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US intimate deepfake bill clears House committee amid FTC enforcement uncertainty (correct*)

By Emma Whitford ( April 8, 2025, 22:07 GMT | Insight) -- Federal legislation that could compel tech platforms to take down non-consensual intimate deepfakes passed through a key US House committee today with near-unanimous support. But before sending the bill to the full chamber, Democrats made an ill-fated attempt to link its passage to reinstating fired members of the US Federal Trade Commission, which would be tasked with enforcing it.  Federal legislation that could compel tech platforms to take down non-consensual intimate deepfakes passed through a key US House committee today with near-unanimous support....

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