Former Texas House Speaker Dad Phelan, who was booted from the top spot in the Texas State House and hence one of the most important political posts in the state, is targeting digital images that he contends would communicate false impressions about events that don’t happen in reality.
This would include image manipulations, photoshops, AI-generated images, and pretty much anything that could be characterized as digital alterations that communicate something that doesn’t exactly reflect reality.
Former House Speaker Dade Phelan isn’t backing down from his controversial push to regulate political memes and altered images.
House Bill 366, which would require disclosures on altered media used in political advertising, received a hearing in the State Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning.
During the hearing, Phelan (R–Beaumont) insisted the bill was about…
