Government
Jan. 10, 2020
Proposed law indicates much is still unknown about deepfakes
Two new laws banning deceptive videos known as deepfakes went into effect this month. But a bill introduced in the California Legislature on Wednesday appears to imply policymakers still have a much to do — and learn — on the issue.




Two new laws banning deceptive videos known as deepfakes went into effect this month. But a bill introduced in the California Legislature on Wednesday appears to imply policymakers still have much to do — and learn — on the issue.
AB 1903 creates a legal definition of the term “deepfake” as a “recording that has been created or altered in a manner that it would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an authentic record of th...
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