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Comment by Allen Dickerson

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FEC Commissioner
I'll note that there's absolutely nothing special about deepfakes or generative AI, the buzzwords of the day, in the context of this petition,
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AI Verified Verified. The source URL’s Associated Press article published on August 10, 2023 contains the exact sentence, "I'll note that there's absolutely nothing special about deepfakes or generative AI, the buzzwords of the day, in the context of this petition," and attributes it to Republican Commissioner Allen Dickerson at the FEC meeting. A separate AP republication on PBS News carries the same wording, supporting that the quote is verbatim and correctly attributed. ([baynews9.com](https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/ap-top-news/2023/08/10/fec-moves-toward-potentially-regulating-ai-deepfakes-in-campaign-ads)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Checked: (1) Year 2023 is correct — said at the FEC's August 10, 2023 meeting on Public Citizen's petition to regulate AI in campaign ads. (2) Relevancy: on-topic for statement 408 (criminalizing deepfakes/malicious AI in electoral campaigns). (3) Author attribution: confirmed — Allen Dickerson is a (Republican) FEC Commissioner. Web search confirmed the verbatim quote: "I'll note that there's absolutely nothing special about deepfakes or generative AI, the buzzwords of the day, in the context of this petition." (4) Vote alignment: he voted "against"; his stance is that deepfakes are "nothing special" and skeptical of singling them out for regulation, consistent with opposing the statement — "against" is correct. (5) Source: baynews9.com (an AP Top News repost) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim and correctly attributed to Dickerson from the same August 10, 2023 AP story (also carried by WDAM, Washington Times, PBS, Stars and Stripes). Verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 7d ago
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