Federal election laws not ready for deepfakes, experts warn

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : And under current laws, online publishers, like social media firms, face little liability for spreading lies.
54% : The reason to fear synthetic media is either because "we think it's going to be uniquely persuasive," or because "it has an ability to scale and reach a certain audience that non-synthetic media does not.
50% : AI will also widen the existing gaps in campaign disclosure laws, Weiner said, like how many online political ads don't include the "I approve this ad" disclaimers you see on TV, or how so-called "dark money" groups can spend limitless amounts without disclosing their donors.
17% : But less extreme exploits, like a synthetic Donald Trump slurring his words as he brags about the more unpopular parts of his record, would probably be legal, even if they're extremely misleading.

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