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IC 3-9-8-3: "Fabricated media"

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  1. TITLE 3. ELECTIONS
  2. ARTICLE 9. CAMPAIGNS
  3. Chapter 8. Use of Digitally Altered Media in Elections

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fabricated media" means any of the following:

(1) Media that includes an audio or visual recording of an individual's speech, appearance, or conduct that has been altered without the individual's consent such that:

(A) the media conveys a materially inaccurate depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct as recorded in the unaltered recording; and

(B) a reasonable person would be unable to recognize that the recording has been altered.

(2) Media in which an artificially generated audio or visual imitation of an individual that:

(A) has been created without the individual's consent; and

(B) is sufficiently lifelike that a reasonable person would be unable to distinguish the speech or appearance of the imitation from the speech or appearance of the individual;

is used to convey a fictional depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct.

(3) Media depicting the speech, appearance, or conduct of an artificially generated person, the appearance or speech of which is not a recognizable imitation of an identifiable individual.

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