Becca Branum

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[Council of DC @councilofdc]

It should be clear to everyone what this traffic circle really needs: a Wendy’s

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

The common premise & the report's argument: there are people behind these outputs. Developers making editorial choices, users prompting and adopting. The First Amendment accounts for both. https://t.co/Qf36xaOicC

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Big week at the @CenDemTech free expression factory! On top of our new report "Whose Speech is it Anyway," two new pieces on how the First Amendment applies to AI outputs & who pays if we get the law wrong. First up: If AI Outputs Aren't Speech, Who Has to Prove They're Human?🧵

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Our argument is simple. The interventions the FTC treats as suspect are what make AI systems accurate, safe, and fair, and they're protected editorial judgment. The FTC can police companies that lie about their products. It can't decide which answers count as neutral.

[Mark Keierleber @mkeierleber]

Should the government AI-generated fake news like a pack of cigs?

New York wants to implement cigarette-style warning labels to distinguish AI-generated slop from real journalism. Publishers warn they could get burned, too.

My latest for @StraightArrow__

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Pitched as protection against deepfakes, the NO FAKES Act would create a heckler’s veto — and the people best placed to use it would be powerful figures who least like being mocked. Today, @CenDemTech led a coalition to stop it. https://t.co/9fHMiRoSXf

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Remember Balenciaga Pope? A perfectly serene pontiff, an impossibly puffy coat. A low-stakes, harmless joy of the internet. The NO FAKES Act would put a target on Balenciaga Pope and everything like it. Here’s how: 🧵 https://t.co/cbcgT31hgN

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

And the new likeness right it would create runs up to 70 years after death. Pope Francis passed in 2025, so who could demand this image come down? An Argentine grandnephew? The Vatican? Who knows — but it wouldn’t be the man in the coat, who by all accounts may have loved it.

[NNEDV @nnedv]

Survivors deserve to use tech safely. NNEDV's Safety Net team supports survivors of tech-facilitated abuse & advocates who help them. Make a gift to help our team continue this work & share with a friend if you agree we all deserve to be safe online. 💛 https://t.co/EAEiCkhIqQ

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Our recommendations aim to help governments, companies, and creators support a healthy, rights-respecting, and robust online speech environment. Hope you can check it out! https://t.co/TSTTe1WgfH

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

So excited to share @CenDemTech's latest report, marrying my two great loves: free expression and campaign finance regulation! (Kidding - but only a little) https://t.co/TSTTe1VIq9

[Becca Branum @Becca_Branum]

Political speech is indispensable and worth fighting for. At the same time, we all deserve an information ecosystem that’s transparent and empowers us to know who’s working (and paying) to win our votes and attention.

[R Street Institute @RSI]

📆 Sept 10 in DC: We host: Free Speech and Section 230 in the Age of AI: Should LLMs Be Liable for Misinformation?

with @Ashkhen @SpeechFuture, @SpenceKjell, @MattPerault @a16z, @Becca_Branum @CenDemTech