Laws against synthesis and other related crimes: Difference between revisions

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== Law on synthetic filth in Texas ==
== Law on synthetic filth in Texas ==
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Since September 1 [[w:Texas]] senate bill [https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00751F.htm '''SB 751'''] [[w:amendment]]s to the election code came into effect, giving [[w:candidates]] in [[w:elections]] a 30-day protection period to the elections during which making and distributing digital look-alikes or synthetic fakes of the candidates is an offense. The law text defines the subject of the law as "''a  video, created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur in reality''"<ref name="TexasSB751">
{{cite web
|url= https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=SB751
|title= Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election
|last=
|first=
|date= 2019-06-14
|website=
|publisher= [[w:Texas]]
|access-date= 2020-07-13
|quote= In  this  section,  "deep  fake  video"  means  a  video, created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur in reality}}
</ref>


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