This section shall not be construed to alter or negate any rights, obligations, or immunities of an interactive service provider under section 230 of title 47, United States Code. (f) Materially deceptive audio or visual media defined In this section, the term materially deceptive audio or visual media means an image or an audio or video recording of a candidate’s appearance, speech, or conduct that has been intentionally manipulated in a manner such that both of the following conditions are met: (1) The image or audio or video recording would falsely appear to a reasonable person to be authentic. (2) The image or audio or video recording would cause a reasonable person to have a fundamentally different understanding or impression of the expressive content of the image or audio or video recording than that person would have if the person were hearing or seeing the unaltered, original version of the image or audio or video recording. . (b) Criminal penalties Section 309(d)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30109(d)(1) ), as amended by section 103, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) Any person who knowingly and willfully commits a violation of section 325 shall be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. . (c) Effect on defamation action For purposes of an action for defamation, a violation of section 325 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by subsection (a), shall constitute defamation per se. F Assessment of Exemption of Registration Requirements Under FARA for Registered Lobbyists 351. Assessment of exemption of registration requirements under FARA for registered lobbyists Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct and submit to Congress an assessment of the implications of the exemption provided under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) for agents of foreign