“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
    28·
    13 days ago

    Were the senators themselves the victims of these deepfakes?

    Also, they’re the legislative branch. Why don’t they just create a law to prohibit sexual deepfakes and assess penalties from the companies with tolerance/ambivalence/apathy toward sexual deepfakes?

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      13 days ago

      That would require them to actually do their fucking jobs. Congress nowadays just takes orders from the dictator in office.

      • MacEnvy@lemmy.world
        1·
        13 days ago

        Are you under the impression that the senators calling for this have any power whatsoever to enact laws? John Thune runs the Senate schedule and he’s a loyalist.

    • kinkles@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      13 days ago

      I don’t have faith that such a law could get passed in a timely manner, if at all, with the current leadership. Especially if it would basically single out two of their biggest darlings- AI and Elon.

    • Eh-I@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 days ago

      Were the senators themselves the victims of these deepfakes?

      Easily done, but ick.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
    7·
    13 days ago

    Which. Fucking. Senators.

    three Democratic senators

    So nobody, nothing. The Dems have no power, let alone are mostly pussies or complacent.

    Sensationalist nothingburger headlines.