“The FEC is the nation’s election protection agency and it has authority to regulate deepfakes as part of its existing authority to prohibit fraudulent misrepresentations,” said Robert Weissman of Public Citizen.
By Julia Conley. Published 8-8-2024 by Common Dreams
An announcement by the U.S. Federal Election Commission on Thursday that it will not take action to regulate artificial intelligence-generated “deepfakes” in political ads before the November elections amounted to “a shameful abrogation of its responsibilities,” said a leading critic of the technology.
A year after consumer advocate Public Citizen filed a petition with the FEC to demand rulemaking that would prohibit a political candidate or advocacy group from misrepresenting political opponents using deliberately deceptive deepfakes—fake images generated with AI—FEC Chair Sean Cooksey told Axios the commission will not propose any new rules this year.
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