FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Indiana lawmakers want to address images, video and audio of election candidates that are digitally altered or faked.

The bill, which passed a House Committee on Wednesday says any image, video or audio of a candidate that’s
altered or faked without their consent and is hard to tell has been altered or faked, could not be used in a campaign unless it
includes a disclaimer that says it has been altered or artificially generated.

Republican Representative Julie Olthoff  is the measure’s author and she says ““People have the right to know whether what they are seeing, hearing or reading is the truth or fiction.”

Under the bill, if the disclaimer isn’t included, the candidate depicted in that campaign material can sue whoever paid for or
sponsored the campaign material.