President Donald Trump has signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a new federal law aimed at curbing the spread of non-consensual AI-generated pornography. The law makes it a criminal offense to create or share explicit deepfake images...more
5/23/2025
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Deep Fake ,
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Online Platforms ,
Pornography ,
Privacy Laws ,
Revenge Porn ,
Social Media
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB-1047. The controversial bill was intended to establish safety guidelines for artificial intelligence models and would have been the first significant piece of state AI...more
10/8/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
California ,
Deep Fake ,
Governor Newsom ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Mental Health ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Severance Agreements ,
Social Media ,
Twitter
Lingo Telecom, a Georgia-based VoIP service operator, has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for using AI-generated deepfake technology to spoof President Joe Biden’s voice in a series of robocalls. A Louisiana political...more
9/5/2024
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California ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Deep Fake ,
Google ,
Machine Learning ,
Music Industry ,
Online Advertisements ,
Reddit ,
Robocalling ,
Telecommunications ,
VoIP
Social media giant TikTok has been sued by the United States for allegedly collecting data on children under thirteen illegally. The suit claims the app, which is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, allowed...more
8/19/2024
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Boycotts ,
Data Collection ,
Deep Fake ,
DMCA ,
Electronic Frontier Foundation ,
Minors ,
Parental Consent ,
Section 230 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
Twitter
In a rare example of bipartisan agreement, the dramatically named DEFIANCE (Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits) Act unanimously passed the Senate. The bill allows victims of AI-generated deepfake...more
8/6/2024
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Blackmail ,
Censorship ,
COPPA ,
Copyright Office ,
Deep Fake ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Intent to Defraud ,
Metaverse ,
Nigeria ,
Pornography ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media
Conversations around AI continue to dominate the headlines in early 2024 and show no signs of abating anytime soon. Here are few of the stories and trends we’ve been tracking at Socially Aware. A deepfake technology scam...more