By Gillian Brassil

California’s new law that allows people to sue over election deepfakes was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. The judge, in granting a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, wrote that the law likely violates the First Amendment given its broad scope, even if digitally-altered media such as by artificial intelligence poses “significant” risks.

[ . . . ]

“As lawmakers across the country consider legislation to crack down on political falsehoods, Judge Mendez’s opinion serves as a reminder that such efforts often face insurmountable hurdles, and for good reason,” said Jeff Kosseff, a First Amendment scholar of nonpartisan think tank The Future of Free Speech.

[ . . . ] Read More
Non-Resident Senior Fellow 
  + Recent

Jeff Kosseff is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for The Future of Free Speech. He writes about online speech, the First Amendment, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.