David Shoebridge

I move the second reading amendment circulated in my name:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) deepfakes present serious risks to democracy including through the spread of misinformation, and misleading and deceiving voters,

(ii) the next federal election will likely see the proliferation of political deepfakes, with authorities including the AEC currently not having powers to remove these or penalise those involved,

(iii) jurisdictions overseas have begun to grapple with the challenge posed by political deepfakes including South Korea where the National Assembly prohibited AI-generated deepfake content in political campaigning within 90 days of their April 2024 election,

(iv) deepfakes of Australian politicians have already been created and circulated; and

(b) calls on the Government to work across Parliament to ban political deepfakes in the pre-election period leading up to the next federal election with an exemption for clearly labelled deepfakes used for parody, satire, criticism, news reporting or legal proceedings".

Hollie Hughes

The question is that the second reading amendment on sheet 2767 moved by Senator Shoebridge be agreed to.

Summary

Date and time: 10:47 AM on 2024-08-21
Senator Pocock's vote: Aye
Total number of "aye" votes: 12
Total number of "no" votes: 24
Total number of abstentions: 40
Related bill: Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024

Adapted from information made available by theyvoteforyou.org.au