Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Sabrina Javellana got up the courage to speak before a Senate committee Tuesday about her experience as a victim of a deep fake — images taken from her personal, social media account were doctored to appear as pornographic images and posted on an anonymous website.
She urged the committee to pass the bill to impose penalties on the activity as a cyber crime and she said she was prepared for questions, but she was not prepared for the reaction she got from Sen. Ileana Garcia, a Miami Republican who has recently deleted her social media accounts.
“It had never dawned on me how bad the situation is, but sometimes it’s caused by, I don’t know I guess, our journey for validation,” Garcia said.