Paris Hilton joined House members on Capitol Hill on Thursday to advocate Senate-passed, bipartisan legislation aimed at allowing victims to take civil action against fake, artificial intelligence pornography.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Laurel Lee (R-FL) held a bipartisan press conference with Hilton on Thursday, urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the bill up for a vote. The legislation, dubbed the DEFIANCE Act, passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month.
“For too long, our laws have lagged behind this technology,” Lee said at the press conference. “Victims have been left without clear, consistent legal tools when their likeness is stolen and weaponized without their consent. The DEFIANCE Act closes that gap.”
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The legislation would allow individuals whose likeness has been used by AI to
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