Denmark clamps down on deepfakes by letting individuals copyright their very own options

The Danish authorities is working to vary copyright legislation to offer its residents the fitting to their very own physique, facial options, and voice. The landmark legislation is designed to strengthen protections in opposition to the creation and dissemination of deepfakes, reviews The Guardian.

Denmark’s division of tradition nonetheless must submit a proposal to amend present legislation, however the company has already secured cross-party assist. 

“Within the invoice we agree and are sending an unequivocal message that everyone has the fitting to their very own physique, their very own voice and their very own facial options, which is seemingly not how the present legislation is defending individuals in opposition to generative AI,” Jakob Engel-Schmidt, Danish tradition minister, advised The Guardian. 

Within the U.S., a number of states have handed deepfake legal guidelines, that are primarily tied to misuse throughout elections and nonconsensual sexually express content material. Lots of these legal guidelines are presently in danger as Congress weighs up a proposal in a brand new price range reconciliation invoice that may strip states of their energy to control AI for 10 years.