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Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke pushes six bills to rein in deepfakes, biased algorithms and AI political ads

Her latest, reintroduced Oct. 15, would make political ads disclose AI-generated images and video. All six sit in House committees, and about one in five members of Congress hold AI investments, Our Time Press reported.

Two images: Rep. Yvette Clarke speaking into a cluster of news microphones in front of a crowd; the first page of H.R. 5511, with the line 'direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of certain algorithms' highlighted.
Rep. Yvette Clarke (file photo); the first page of her Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025, H.R. 5511. Photo: Ashoka Jegroo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Document: U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 5511). Composite by Bushwick Daily

Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke pushes six bills to rein in deepfakes, biased algorithms and AI political ads

Her latest, reintroduced Oct. 15, would make political ads disclose AI-generated images and video. All six sit in House committees, and about one in five members of Congress hold AI investments, Our Time Press reported.

Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke pushes six bills to rein in deepfakes, biased algorithms and AI political ads
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Representative Yvette D. Clarke, the Brooklyn Democrat, has introduced and co-sponsored at least six federal bills since 2023 to regulate artificial intelligence, targeting algorithmic bias, political deepfakes, biometric surveillance in federally funded housing and the AI imitation of artists’ styles. She reintroduced the most recent, a political-advertising disclosure measure, in Washington on October 15, and all of the bills remain in committee.

The REAL Political Ads Act , which Clarke first introduced in May 2023, would require disclosure when generative AI is used to create images or videos in political advertisements. “This legislation…

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Filed underAdelita Grijalva / AI Civil Rights Act / Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 / Brooklyn / CREATOR Act / Debbie Dingell / Jim Costa / REAL Political Ads Act / Valerie Foushee / Yvette D. Clarke

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