An Illinois Representative wants to make sure there are steep penalties for anyone found using “deep fakes.”
Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Downers Grove, filed the bill on Friday, Feb. 14.
The bill amends the Election Code to make knowingly using a cheap fake or deep fake media in a State or local election a Class 3 felony.
Synopsis As Introduced:
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 3 felony for knowingly using cheap fake (photo shopped imagery that implies a situation occurred that did not happen) or deep fake media (the use of artificial intelligence to create inauthentic photographs or videos of a person) in a State or local election. Effective immediately.”
