Deep-faked Biden calls
CONCORD, N.H. — Three telecommunication companies and a political consultant will face the League of Women Voters’ claims that they are liable for distributing about 10,000 calls in which an AI-generated Joe Biden voice told Democratic voters not to vote in the New Hampshire primaries, that doing so would enable President Trump’s election, and to save their votes for the November election. Under the Voting Rights Act, intimidation does not have to be physical or violent, and the court says these calls plausibly caused a chilling effect on the recipients.
Read the ruling here.
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