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ChampionedArtificial Intelligence / Right of Publicity

Introduced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act to create federal liability for producing or hosting unauthorized AI-generated digital replicas of a person's voice or visual likeness, and to require online platforms to remove such replicas upon notice.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 95%

All three cited sources check out and support CHAMPIONED. (1) The Coons Senate press release (PRIMARY) confirms Coons introduced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act on 2024-07-31 as a lead sponsor and Chair of the Judiciary IP Subcommittee, and the cited quote appears VERBATIM — establishing federal liability for producing/hosting/sharing an unauthorized AI digital replica of a person's voice or likeness and requiring an online service to take it down upon notice from a rightsholder. This matches every element of the promise and shows Coons authoring/leading, not merely voting. (2) The Blackburn Senate press release (PRIMARY) confirms the exact headline quote verbatim, names Coons as a lead sponsor, and reports the bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously on 2026-06-18 — evidence of sustained leadership beyond the initial introduction. (3) The Deadline article (REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) is now paywalled to direct fetch (307→tollbit, HTTP 402), but a web search returned its exact headline verbatim, confirming the quote is genuine (not fabricated) and that the article documents the committee passage. Because two independent PRIMARY sources fully corroborate both the promise elements and Coons's leadership (introduced + chairs the relevant subcommittee + drove it through committee), the outcome is well supported and CHAMPIONED does not overstate the record. Confidence trimmed slightly from 0.96 only because the third source required search corroboration rather than a live fetch.

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