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The US Needs Deepfake Porn Laws. These States Are Leading the Way
Legislation addressing the crisis of deepfake porn is being proposed, passing, and failing at the state level all over the US. WIRED is keeping track of it all.
Last month, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu’s office announced a lawsuit against 16 of the most visited websites that allow users to create AI-generated pornography. “I think there's a misconception that it's just celebrities that are being affected by this,” says Ilana Beller, organizing manager at Public Citizen, which has been tracking nonconsensual deepfake legislation and shared their findings with WIRED. And Beirlein says that he felt Michigan was in the position to be a regional leader in the Midwest, because, unlike some of its neighbors, it has a full-time legislature with well-paid staffers ( most states don’t).
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