Consumer Reports was invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: AI-Generated Deepfakes in 2025,”
CR’s testimony focused largely on our recent investigation showing how easy it is to make deepfake voice clones online. We looked at six online services who offer free or cheap voice cloning services and found that many didn’t take even the most basic precautions to protect against abuses — such as requiring users to read a script indicating consent to have their voice cloned, or collecting identifying information on customers creating deepfakes.
CR proposed several solutions for Congress to take up, including:
Stronger enforcement bodies,
Clearer tool and platform accountability rules,
Transparency obligations,
Stronger privacy and security laws,
Whistleblower protections and incentives,
Citizen education and better tools,
And no moratorium on state laws regulating the use of AI.