HB 449 — Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.
This Texas bill targets the illegal production and distribution of sexually explicit deepfake media, addressing harms related to non-consensual intimate imagery created using AI technology. It matters because deepfake-enabled privacy violations represent a significant digital harm under the privacy and surveillance domain.
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