New Jersey Considers Legislation on the Use of Deceptive AI Audio or Video in Political Campaigns
Summary
On May 11, 2023, New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald proposed legislation that would criminalize the use of deceptive AI audio or video in political campaigns. The bill would further authorize charging a candidate who uses deceptive audio or visual media with a disorderly person offense if they “knowingly or recklessly distribute deceptive audio or visual media with the intent to deceive a voter with false information about the candidate or election.”
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