Design It For Us Endorses the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act

Design It For Us Co-Chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement on the coalition’s endorsement of H.R. 3106 or the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act,” led by Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.): 

“The proliferation of deepfakes has given rise to a new kind of horror for young women like myself and my peers. Beyond the harmful content we see on social media, we are now threatened by the potential spread of deepfakes using our own likeness without our consent. At its worst, it is being used to abuse and sexually exploit women and those of gender diversity being at most risk. My generation has suffered enough at the hands of Big Tech, and we must no longer stand aside to give a largely unregulated industry any more chances to get away with inventing new methods – without regard at all for the consequences –  to harm us further.”