US judge blocks Montana from enforcing 'deepfake' election ads law

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-montana-enforcing-deepfake-election-ads-law-against-conservative-2026-09-17/

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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 27 pts · 7d

Sounds like someone needs to make a deep fake of that judge talking money from musk. Unless they have the actual footage. As an election ad, of course.

Something like "this candidate won't take billions of dollars from AI companies *insert judge cackling with a bag of money.' they will hold people accountable and work for the people"

jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 7d (5 replies)

tldr: first amendment prevents laws targeting offensive speech

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 7d (2 replies)

Merely being 'offensive' isn't the problem with candidate deepfakes; it's creating something believable enough to convince voters that the deepfake is real.

DjangoFett@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 7d

I hear your concern, but given one of the items published during the election cycle of 1800 was "My opponent died so nobody can vote for him anymore" is actually a lie that was published in papers given to the voting public doesn't give me much hope that anybody in this actual day and age gives any semblance of a fuck about right versus wrong or even what the law says.

You know what'd be great? If the internet got flooded with AI porn of Trump and Musk and BiBi and Putin all having the gayest orgy ever. Like, something that would even make BDSM Daddies blush. Can't be prosecuted, right? Its free speech and it depicts adults of consenting age doing what they all love best. And doing it all for YOU, the proud supporters, wink wink kissy face.

Triumph@fedia.io · 3 pts · 7d

Unfortunately, lying isn't (usually) illegal. When it is illegal, only the have-nots are held accountable anyway.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Don’t you own your own image though? A deepfake can hardly be thought of as a charicature.

jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 7d

what's the difference? one made by a fleshcreature and the other an imperfect machine?