To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Government Operations, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HFF8B467D8D454C1092485D4DDC66053C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Candidate Voice Fraud Prohibition Act.
- Section H698F35F5C6814AEA8A05D6B37E67B31A: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the prohibitions on paid-for political communications contained within this Act serve the purpose of...
- Section HEA9C27BDAE6D49699442AA3EB27AB021: 3. Prohibition on the distribution of certain paid-for political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence...
- Section HD3715F639E72417CB1314FB84EAA4529: 325. Prohibition on the distribution of certain communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence Except as provided...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Government Operations, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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