Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 27, 2020
Dealing with deepfakes
California and social media platforms take aim at deepfakes while federal lawmakers take a 'studied' approach.
Melanie J. Howard
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Email: mhoward@loeb.com
Melanie is based in the firm's Los Angeles office. Ms. Howard is chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Protection group and represents clients from a variety of industries, including advertising, automotive, technology, entertainment, media and retail.
As the presidential election draws nearer, several deepfakes have surfaced manipulating videos and statements of politicians currently in office as well as candidates campaigning for election in 2020. Deepfakes are video and audio recordings that have been digitally manipulated so that the subjects appear to say or do something that they did not say or do. This is on the radar for state and federal legislators, in large part because of the significant gaps in the prot...
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