Comment by Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA)

The lack of a definition of artificial intelligence (AI) in this legislation is extremely troubling for free speech. S. 2770 would give un-elected, un-appointed career staff in the FEC’s Office of General Counsel initial authority to make recommendations to the Commission on whether AI-generated content is “materially deceptive.” Rules Chair Klobuchar is using the fear of AI to justify restricting speech. [...] The freedom to engage with a diverse array of political speech and determine for ourselves what is true and what is false is sacrosanct. The government is not free to discard this principle so easily to assuage moral panic In addition to the constitutional infirmities detailed above, S. 2770 presents an exceptionally high risk of chilling and censoring protected political expression due to its enforcement mechanism. [...] Senator Klobuchar's latest effort to restrict free speech is the real deception here, not AI.