Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025
Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Summary: Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025 **What the bill would do:** This bill aims to combat deepfakes and misleading digital content by requiring AI tools and software that create or edit images, videos, and other digital media to allow users to embed "content provenance information"—essentially a digital record showing where content came from and how it's been modified. The bill would also prohibit social media platforms and others from removing or tampering with this tracking information once it's embedded. **Who it affects and key provisions:** The bill targets companies that make content creation and editing software (particularly AI-powered tools), as well as large websites and social media platforms. By requiring this tracking information be preserved, the legislation aims to help people identify manipulated content and distinguish authentic material from deepfakes.
The requirements apply to tools used primarily for creating or significantly altering digital content. **Current status:** The bill (S. 1396) was introduced in the 119th Congress by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and is currently in committee, meaning it hasn't yet been debated or voted on by the full Senate. It represents one of several proposed approaches lawmakers are considering to address the growing challenges posed by AI-generated and manipulated media.
CRS Official Summary
Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025This bill requires certain tools used to create or modify digital content, including artificial intelligence (AI), to allow users to embed in such content information documenting its origin and history. This is known as content provenance information. The bill also prohibits the removal or alteration of content provenance information in certain circumstances.Specifically, tools used for the primary purpose of creating or significantly modifying content via algorithms, or creating or substantially modifying digital representations of copyrighted work, must allow users to include content provenance information in the resulting digital content.Further, the bill prohibits certain large websites and applications (e.g., social media applications) from removing, altering, tampering with, or disabling content provenance information; and it prohibits any individual or entity from taking such actions in furtherance of an unfair or deceptive act in commerce.Finally, the bill prohibits certain commercial uses of digital representations of copyrighted work that has associated content provenance information without the consent of the work’s owner. Specifically, such representations may not be used to (1) train a system that uses AI or an algorithm, or (2) create algorithmically generated or modified content.The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general (or other authorized state officials). Owners of digital representations of copyrighted content with associated content provenance information may also bring suit to enforce violations related to their content.
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.