Elections: deceptive media in advertisements.
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Two Thirds
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill aims to combat the spread of deceptive media in California elections, particularly those created using artificial intelligence. It requires disclosures on advertisements and other election communications that falsely portray candidates, elections officials, or voting-related information. Specifically, the bill mandates clear color and font size disclosures for manipulated content, including deepfakes, and expands the timeframe during which these prohibitions apply. It also shifts the ability to seek legal remedies from recipients to the individuals depicted in the deceptive content.
Key provisions
- Requires disclosures on election communications depicting candidates, elections officials, or voting-related information as materially deceptive.
- Mandates specific color and font size requirements for disclosures of manipulated content (including deepfakes).
- Exempts content that is satire or parody if a reasonable person would understand it as such.
- Allows individuals depicted in deceptive content to seek injunctions or damages instead of recipients.
- Applies the prohibition within 120 days of an election, with a longer timeframe for voting-related content.
- Specifies that the prohibition does not apply to broadcasting stations that air manipulated content as part of bona fide news coverage.
- Clarifies that minor modifications to media do not constitute materially deceptive content.
- Expands the definition of ‘election communication’ to include broader forms of communication.
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