A motorcyclist from Gilford may be the first person in the state prosecuted under a new law making “deepfakes” a crime – in this case, audio fakery rather than video.
The story in the Laconia Daily Sun says the 21-year-old made “an audio likeness” of a Laconia police officer who he’d had a run-in with: “He created the video with the purpose to embarrass, harass or cause damage to the reputation of (the officer), according to the indictment.”
The story is here.
The state’s deepfake law is here.
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