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== Law on synthetic filth in Texas ==
== Law on synthetic filth in Texas ==
[[File:Flag of Texas.svg|thumb|left|200px|[[w:Texas]], the Lone Star State has protected the political candidates, but not ordinary folk against synthetic filth.]]
[[File:Flag of Texas.svg|thumb|left|200px|[[w:Texas]], the Lone Star State has protected the political candidates, but not ordinary folk against synthetic filth.]]
<section begin=Texas2019 />Since September 1 2019 [[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">
 
<section begin=Texas2019 />On September 1 2019 [[w:Texas]] senate bill [https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00751F.htm '''SB 751''' - '''''Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election'''''] [[w:amendment]]s to the election code came into effect in the [[w:Law of Texas]], 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">


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