[🇺🇸 Congress, Mar 2025] Prohibiting deceptive AI-generated media of federal election candidates

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  Amy Klobuchar

  U.S. senator from Minnesota

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  votes For and says:

  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...

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  American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy

  ABA democracy initiative task force

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  votes For and says:

  would prohibit the intentional distribution of “materially deceptive” AI-generated audio or visual political content related to candidates running for office.

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  Tiffany Muller

  President, End Citizens United Action Fund

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  votes For and says:

  We are living in the Wild West era of AI practices in political campaigns. As AI gets more advanced and deeply integrated into our daily lives, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction. Without clear guardrails, bad actors w...

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  Tony Gonzales

  U.S. Representative (R–Texas)

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  votes For and says:

  I served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years as a cryptologist. While technology has the power to do a lot of good, it’s also important that we prevent our adversaries from using it to harm us. That’s especially true when it comes to our elections, [...]. ...

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  Julie Johnson

  U.S. Representative (D–Texas)

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  votes For and says:

  The health of our democracy is on the line as deepfakes and AI-generated content are being used to manipulate voters. If we don’t act now, our elections will be flooded with increased misinformation that threatens our ability to determine fact from f...

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  Craig Holman

  Public Citizen democracy advocate

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  votes For and says:

  The Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act would rein in this fraudulent misrepresentation in campaign messages.

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  Susan Collins

  U.S. Senator (R‑Maine)

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  votes For and says:

  In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, we must ensure that voters are not manipulated by purposely misleading AI-generated content.

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  Brian Fitzpatrick

  U.S. Representative (PA-1)

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  votes For and says:

  Our Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act closes that gap by banning misleading AI-generated content in political ads, safeguarding candidates

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  Business for America

  Nonpartisan business membership nonprofit

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  votes For and says:

  would ban the knowing distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media of a federal candidate

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  OpenAI

  AI research organization

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  votes For and says:

  The bill would ban the distribution of deceptive AI-generated audio, images, or video relating to federal candidates in political advertising, [...]

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  David M. Scanlan

  New Hampshire Secretary of State

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  votes For and says:

  Deepfakes targeting candidates for office would be prohibited within 90 days of an election unless a prominent disclosure appears with the deepfake communication.

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  Eric Kashdan

  CLC federal advocacy legal counsel

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  votes For and says:

  This legislation would ban the intentional publishing of “materially deceptive” AI-generated political ads that are meant to influence an election or raise money.

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  Chuck Schumer

  U.S. Senate Majority Leader

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  votes For and says:

  These bipartisan bills would ban the use of materially-misleading AI-generated deep fakes that depict federal candidates.

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  Chris Coons

  U.S. Senator from Delaware

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  votes For and says:

  That is why I’m proud to have worked across the aisle to introduce legislation to safeguard federal elections by restricting the use of AI-generated content.

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  David Inserra

  Fellow for Free Expression and Technology at the Cato Institute

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  votes Against and says:

  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...

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  Public Knowledge

  Public interest digital policy group

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  votes Against and says:

  While well-intentioned, this legislation could potentially infringe on political speech [...] it lacks any requirement that the content actually be deceptive in intent or in effect.

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  X Corp.

  Social media platform company

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  votes Against and says:

  in reality it would criminalize innocuous, election-related speech, including humor [...] Instead of defending democracy, this law would erode it.

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  Mitch McConnell

  U.S. Senate Republican leader

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  votes Against and says:

  So I will oppose S. 2770 or S. 3875 at this time. And I would urge my colleagues to do the same.

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  Bradley A. Smith

  Institute for Free Speech founder

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  votes Against and says:

  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.

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  Deb Fischer

  U.S. Senator (Nebraska)

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  votes Against and says:

  It is overly broad, and it would prohibit the distribution of political ads that include AI-generated audio or visuals,

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  Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA)

  National bar association for Republicans

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  votes Against and says:

  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 recommendat...

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  Americans for Prosperity

  Advocacy organization

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  votes Against and says:

  to prohibit the distribution of unpaid “materially deceptive” AI-generative audio or visuals concerning federal candidates is counterproductive.

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  Bill Hagerty

  U.S. Senator (R‑Tennessee)

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  votes Against and says:

  Congress and the Biden Administration should not engage in heavy-handed regulation with uncertain impacts

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  Neil Chilson

  AI policy head, Abundance Institute

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  votes Against and says:

  As for the effect on the use of newer generative AI tools, this isn’t an election protection act; it’s an incumbent protection act.

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  Ari Cohn

  Free Speech Counsel, TechFreedom

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  votes Against and says:

  S. 2770 is staggeringly overinclusive. [...] the prohibition alone would unacceptably chill protected speech. [...] pose a substantial obstacle to the prohibition of AI-produced media.

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