Violators found to create or possess deepfaked material of minors engaged in sexual acts could face 5 to 20 years in prison.

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Excuse me doing WHAT

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I’m amazed this is legal in the first place. Is it possible that prior laws regarding children fell under a protected category of “art”? Either way, I think we all agree that this law is a good law for society.

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It probably wasn’t legal before either, but this clarifies the law by making it expressly illegal. Without it prosecutors woud obviously make the case that it was illegal, and someone would try and counter that since they were deepfakes that it didn’t count. Hopefully such a defense wouldn’t succeed but this law should preclude someone from even trying it.

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