Do you think it should be against the law to create a video of someone saying something they never said?

I think that would be a very bad thing and defamation of character. Now if they would give their signed written consent, that may be a problem trying to prove wrongdoing. As far as punishment that would be up to a court of law.

It should come as a caveat that it’s made up or spoofed.

It may not be against the law, depending on what was “said,” but it would be dishonest.

As RayaHope stated deflamation suit would follow.

It should follow defamation/libel law. If it’s used as fair use parody, I’m ok with it. If you are creating the impression, to a reasonable person, that the target did say it, and it harms their reputation, it should be a civil violation at least.

There was a repeat showing about this tonight on 60 Minutes, and some states have laws, but I think very few. It’s called a deepfake when they do this sort of video. To me it is really horrible. Here is the link to the episode. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deepfake-artificial-intelligence-60-minutes-2022-07-31/

It is against the law. Ask Nick Sandmann and the variety of “news” outlets he has sued. But typically it is not a criminal offense, it ends up being a civil one.

How do you prove that you did not actually say what you appear to be saying? What happens when the technology is so good that you can’t tell the difference?

@LostInParadise That is a really good and scary question.

Probably, but two basic questions:

1) How do you prove the case?

2) Who enforces the law? The video-cops?

@LostInParadise – Thankfully, these problems are easily anticipated and are being addressed by the professionals. https://paperswithcode.com/task/deepfake-detection

@elbanditoroso – 1) with evidence 2) civil courts for smaller cases, and eventually the Department of Justice of larger ones, just like digital copyright law.

Pretty much covered by defamation.

@SnipSnip doubtful. Not defamation. More likely ‘impersonation’ which may or may not be a crime.

Deep Fake will be a very big issue!