DEFIANCE Act
Definition
Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act, passed by the US Senate in July 2024 but not enacted into law (the 118th Congress ended without House passage). Creates a proposed civil cause of action for victims of non-consensual intimate deepfakes.
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- Synthetic Media in Casework and Legal ProceedingsDisrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act, passed by the US Senate in July 2024 but not enacted into law (the 118th Congress ended...