THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY passed a bipartisan bill to provide recourse to victims of porn deepfakes — or sexually-explicit, non-consensual images created with artificial intelligence.

The legislation, called the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act — passed in Congress’ upper chamber on Tuesday.  The legislation has been led by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in the House.

The legislation would amend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to allow people to sue those who produce, distribute, or receive the deepfake pornography, if they “knew or recklessly disregarded” the fact that the victim did not consent to those images.

  • @[email protected]
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    1424 months ago

    Unanimously

    While I think ‘deepfake porn is bad’ is pretty uncontroversial, I’m surprised not one senator decided to vote nay just to spite AOC.

    • @mecfs
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      Because the headline is misleading. The bill was written by a bipartisan group of democrats and republicans, including AOC.

      It’s weird to call it AOC’s bill in this context.

      • skulblaka
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        374 months ago

        It would not be nearly the first time that Republicans shot down their own bill for no reason other than some Democrats said it was a good bill.

        • @frunch
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          124 months ago

          Clue in the one guy that doesn’t please?

          • cartoon meme dog
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            i’m guessing because she’s the only senator with a notable quantity of deepfake porn made of her.

              • @redhorsejacket
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                14 months ago

                Bills start in the House before they are passed to the Senate. My guess would be that she championed it through the House, and then passed it off to the Senators mentioned to continue shepherding the legislation to the President’s desk.

                • @mecfs
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                  24 months ago

                  It can go both ways. Some start in the house, some the senate. They need to be approved by both, but the process isn’t unidirectional.

                  • @redhorsejacket
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                    24 months ago

                    Wow, today I learned! Thanks for the info. It turns out a half remembered episode of Schoolhouse Rock seen 30 years ago is not the authoritative source on the legislative info.

                    Unfortunately, that is not stopping me for hearing, “I’m just a bill, sitting on Capitol Hill” ad nauseum in my head lol

            • acargitz
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              44 months ago

              She isn’t one, but she will be. A senator I mean.

            • @[email protected]
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              44 months ago

              Not the only one with a “notable quantity”, but certainly the only one with content which could be regarded as “contextually appropriate”.

              If your sexual proclivity errs on the side of old and/or stupid politicians, then I apologise for calling your preferences “contextually inappropriate”

              It’s like watching the Teletubbies during an orgy; sure, someone might be into it, but I’m quite sure most people would say the Teletubbies is not something they want to watch while turning your favourite primary school teacher pink.

            • @frunch
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              24 months ago

              I get it now, thanks for the explanation!

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              24 months ago

              I dunno, i’ve seen lots of Kamala deepfakes flooding the internet since her run was announced.

              VP is functionally essentially a senator with extra privilages

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                14 months ago

                VP is functionally essentially a senator with extra privilages

                But seemingly less power and influence somehow

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            For republicans, aoc is the face of the liberal woke boogeyman. It doesn’t matter what she says or does, it’s automatically terrible. All news media gives her way more attention than is warranted bc they like to capitalize on hype.

    • @pyre
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      I’m guessing “defending nonconsensual porn” seemed like something you wouldn’t want on your record and in attack ads even for the troglodytes.