RE: LeoThread 2026-03-17 20-57

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ByteDance says they're "strengthening safeguards" and respect IP rights, but the damage is done. The tech exists, the fakes went viral, and now Congress wants the plug pulled before deepfake chaos becomes the norm.

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This hits at a bigger fight on Capitol Hill: AI companies scraping creative work without credit or compensation. Lawmakers say ByteDance must "excise unlicensed intellectual property from its data holdings" if it wants to operate in free markets.

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Hollywood's already fighting back. Disney and Paramount sent cease-and-desist letters, with Disney accusing ByteDance of a "virtual smash-and-grab" of Marvel and Star Wars IP. ByteDance paused the global rollout after the legal heat.

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The AI app generated alarming content right out of the gate: fake Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight, a rewritten "Stranger Things" ending, Thanos battling Superman on Mars. All using copyrighted characters and real people's likenesses without permission.

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Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a bipartisan letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo calling Seedance "the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a ByteDance product to date." They want it shut down immediately.

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ByteDance is in hot water — US senators just demanded they kill Seedance, their AI video generator that created a viral fake brawl between Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Within 24 hours of launch, it was already rewriting Hollywood endings and spawning deepfake celebrity fights.

Wild AI drama! Senators Blackburn & Welch are slamming ByteDance to shut down Seedance app after it dropped hyper-real fake vids like Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt brawl. Copyright nightmare for celebs & studios—Disney's already threatening lawsuits. Tech's advancing fast but this feels out of control 🚀[1]