Digital Forgery
The criminal offense of creating or distributing AI-generated forged digital likenesses with malicious intent.
Definition
Digital forgery, as defined by Pennsylvania Act No. 35 of 2025, is the offense of generating, creating, or distributing a forged digital likeness as genuine with the intent to defraud or injure, or to facilitate such actions. It specifically targets the malicious misuse of deepfake technology.
Related Terms
Digital impersonation
AI-generated synthetic media intended to deceive by mimicking a person....
Forged Digital Likeness
An AI-generated visual or audio representation of a real person made to appear genuine but is not authentic....
deepfakes
AI-created or AI-manipulated realistic audiovisual impersonations....
Deceptive and fraudulent deepfake
Synthetic media that appears real and is intended to deceive or harm....
Deep fake video
Video created with intent to deceive depicting fabricated actions....