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Dutch parliament considering copyright on faces, voices in fight against deepfakes


A majority in parliament wants the government to do more to combat the online misuse of people’s images. Parliamentarians Hanneke van der Werf (D66), Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC), Barbara Kathmann (GroenLinks-PvdA), and Ingrid Michon-Derkzen (VVD) propose following the Danish example and granting people copyrights on their appearance and voice.

Parliamentarians Hanneke van der Werf (D66), Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC), Barbara Kathmann (GroenLinks-PvdA), and Ingrid Michon-Derkzen (VVD) propose following the Danish example and granting people copyrights on their appearance and voice. This expansion of copyright could help in the criminal prosecution of deepfakes, images edited using artificial intelligence (AI). They also want the government to take tougher action against large technology companies, which are doing too little to prevent the distribution of such fake images via their platforms.

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