Santo Domingo.– The deputy
Bolívar Valera (PRM-Santo Domingo Este) filed a bill this Tuesday that seeks to prohibit and severely punish the
creation, dissemination, and commercialization of intimate content generated through artificial intelligence (AI) or
deepfake technology without consent.
The initiative aims to protect the
privacy, integrity, and fundamental rights of citizens against the growing use of these technologies for defamatory, sexual, extortionate, or political purposes.
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“With this law we seek to set clear limits on the irresponsible use of emerging technologies that are being used to impersonate faces, voices and actions for malicious purposes,” said Valera.
The project includes:
- Prison sentences of 3 to 10 years for creators and marketers of unauthorized deepfake content.
- Fines of up to 500 minimum wages for those who disseminate it, even if they are not the authors.
- Aggravated sanctions if the victims are minors, pregnant women, or if it is intimate content.
- Immediate removal of the material on digital platforms and blocking of repeat offender accounts.
- Mandatory cooperation of technology companies with operations or users in the country.
Valera pointed out that this legislation is
preventive and urgent, and called on his fellow legislators to support it: “It is not just about protecting reputation, but the freedom, privacy and dignity of every Dominican in the digital age”.
The proposal was sent to the
Artificial Intelligence Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
The project was developed in conjunction with
Miguel Almanzar, Secretary of Youth of the
National Civic Will Party (PNVC), and is inspired by similar legislation promoted by
Melania Trump and enacted this year in the U.S. by former President
Donald Trump. The PNVC maintains legislative cooperation agreements with the American
Republican Party.
