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Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I would have thought that deepfakes are defamation per se. The push to criminalize this is quite the break with American first amendment traditions.

If I understand correctly, this would put any image hoster, including Lemmy, in hot water because 230 immunity is only for civil suits and not federal criminal prosecution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not, people know it's a deepfake most of the time and don't claim it's real

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It might also be harassment.

If it's not defamation or harassment, then I'm not sure what the problem is. As broad as this is, it looks unconstitutional to me.

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