As in prior years, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 contains a variety of provisions setting U.S. Department of Defense priorities for energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. These...more
11/30/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Climate Change ,
Conservation ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Natural Resources ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Public Policy ,
Sustainability ,
Wildlife Protection
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a path-breaking law addressing synthetic or digitally manipulated media. The law has two main components.
First, the law establishes a postmortem right of publicity to protect...more
On November 30, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a path-breaking law addressing synthetic or digitally manipulated media. The law has two main components.
First, the law establishes a postmortem right of...more
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the nation’s first federal law related to “deepfakes.” Deepfakes are false yet highly realistic artificial intelligence-created media, such as a video showing people saying things...more
12/24/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Deep Fake ,
National Science Foundation ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Technology
On Sept. 1, Texas became the first state in the nation to prohibit the creation or distribution of deepfake videos intended to harm candidates for public office or influence elections. Amid rising fears of the dangers of...more