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Committee hears testimony on HB4047/HB4048 to criminalize nonconsensual intimate deepfakes; prosecutors warn of staffing and funding gaps
Summary
Witnesses and bill sponsors told the House Judiciary Committee that HB4047 and HB4048 would create civil and criminal remedies for nonconsensual intimate deepfakes; advocacy groups cited prevalence data and prosecutors urged attention to staffing, funding and forensic delays.
The House Judiciary Committee heard bipartisan testimony on House Bills 4047 and 4048, which would create civil and criminal penalties for the nonconsensual creation or distribution of intimate deepfakes, and received a separate presentation from the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan on staffing, funding and system challenges.
Bill sponsors described the legislative standard for civil suits — that the accused acted with knowledge or reckless disregard of the depicted individual's lack of consent, that the image realistically depicts intimate parts and the individual is identifiable — and outlined misdemeanor and felony thresholds. Representative Serna Lewis summarized criminal penalties in…
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