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California’s Gavin Newsom Just Signed a Bill That Bans Deep Fake Videos – After This Kamala Harris Parody Video Went Viral
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 9/18/2024 | ben kew

Posted on 09/18/2024 7:49:21 AM PDT by bitt

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-of-its-kind “deepfake” law after conservatives created a powerful and hilarious parody video mocking Kamala Harris’s candidacy.

In a post on the X platform, Newsom confirmed that he had signed the bill after Elon Musk shared the anti-Kamala video using an altered version of her voice.

I just signed a bill to make this illegal in the state of California.

You can no longer knowingly distribute an ad or other election communications that contain materially deceptive content — including deepfakes. https://t.co/VU4b8RBf6N

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 17, 2024

Politico has all the details:

The new California law — which will take effect before the November election — channels rising alarm about artificial intelligence’s capacity to disrupt elections by sowing misinformation, with voters increasingly confronted with deepfake images and audio impersonating candidates. Musk, who owns X, stoked that debate when he shared the AI-altered video of Harris in July, drawing Newsom’s public promise to prohibit similar practices.

“I could care less if it was Harris or Trump,” Newsom told Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during a conversation on Tuesday. “It was just wrong on every level.”

Newsom also signed a companion bill on Tuesday that targets deepfakes by compelling platforms to pull down such content when users flag them, although that bill will not take effect until next year. He signed a third measurerequiring disclaimers on political ads that use AI.

The LA Times reported had this to say on the new law AB2839:

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1 posted on 09/18/2024 7:49:21 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 09/18/2024 7:49:38 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

HERE’S THE VIDEO - FUNNY!!

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1836203498783834572?


3 posted on 09/18/2024 7:51:36 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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Sorry Reichsfuhrer Newsom - still have 1st Amendement in USA.


4 posted on 09/18/2024 7:52:21 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: bitt

They wanted AI but now they Hate AI ,LOL


5 posted on 09/18/2024 7:53:09 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Will be overturned by the courts eventually when it is used to take down obvious parody and other free speech usage.


6 posted on 09/18/2024 7:53:21 AM PDT by Skwor
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You can no longer knowingly distribute an ad or other election communications that contain materially deceptive content

Well, so much for Harris/Walz campaign ads, in California anyway. Democrat ads in general, for that matter.

7 posted on 09/18/2024 7:53:47 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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“I could care less if it was Harris or Trump,”

Lying sack of s**t.

He AND his party - and ESPECIALLY Harris’ campaign - will gleefully do it with abandon, knowing they will be immune.


8 posted on 09/18/2024 7:54:55 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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Nobody would think that’s real.

That person sounds noticeably coherent than the actual Harris.


9 posted on 09/18/2024 7:56:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Hey! Great idea! Now ban all pornography on the internet!

Oh ... is that impossible? Would any attempt just be empty show-boating? Huh. I guess it’s like that sometimes.


10 posted on 09/18/2024 7:56:40 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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Bookmark


11 posted on 09/18/2024 7:57:23 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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“Exploring the significance of the insignificant is itself significant.”


12 posted on 09/18/2024 7:58:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I’m so glad I escaped California.


13 posted on 09/18/2024 7:59:32 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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To: bitt

Great ad! And that is what it is - a campaign ad. Can Newest do this? I don’t think so!


14 posted on 09/18/2024 8:00:01 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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You can no longer knowingly distribute an ad or other election communications that contain materially deceptive content — including deepfakes.

This isn't actually about "deep fakes."

The term "deceptive" could be construed as including the "omission of pertinent information."

So a statement like "inflation skyrocketed during the Biden/Harris administration" could be vilified as "deceptive" because the speaker failed to mention that part of the rising prices were due, e.g., to Covid, or that the Biden/Harris administration "undertook heroic efforts" to curb inflation.

Regards,

15 posted on 09/18/2024 8:04:26 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: bitt

Holy First Amendment, Batman!


16 posted on 09/18/2024 8:06:28 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: alexander_busek

Would Global Warming Climate Crisis be included but coming out the a Leftist Mouth ?


17 posted on 09/18/2024 8:07:30 AM PDT by butlerweave
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“I could care less if it was Harris or Trump,”

Really, Gavin? How much less? A lot less or a little less? (Or are you just another parrot who mindlessly repeats stupid phrases as does 70% of the rest of the sheep in our country?)

18 posted on 09/18/2024 8:07:37 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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Too late, Gavin. Sent it to everyone I know or have an email link or message link to.

Besides, you don’t really want it to stop because you want her to lose. Otherwise, you’d have to wait 8 more years for your shot at the Oval Office. By signing the bill and talking about it to the press, you’ve ensured it will get out there even more.


19 posted on 09/18/2024 8:09:33 AM PDT by Gaffer
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How about Adam Schiff altering Senate testimony..


20 posted on 09/18/2024 8:10:11 AM PDT by Track9 (If you want to know about human nature, read a power tool user manual. )
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