WASHINGTON – This week, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) released a draft of a proposed ‘interpretive rule’ in response to Public Citizen’s petition for rulemaking on artificial intelligence and campaign ads. Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: “With deepfakes impacting elections around the world and increasingly popping up in the U.S. election […]
“The need for federal regulations to address this type of misinformation and prevent AI deepfakes from upending our elections and undermining our democracy has never been more urgent,” said one advocate. The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Wednesday applauded pop star Taylor Swift for using her platform and her endorsement of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in the […]
“The potential harms to our society that could result from such misinformation, including abuses of our elections, are wide-reaching and immensely damaging.” U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s posting of artificial intelligence-generated images suggesting pop star Taylor Swift had endorsed him earned him the ridicule of Swift’s fans and journalists this week, but at least one pro-democracy […]
“The FEC is the nation’s election protection agency and it has authority to regulate deepfakes as part of its existing authority to prohibit fraudulent misrepresentations,” said Robert Weissman of Public Citizen. An announcement by the U.S. Federal Election Commission on Thursday that it will not take action to regulate artificial intelligence-generated “deepfakes” in political ads […]