Canada elections chief makes push to crackdown on deepfakes | Unpublished
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Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Globalnews Digital
Publication Date: November 16, 2024 - 08:58

Canada elections chief makes push to crackdown on deepfakes

November 16, 2024
Meddling tactics such as deepfakes have become part of the public conversation in the U.S., but they are still 'a bit of a shock to the system' in Canada, Stephane Perrault says.


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Canada’s elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral process through manipulation of their voice or image without consent.The proposed change to the Canada Elections Act is among several measures chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault is putting forward to address the use of deepfakes and other artificially created content to fool voters.
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