July 31, 2024: No Deepfakes for Democracy Sign-On Letter

July 31, 2024: No Deepfakes for Democracy Sign-On Letter

4 Sep 2024

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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