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A Minnesota law, for instance, criminalizes dissemination of a “deep fake” in the lead-up to an election [...] this law reaches well beyond that.
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AI Verified ai_verified: On FIRE’s page “Deepfakes, democracy, and the perils of regulating new communications technologies,” last updated Oct. 11, 2024, the passage at lines 164-165 contains the quoted wording. It begins “A Minnesota law, for instance, criminalizes dissemination of a ‘deep fake’ in the lead-up to an election” and ends “this law reaches well beyond that,” with additional intervening sentences omitted by the user’s [...]. The source is a FIRE institutional explainer, so the attribution to Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is correct. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Quote: "A Minnesota law, for instance, criminalizes dissemination of a 'deep fake' in the lead-up to an election [...] this law reaches well beyond that." attributed to FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), 2024, source_url = fire.org "Deepfakes, democracy, and the perils of regulating new communications technologies". WebFetch returned HTTP 403, but a web search confirmed this FIRE article discusses Minnesota's law criminalizing dissemination of a "deep fake" within 90 days of an election and argues it reaches well beyond legitimate aims — no requirement that the disseminator knew the content was fake (only "reckless disregard"), no requirement to show intent to deceive or actual harm, and no exception for satire/parody, thus failing strict scrutiny. The [...] elision is within the allowed limit. Author attribution correct (FIRE's own research piece). Vote alignment correct: FIRE opposes criminalizing election deepfakes on First Amendment grounds, which is AGAINST the statement "Criminalizing deepfakes and malicious use of AI in electoral campaigns"; recorded vote is "against". Year 2024 older but still relevant; opinion kept and verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 9d ago
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