Denmark Takes a Bold Step Against Deepfakes by Protecting Personal Features

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Today, we’ve got a fascinating story about Denmark making waves in AI and digital rights. Let’s dive into how they’re fighting back against those sneaky deepfakes.

Denmark is planning a significant change in its copyright laws to empower its citizens over their own bodies, faces, and voices. The new law aims to crack down on the misuse of AI to create fake content, giving people control over their own features.

The government’s cultural department is preparing a proposal to update current legislation. Even better, this initiative already has broad political support across party lines. As Jakob Engel-Schmidt, Denmark’s culture minister, explained, everyone should have the right to their own body and appearance—something current laws don’t sufficiently protect against AI misuse.

While Denmark moves forward, in the U.S., various states have implemented laws targeting deepfakes mainly around election interference and non-consensual explicit content. But, these laws face challenges because Congress is considering a bill that could limit state authority over AI regulation for a decade.