Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19, Part 1.

A.I. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT <br /> <br /> This bill provides that if a person, political campaign committee, or other entity creates, publishes, distributes, or disseminates a political advertisement, then the political advertisement must clearly and conspicuously contain a statement that the advertisement was partially or wholly generated by artificial intelligence as follows: <br /> <br /> (1) If the advertisement is a text or graphic communication, the statement must appear in letters at least as large as the majority of the text in the communication;<br /> <br /> (2) If the advertisement is an audio communication, the statement must be at least three seconds in length and spoken in a clearly audible and intelligible manner at either the beginning or end of the communication; and<br /> <br /> (3) If the advertisement is a video communication that includes audio, the statement must meet the requirements for an audio communication and appear for at least four seconds in letters that are as large as the majority of all text included in the advertisement.<br /> <br /> A.I. POLITICAL COMMUNICATION<br /> <br /> This bill requires a communication to contain the following disclaimer: THIS COMMUNICATION WAS GENERATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, if a person, political campaign committee, or other entity creates, publishes, or distributes a communication partially or wholly generated by artificial intelligence that references an election, candidate, or ballot question and is not a political advertisement.<br /> <br /> MATERIALLY DECEPTIVE MEDIA<br /> <br /> This bill prohibits a person, political campaign committee, or other entity from distributing or agreeing to distribute materially deceptive media pertaining to a federal, state, or local election if the following occurs:<br /> <br /> (1) The person knows or recklessly disregards whether the media falsely represents a depicted individual;<br /> <br /> (2) The distribution occurs not more than 90 days before an election; <br /> <br /> (3) The distribution is intended and likely to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate; and<br /> <br /> (4) The distribution is intended and likely to influence voter behavior by deceiving voters into incorrectly believing that an individual engaged in the speech, conduct, or appearance depicted in the media.<br /> <br /> However, this bill provides that the above provisions are inapplicable to media distributions that include the following applicable disclaimer informing the viewer that the media has been manipulated to depict speech or conduct that did not occur:<br /> <br /> (1) If the media is a video, the disclaimer must appear throughout its entirety, be clearly visible to and readable by an observer, and be in letters that are at least as large as the majority of text communicated in the video;<br /> <br /> (2) If the media is audio only, the disclaimer must be read at the beginning and end of the communication in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch that the average listener could easily hear; and<br /> <br /> (3) If the media is an image, the disclaimer would have to be clearly visible to and readable by the average viewer, and if the image contains other text, the disclaimer must be printed in letters that are at least as large as a majority of the other text.<br /> <br /> VIOLATION<br /> <br /> This bill provides that a violation of this bill is a Class C misdemeanor.<br /> <br /> This bill authorizes the person, candidate, or the attorney general to seek permanent injunctive relief in the appropriate circuit court if a depicted person or candidate has been or is likely to be injured by the distribution of a political advertisement or materially deceptive media. A plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant knew or recklessly disregarded whether the advertisement or media falsely represents the depicted person or candidate.<br /> <br /> To the extent that this bill does not conflict with federal law, this bill does not apply to a radio station, television station, publication, media outlet, or internet website if a political advertisement or materially deceptive media disseminated on the respective station, outlet, or website complies with this bill. <br />