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Undefined "False Information" Chills Innovation

This provision criminalizes "creating false information about a person" with penalties up to 10 years imprisonment, but fails to define what constitutes "false information." This creates severe uncertainty for digital platforms, AI developers, and emerging technology companies who cannot determine what content violates the law. The provision explicitly applies to virtual, augmented and mixed reality platforms—technologies that inherently involve fictional identities and scenarios—potentially criminalizing core features of immersive technologies. Without safe harbors for satire, opinion, good-faith errors, or algorithmic content, platforms face pressure to over-moderate, startups face existential legal risk, and innovation in content creation, AI systems, and virtual worlds is substantially chilled.