{"id":1231,"date":"2025-07-15T11:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:24:26","slug":"pennsylvania-cracks-down-on-deepfakes-ai-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/pennsylvania-cracks-down-on-deepfakes-ai-impersonation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania cracks down on deepfakes, AI impersonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed a new law that defines <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5035446-dozens-of-lawmakers-victims-of-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-report\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5035446-dozens-of-lawmakers-victims-of-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-report\/\">deepfakes<\/a> as digital forgeries and establishes criminal penalties for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/creating-deepfakes-malicious-intent-will-soon-be-crime-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nonconsensual digital impersonation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On July 7, Shapiro signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/sb0649\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/sb0649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 649<\/a>, making nonconsensual digital impersonation a first-degree misdemeanor. Anyone doing so with fraudulent intent will now be subject to a third-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed with unanimous bipartisan support in the State Senate and overwhelming support in the House. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy signing this bill into law, we\u2019re sending a clear message that if you use AI to defraud or exploit Pennsylvanians, you will be held accountable,&#8221; Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/governor\/newsroom\/2025-press-releases\/gov--shapiro-signs-new-digital-forgery-law.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%20Pennsylvania%2C%20we%20are%20leading,%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Senator%20John%20Kane.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/governor\/newsroom\/2025-press-releases\/gov--shapiro-signs-new-digital-forgery-law.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%20Pennsylvania%2C%20we%20are%20leading,%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Senator%20John%20Kane.\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill expands on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/legislation\/bills\/2023\/sb1213\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/legislation\/bills\/2023\/sb1213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 1213<\/a>, legislation passed last October to ban deepfake pornography in the state. That law resulted in Pennsylvania\u2019s first artificial intelligence (AI)-related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pennsylvania-man-charged-ai-generated-child-pornography\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pennsylvania-man-charged-ai-generated-child-pornography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual abuse charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania joins a national trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparencycoalition.ai\/news\/deepfake-how-state-lawmakers-are-acting-to-stop-deepfakes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.transparencycoalition.ai\/news\/deepfake-how-state-lawmakers-are-acting-to-stop-deepfakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI deepfake regulation<\/a>, with over 38 pieces of legislation being introduced in 18 states this year. Additionally, 80 laws were passed in 2024 to push back on deepfakes, and another 15 were enacted in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed a new law that defines deepfakes as digital forgeries and establishes criminal penalties for nonconsensual digital impersonation. On July 7, Shapiro signed SB 649,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/pennsylvania-cracks-down-on-deepfakes-ai-impersonation\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pennsylvania cracks down on deepfakes, AI impersonation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}