🚨🇺🇸COURT BLOCKS CALIFORNIA LAW ON "DECEPTIVE" ELECTION DEEPFAKES
A federal judge has blocked a California law that would have restricted "materially deceptive" deepfakes related to elections.
The judge ruled that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment.
The court found the law was overly broad, sweeping in even parody or satire videos that could be considered to "undermine confidence" in an election.
The judge argued this amounted to unconstitutional suppression of political speech.
While the state argued the law targeted legally cognizable harms, the court said it went beyond existing exceptions like defamation.
The judge stated that "even deliberate lies" about the government are protected under the First Amendment.
Ultimately, the court concluded the law failed strict scrutiny, as less restrictive measures like labeling requirements could address the state's concerns.
Source: Reason Magazine @elonmusk
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1841629068493459886?t=TV7DrxNnveVo7TmXhIknsg&s=19
A federal judge has blocked a California law that would have restricted "materially deceptive" deepfakes related to elections.
The judge ruled that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment.
The court found the law was overly broad, sweeping in even parody or satire videos that could be considered to "undermine confidence" in an election.
The judge argued this amounted to unconstitutional suppression of political speech.
While the state argued the law targeted legally cognizable harms, the court said it went beyond existing exceptions like defamation.
The judge stated that "even deliberate lies" about the government are protected under the First Amendment.
Ultimately, the court concluded the law failed strict scrutiny, as less restrictive measures like labeling requirements could address the state's concerns.
Source: Reason Magazine @elonmusk
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1841629068493459886?t=TV7DrxNnveVo7TmXhIknsg&s=19
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