“It’s time to give victims their day in court and the tools they need to fight back,” says Sen. Dick Durbin as the DEFIANCE Act heads to the House.

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.

  • @Asifall
    1•1 month ago

    That’s another good example. The Trump/Putin kissing mural is a great example of something that ends up being homophobic rather than partisan.

    So you think it should be illegal?

    If you used it to slander your neighbor, it would not be legal.

    You’re entirely ignoring my point, I’m not trying to pass the video off as real therefore it’s not slander.

    • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      0•1 month ago

      So you think it should be illegal?

      I think it’s an example of partisan language that ends up being blandly homophobic.

      You’re entirely ignoring my point

      Why would putting up a giant sign reading “My neighbor murders dogs for fun” be a tort but a mural to the same effect be protected?