Former News Channel 5 Meteorologist Bree Smith backs Tennessee bill to criminalize deepfakes

Tennessee State Capitol (Photo: John Partipilo)

Former NewsChannel 5 meteorologist Bree Smith said she was “devastated” when imposter social media accounts claiming to be her began to solicit personal information and money from fans last fall.

“These accounts used fake pictures that showed my face on someone else’s semi-nude body. They also made fake videos that used my face and my name to try to convince people it was the real me,” Smith testified in the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee Wednesday…

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