We write to you today to specifically call attention to the danger of deepfakes for democracy. [...] presidential election specifically designed to identify and prohibit non-consensual and deceptive deepfakes of election officials, election processes, and candidates, in federal, state and local elections, while protecting free speech on platforms in the form of innocuous entertainment or satire easily recognized as manipulated media. [...] ● Collaborate with researchers to provide civil society, academic researchers, and journalists access and insight into the spread of and your enforcement against deceptive electoral deepfakes. [...] The time for action is now: You must take urgent steps to mitigate against the harm to democracy that deepfakes have the power to yield. [...] We urge Meta, Snap, Tiktok, YouTube and X to lead the way for all social media platforms to safeguard truth, trust, and accountability and protect our democracy in the digital realm.
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- Mark Zuckerberg Chief Executive Officer Meta One Hacker Way Menlo Park CA 94025 1
- Evan Spiegel Chief Executive Officer Snap 2772 Donald Douglas Loop N Santa Monica CA 90405 1
- Shou Zi Chew Chief Executive Officer TikTok One Raffles Quay Level 26 South Tower Singapore 048583 1
- Neal Mohan Chief Executive Officer YouTube 901 Cherry Ave San Bruno CA 94066 1
- Linda Yaccarino Chief Executive Officer X 1355 Market Street Suite 900 San Francisco California 94103 1
- To the CEOs of Meta Snap TikTok YouTube and X 1
- Your platforms with their immense reach and influence have a responsibility to protect your users from this dangerous form of digital deception. 2
- We ask that you 2
