This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 16, 2026 to March 20, 2026

By |2026-03-22T07:05:32-05:00March 22nd, 2026|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we posted a two-part discussion of the legal risks of advertising or promotions using “March... Continue Reading…

AI in Political Attack Ads – Watch State Laws on Deep Fakes and Synthetic Media in Political Content

By |2026-03-20T10:59:40-05:00March 20th, 2026|Legal News|

This past weekend, we saw an ad posted on YouTube attacking Democratic Senatorial candidate James Tallarico – using words that were apparently from his own tweets, commenting on a number of social issues.  What made the ad notable was that the words from the tweets were not just displayed on the screen or read by... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024

By |2024-04-28T10:35:10-05:00April 28th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law blog, we discussed the 11 states that had enacted state laws regulating the use of artificial... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024

By |2024-04-28T10:35:10-05:00April 28th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law blog, we discussed the 11 states that had enacted state laws regulating the use of artificial... Continue Reading…

11 States Now Have Laws Limiting Artificial Intelligence, Deep Fakes, and Synthetic Media in Political Advertising – Looking at the Issues

By |2024-04-22T10:29:33-05:00April 22nd, 2024|Legal News|

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of the NAB Convention last week.  Seemingly, not a session took place without some discussion of the impact of AI.  One area that we have written about many times is the impact of AI on political advertising.  Legislative consideration of that issue has exploded in the first quarter of 2024,... Continue Reading…

Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads – Media Companies Beware

By |2023-11-06T10:29:34-06:00November 6th, 2023|Legal News|

In the Washington Post last weekend, an op-ed article suggested that political candidates should voluntarily renounce the use of artificial intelligence in their campaigns.  The article seemed to be looking for candidates to take the actions that governments have largely thus far declined to mandate.  As we wrote back in July, despite calls from some... Continue Reading…

Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads – Legal Issues in Synthetic Media and Deepfakes in Campaign Advertising – Concerns for Broadcasters and Other Media Companies

By |2023-07-21T11:15:35-05:00July 21st, 2023|Legal News|

Stories about “deepfakes,” “synthetic media,” and other forms of artificial intelligence being used in political campaigns, including in advertising messages, have abounded in recent weeks.  There were stories about a superPAC running attack ads against Donald Trump where Trump’s voice was allegedly synthesized to read one of his tweets condemning the Iowa governor for not... Continue Reading…

Using AI to Replicate the Voice of a Celebrity – Watch Out for Legal Issues Including Violating the Right of Publicity

By |2023-04-04T11:41:44-05:00April 4th, 2023|Legal News|

Note from David Oxenford: Seth Resler of Jacobs Media yesterday wrote on his Connecting the Dots blog about the ease of synthesizing the voice of a celebrity, and the temptation to use that replicated voice in an on-air broadcast.  Last week, in an article on policy issues raised by AI, we mentioned that some states... Continue Reading…

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