Halfway to the finish line: Legislative bid to fight deep fakes in elections

A legislative bid to fight fake videos, audio, and messages in elections is halfway to the finish line. 

The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban the distribution of so-called “deep fakes” within 90 days of an election of any candidate or party running for office. 

Neosho Representative Ben Baker explains why 90 days… 

“That’s just kind of the starting point but definitely something that we can still consider. Should it be longer than that or should it just be wide open? I don’t know, but at least trying to address this to some degree, especially that 90 days in an election is definitely the most where most of your media buys are as a candidate,” says Baker. 

A Missouri Senate committee is taking a look at his bill that also aims to fight false caller ID information.