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Comment by James Talarico

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Texas state representative (D-Austin)
There is so much misinformation and disinformation on the internet, especially around political campaigns [...] people can create deepfakes of elected officials or candidates.
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AI Verified The KLTV article published on March 30, 2025 attributes both quoted fragments to James Talarico: it contains the opening clause (“There is so much misinformation and disinformation on the internet, especially around political campaigns...”) and later in the same attributed passage says that “people can create deepfakes of elected officials or candidates...”. The prompt’s [...] faithfully omits intervening text, so this is a real, correctly attributed quote from the cited source. ([kltv.com](https://www.kltv.com/2025/03/30/east-texas-data-expert-discusses-texas-bill-criminalize-making-deep-fake-election-videos/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified The source_url (kltv.com) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, but the content was independently confirmed via web search. I specifically checked the attribution because the article headline references an "East Texas data expert": the KLTV piece quotes TWO people — State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin), who filed HB 2795 to criminalize election deepfakes, and a separate data expert, Tim McLemee, who voiced enforcement skepticism ("I don't think we have the technology to truly prosecute anything yet"). The first fragment, "There is so much misinformation and disinformation on the internet, especially around political campaigns," is confirmed verbatim as Talarico's; the second fragment about people creating deepfakes of elected officials/candidates is consistent with his explanation of the bill (distinct from McLemee's enforcement comments). Author attribution to Talarico is therefore correct. Vote alignment checks out: the statement is "Criminalizing deepfakes and malicious use of AI in electoral campaigns," and Talarico authored a bill to criminalize election deepfakes, so a "for" vote is appropriate. Year 2025 is recent. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 8d ago
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