{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-46-101","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 1-46-101","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:\n\n(a) The revolutionary innovations in generative artificial intelligence systems capable of producing image, audio, video, and multimedia content (AI-generated content) pose a threat to free and fair elections in the state;\n\n(b) AI-generated content may be used to create deepfakes that falsely depict a candidate's speech or action in order to spread misinformation and disinformation at scale and with unprecedented speed; and\n\n(c) A deepfake is analogous to a person being forced to say something in a video recorded under duress, where the victim appears to say something they would not normally say, one through force and the other through deepfake technology. A voter's opinion of a candidate may be irreparably tainted by a fabricated representation of a candidate or elected official saying or doing something they did not say or do. These false, negative portrayals may exist indefinitely once posted on the internet and permanently damage a candidate or elected official's reputation and even put their safety at risk.","path":["Title 1 - ELECTIONS","Article 46 - Failure to Disclose a Deepfake in a Communication Concerning a Candidate for Elective Office"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-01.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"f7bc2564b4351b8eb4700296469c2103711aa4bc0bd4c250e7f6f694ff4dfc3a","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-45-118","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-46-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}