Cotton Asks Execs: Will You Help Arrests Of Makers Of AI Showing 'Trump Running Away With Ducks?'

At yesterday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned big tech executives about whether they'd comply with a new California law on deepfaks.

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[rickd]

All speech is Free Speech. Someone needs to bring a lawsuit against California for a violation of the First Amendment.

[lauriivey]

The second we allowed people to make a word 'offensive' and not allow it to be freely spoken, a line was crossed. It was no longer merely a social constraint, but became something more devious ... and we have been creeping down the slope ever since.

[ChrisCarlin-iswv]

Stalin and Mao would be so proud of California.

[eddieraffs]

Americans were asleep on watch when George Orwell warned us about this in very clear and precise words.

[stevenwalker]

Unless the speech is calling for specific violence or harm, the law is unconstitutional and will be struck down in federal court.

[jeffedelbrock]

Those that decide what's true and false don't know a man from a woman

[pumpkinpaper]

The brit guy has that tone that has turned the UK into a fascist hellhole when it comes to speech. "There is no such thing as an illegal opinion."

[dfgyuhdd]

I need to write a letter to the people of the future to explain all of this but I'm not even sure where to start

[MyIOnU]

Maybe it's time for people to use the BRAIN!!!

[deanlawson]

No way in heck does that new "law" in CA withstand Constitutional scrutiny... No way.

[islandhers]

Absolutely…. Sue the hell out of Gavin Newsom & the savior California… all of them!!

[CraigCharley]

The source is right in front of senator

[MrWaltercronkite]

Just watching the USA's freedoms slide away, it seems like the American citizens are doing the same thing. Just watching and complaining. If I were the powers that be, I too would continue to break the American society. Little to zero pushback.

[BR-ci]

We The People agree with you 100% Senator Tom Cotton!!!

[tracdfar]

Stalin and Mao would be proud of Comrade Newsom.

[romanbrough]

Nick Clegg used to be my MP. He was well left of centre, and the occasions I spoke to him was deeply unimpressed by him as a person. The fact that when he lost the election that he went to work for Facebook for huge wads of cash, says a great deal about Facebook.

[sifuhusky]

A Brit is going to decide what's "appropriate" speech? That hasn't gone well before

[Judge]

The first response was textbook DOJ style stalling BS. Those execs must all go to the same seminar.

[josephloughrey]

Playful is what he likes, harmful is what he does not like.

[aldoner]

OMFG Clegg one thing is sure if you want to know if he's lying it's every time his lips are moving