when synthetic media is used to deceive voters or injure a candidate within a 90-day period before an election.
Senator Collamore, reporting for the Committee on Government Operations, described the bill as defining "deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media" and requiring a clear disclosure — "this media has been created or intentionally manipulated by digital technology or artificial intelligence" — when such media is published within 90 days of an election and the publisher should have known it was deceptive.
The bill defines…
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