Amended Federal Lawsuit Challenges Use of Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Elections to Deceive Voters

The League of Girls Voters of america (LWV-US), the League of Girls Voters of New Hampshire (LWV-NH), and particular person voters have filed an amended criticism of their lawsuit in opposition to Steven Kramer and several other companies that orchestrated and disseminated misleading, intimidating robocalls to 1000’s of New Hampshire voters forward of the state’s January 2024 presidential main. They filed this amended criticism to include new info that has just lately emerged, clarifying and confirming the roles performed by the defendants within the scheme to intimidate and deceive New Hampshire voters. 

The amended criticism addresses the just lately issued felony indictments by the State of New Hampshire that cost Steve Kramer with 13 felony counts of voter suppression and 13 misdemeanor counts of impersonation of a candidate, throughout 4 New Hampshire counties. It additionally addresses details made public via the Federal Communications Fee’s enforcement actions in opposition to Steve Kramer and Lingo Telecom, which suggest respective fines of $6 million and $2 million. 

Additional, the amended criticism names a brand new defendant, Voice Broadcasting Company, an affiliate of defendant Life Company that contracted with Steve Kramer and labored with Life Company to broadcast the unsolicited, intimidating, misleading calls to 1000’s of New Hampshire voters. Voice Broadcasting Company’s position within the scheme was admitted by Life Company in court docket filings. 

The felony expenses and the FCC enforcement actions are indicative of the intense danger that deepfake know-how pose to the rights of voters and throughout the nation. However these expenses wouldn’t block these defendants from finishing up equally illegal intimidation campaigns previous to the upcoming 2024 election. Because of this, LWV-US, LWV-NH, and the person voters stay dedicated to their civil swimsuit and to looking for an injunction that might block these defendants from creating and disseminating deepfaked, spoofed calls that intimidate, threaten, and deceive voters previous to the 2024 election and all future elections. 

The plaintiffs are represented by Free Speech For Folks and by co-counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and native counsel Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Chartered, LLP.

Learn the amended criticism right here.