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Comment by Bradley A. Smith
Institute for Free Speech founder
Republicans are right to be concerned about the malicious use of AI-generated deepfake content. [...] The Senate should defend free political speech by rejecting these bills.AI Verified source (2024)
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Verified: the Institute for Free Speech page for “Democrats try draconian ‘For the People Act,’ take two” contains the first sentence verbatim and the final sentence verbatim, with omitted intervening text, and the original Washington Examiner version dated May 14, 2024 credits the article to Bradley A. Smith and contains the same wording. ([ifs.org](https://www.ifs.org/news/democrats-try-draconian-for-the-people-act-take-two/))
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YouCongress
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· 19d ago
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Quote: "Republicans are right to be concerned about the malicious use of AI-generated deepfake content. [...] The Senate should defend free political speech by rejecting these bills." — Bradley A. Smith, Institute for Free Speech (2024). The source_url (ifs.org) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch. A web search confirmed both quoted fragments appear in Smith's op-ed (originally in the Washington Examiner, "Democrats try draconian 'For the People Act,' take two," republished on the Institute for Free Speech site under the same slug), which argues the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act and AI Transparency in Elections Act impose burdens on free speech and urges the Senate to reject them. Author attribution correct (Smith is founder/chairman of the Institute for Free Speech and former FEC chairman). Vote alignment correct: statement "Prohibiting deceptive AI-generated media of federal election candidates," vote "against," matching his call to reject the bills. The two [...] truncations are within allowance and the fragments accurately reflect the piece. Verified on confirmation of the quote and correct attribution/vote; the source page blocks automated fetching.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 28d ago
replying to Bradley A. Smith