Creating and sharing video or audio deepfake materials without the appropriate marking will be punishable by jail
Creating and sharing video or audio deepfake materials without the appropriate marking will be punishable by jail, according to a new draft law adopted by the Senate and included on the agenda of the Deputy Chamber with a favorable report. The importance of responsible using of technology was stressed during the debates in Parliament, especially as this year will be marked by four rounds of euro parliamentary, local, parliamentary and presidential elections.
According to the draft law, deepfake is any forged content in the form of image, video or audio, made in such way as to create the appearance that a person said or did certain things that do not reflect reality or for which the person did not give their approval. Sharing on the internet and mass-media of such materials is forbidden unless they come with a warning played for no less that 10% of the surface of exposure and on the entire duration of streaming or by an audio message to announce that the materials contain imaginary instances. The infringement of these rules will could lead to a punishment between six months and two years in jail. The initiators of the document say that the measure is necessary because the deepfake phenomenon is much more dangerous and has a bigger impact than fake news.
Rail services register extended delays caused by frozen switches
Several trains traveling between Bucharest and Craiova have registered long delays, of 2-3 hours, caused by frozen switches, according to representatives of the Infrastructure CFR Company. A Regio Express train that left Pitești, heading to North Station in Bucharest, has a 200 minutes delay, and an international train coming from Budapest to the capital has a three hours delay caused by the pantograph breaking. Also, trains traveling from Pitești to Craiova have delays between 60 and 15 minutes.
Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey will ink deal to build a group to clear sea mines
Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey will sign today a deal to build an operative group to combat Black Sea mines, an initiative of the three allied neighbors at the Black Sea, meant to facilitate the safety of navigation. Angel Tîlvăr, the minister of national defense, will sign the document for Romania, during the ceremony that will take place in Istanbul.
The operational structure of the group, with a rotating command each six months, will insure a continuous level of vigilance and preparedness.
Creating an operational group to combat Black Sea mines was initiated by Turkey last year, in August, with the main mission to ensure the security of Black Sea routes and to counter the threat represented by mines, a threat that appeared after the beginning of the Russian aggression on Ukraine.
Alexandra Ioniță
