Democracy Leaders Introduce Solutions to Curb Emerging Digital Threats
CITED’s 2024 legislative package would help regulate the dangers that AI, deepfakes, and disinformation pose to our democracy
SACRAMENTO, Calif — On Wednesday, the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (CITED), a project of California Common Cause, announced its 2024 legislative package alongside key legislators. Together, these democracy leaders aim to take the first steps in meaningfully protecting California’s democracy and voters from one of its current greatest threats: disinformation turbocharged by generative AI and deepfakes.
“AI and disinformation are an existential threat to our democracy, and we’ve reached a point of no return. Now is the time to act,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, California Common Cause’s executive director. “Using an unbiased, independent, interdisciplinary approach, CITED and our legislative partners have developed a legislative agenda that gets at the heart of what is shaping up to be one of the great issues of our lifetime, while upholding free speech and respecting technological innovation.”