MS Republican Party wants Senate candidate Colom investigated for AI-generated campaign video
The party says the 19-second clip misleads voters and may violate a state law banning deceptive AI content within 90 days of an election.
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Scott Colom says he’ll delete AI-generated Cindy Hyde-Smith ad after AG Fitch threatens legal action
Candidates for Mississippi's U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 midterms are, from left, Ty Pinkins, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Scott Colom.
Mississippi AG asks Colom to remove AI-generated video
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) said she notified Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom and his campaign that recent AI-generated ads posted by the campaign on their social media platforms appear to violate state law against the use of "deepfakes" to influence elections. Fitch said she asked that the ads be [...]
Mississippi GOP Accuses Scott Colom of Illegally Using AI to Depict Cindy Hyde-Smith
The Mississippi Republican Party asked Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch in an Oct. 22 letter to investigate whether Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Scott Colom broke the law by using an AI advertisement to depict his opponent, Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Mississippi Republican Party requests investigation into Democrat Scott Colom’s Deepfake AI-Generated Video Falsely Depicting U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith - WXXV News 25
Jackson, Miss. – Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst today sent a letter to Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asking her to investigate Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom for a potential violation of Miss. Code § 97-13-47. That statute makes it a crime to knowingly spread a deceptive AI-generated “digitization” of a candidate within 90 days of an election....
MS GOP asks Attorney General to investigate Colom campaign AI video
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