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Outrage Erupts as Texas House Passes Bill That 'Criminalizes Political Memes'
(www.westernjournal.com)
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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This headline is rage bait, the bill is explicitly about AI generated content in political advertising
Except it’s not. The wording is:
It later goes on to mention generative AI. But the bill isn’t primarily focused on AI. The above leaves room for things like color correction in photographs, but would bar things like the following images:
This sounds like it would also ban political cartoons
How?