Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

Published: (January 13, 2026 at 03:53 PM EST)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

Senate Passes DEFIANCE Act to Combat Non‑Consensual Deepfake Pornography

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who’ve found their likeness deepfaked into sexually‑explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non‑Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act) would let victims sue the individuals who created the ima…

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