In one paragraph
Mississippi's HB 1689 (2024), as passed the House, would make it a crime to disseminate a deep fake that the person knows or has reason to know is a deep fake, within 90 days of an election, without the depicted individual's consent and with intent to injure a candidate, influence the result or deter anyone from voting. Penalties run up to one year and $5,000, or up to five years and $10,000 in aggravated cases. It passed the House on March 12, 2024 and died on the Senate calendar on April 10, 2024.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and never became law. It would have criminalized election-period deep fakes made without consent and with intent to injure a candidate or sway the vote, unless an AI disclosure was included.
Key provisions
- Would add Section 97-13-47; 'deep fake' covers pictures, video, sound or digital representations a reasonable person would believe depict speech or conduct that did not occur, produced substantially by technical means
- Applies to a person, corporation, committee or other entity that disseminates or contracts to disseminate a deep fake
- Standard penalty: up to one year in prison, a fine up to $5,000, or both; up to five years, $10,000, or both if intent to cause violence, bodily harm or deter voting, or a conviction within the last five years
- The Attorney General, a district attorney, the depicted individual, an injured or likely injured candidate, or a political party could seek injunctive relief
- Not a violation if the media carries a disclosure that it 'has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence' in the form the bill specifies; exemptions are also listed for certain broadcasters and publications (captured text is cut off in the exemptions)
- Passed the House March 12, 2024 (committee substitute version); Senate 'Title Suff Do Pass As Amended' April 2; died on calendar April 10, 2024
Latest legislative action
Apr 10, 2024. Died On Calendar
Sponsors (showing 5 of 21)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Owen | Primary |
| Read | Primary |
| Remak | Primary |
| Sanford | Primary |
| Summers | Primary |
Roll call votes
Passage Mar 12, 2024
116 yea1 nay5 otherPassed
Amendments (1)
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Senate Committee Amendment No 1 Not adopted
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