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Portman, Schatz Reintroduce Bill Directing DHS Study of Deepfakes

Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, reintroduced legislation Thursday that would direct a Homeland Security Department study on deepfakes and similar types of media. Introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, the Deepfake Report Act…

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would direct DHS to “assess the technology used to generate deepfakes, the uses of deepfakes by foreign and domestic entities, and available countermeasures.” The original legislation passed the Senate in October.