Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition
What this bill does
Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining 'deepfake' as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Cross, Dr Cashenna A | Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden | Oral |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Stinar, Braden | Disability Rights Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Holman, Craig | Public Citizen | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Feldmark, Delegate Feldmarklegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Goldberg, Hayden | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Yelin, Ben | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Antoine, Joannelobbyist | Common Cause Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | durkin, margaretlobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Harris, Mrs. | Individual | Position only |