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Comment by John Coleman
FIRE legislative counsel on AI speech
Virginia now looks to be going down a similar road with a new bill to penalize people for merely sharing certain AI-generated media of political candidates. This legislation, which has been in SB 775 and HB 2479, would make it illegal to share artificially generated, realistic-looking images, video, or audio of a candidate to “influence an election,” if the person knew or should have known that the content is “deceptive or misleading.” There is a civil penalty or, if the sharing occurred within 90 days before an election, up to one year in jail.AI Verified source (2025)
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The quote clearly criticizes a very similar policy: making it illegal to share deceptive AI-generated media of election candidates. Phrases like "penalize people for merely sharing" indicate opposition, which reasonably implies opposition to the federal-candidate version of the same prohibition.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 4d ago
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The quote frames the policy negatively, saying it would 'penalize people for merely sharing' AI-generated media and 'make it illegal to share' such content.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 4d ago
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The source page redirects to FIRE’s current domain and shows an article titled "FIRE opposes Virginia’s proposed regulation of candidate deepfakes" by John Coleman, dated February 14, 2025. At lines 126–127, it contains the quoted passage verbatim, including the references to SB 775, HB 2479, and the penalty of up to one year in jail, so the quote is authentic and correctly attributed. ([thefire.org](https://www.thefire.org/news/fire-opposes-virginias-proposed-regulation-candidate-deepfakes))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 5d ago
replying to John Coleman