Deepfakes Accountability Act (proposed)
Would require creators of deepfake content to disclose that videos, images, and audio are synthetic. Focuses on political deepfakes and non-consensual intimate imagery. Has not passed as of 2025 but has been reintroduced in multiple congressional sessions since 2019.
Related Incidents
Same harm domain, actors and location may differ
South Florida man arrested after posting AI-generated deepfake video of deputy’s patrol car being broken into in Puerto Rico
YouTube AI auto-dub mistranslates 'Now, Jimmy Kimmel!' into 'Well now, kill him' in Japanese-language version of his own show
Retired Toronto banker Michael Mallinson falsely identified as Charlie Kirk's assassin in viral social media posts
Journalist Helen Brown's photo stolen and placed on Kremlin-linked fake news site to lend credibility to Ukraine disinformation
Pet care company targeted by AI-generated fake review bombing campaign on Google
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