Laura McClure: The Deepfake Bill, Free Speech, and Where the Law Draws the Line | Free to Speak

Laura McClure: The Deepfake Bill, Free Speech, and Where the Law Draws the Line | Free to Speak

June 22, 2026 · 44 min · Season 2 · Episode 24

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Laura McClure discusses her Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill and its implications for free speech and the law.

ACT MP Laura McClure joins Dane Giraud to talk about her Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill, which passed its first reading unanimously and is now before select committee. The bill amends the Crimes Act 1961 and the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 so that AI-generated sexual images are treated the same in law as non-consensual intimate recordings. McClure explains why she made a deepfake of herself, why she held the blurred image up in Parliament, and the gap in the law the b...

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