Expert opinions on Deepfakes

Federal laws should outline penalties specific to the severity of using deepfakes and election disinformation crimes, as the State of Minnesota has done.

One very, very good deepfake video could make a candidate look horrible [...] Do we need to be arresting people? I don’t really know yet [...]

This bill doesn't meet that bar. It restricts far more speech than necessary to prevent voters from being deceived in ways that would have any effect on an election, and there are other ways to address deepfakes that would burden much less speech.

Right now, we're seeing AI used as a tool to influence our democracy. We need rules of the road in place to stop the use of fraudulent AI-generated content in campaign ads. [...] This commonsense, bipartisan legislation would update our laws to prohi...

A media environment with more false and deceptive information is not a good thing for our society, but it is not the government's job to fix it. [...] Let's trust the American people, not the government, to decide for themselves how AI should be used...

AI deepfakes that impersonate physicians are not just scams—they are a public health and safety crisis. When bad actors exploit a doctor's identity, they undermine patient trust and can steer people toward harmful, unproven care.

Without provisions that allow for fair use and free expression online, this legislation would dramatically change the internet.