Missouri moves to protect minors from AI deepfakes and require consent for social media
The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill to protect minors from AI-generated deepfakes and require parental consent for social media use by children under 16. The bill also includes provisions to regulate AI-generated content and prohibit its use to create explicit material without consent.
The Missouri House of Representatives voted 145-3 in favor of a bill to protect minors from AI-generated deepfakes and regulate social media use. The bill targets individuals who share or threaten to share deepfakes of children and penalizes those who share intimate deepfakes of adults without consent. Victims can seek damages, and online platforms must provide removal avenues by 2026. The bill also bans social media for children under 16 without parental consent and requires age verification for Missouri users. Social media platforms must provide parental monitoring tools and terminate accounts at their request. The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration.
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