E-7002: Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-7002 — "Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled" sponsored by Alexandre Boulerice. 1,086 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
• The recent advancement and popular use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like Generative AI (GenAI) have led to a rise in disinformation online due to "deepfakes" (falsely generated video, audio, and/or images of a person's "likeness" without their consent);
• GenAI tools have developed to a point where it is difficult for the public to determine the authenticity of a video, audio, or image source;
• GenAI tools can be and have been used maliciously and/or otherwise to imitate and/or impersonate an individual’s likeness without their consent;
• There is little legal precedence at the federal level that ensures the protection of the "likeness" of citizens from tools like GenAI and the deepfakes that they produce;
• Citizens should have control over the use of their likeness; and
• Citizens deserve innate rights related to their own individual body and voice.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation to:
1. Acknowledge the risks to an individual's rights, privacy, and safety due to digital deepfakes from tools like GenAI;
2. Strengthen the Canadian Copyright Act to include an individual's right to their own body and voice; and
3. Ensure enforcement mechanisms are in place at a federal level to support individuals’ rights to their likeness.