SIIA Statement on No Fakes

The following statement can be attributed to Paul Lekas, Senior Vice President, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

SIIA shares the goal of preventing harm from deepfakes and we recognize there is a gap in current law. However, the No Fakes Act is too broad. We believe better solutions lie in targeted regulations like the Defiance Act which focuses on bad actors and harmful content. The No Fakes Act in its current form is not the answer.

We urge lawmakers to reconsider this approach and work toward more tailored proposals to address the problem of malicious deepfakes.