Federal judge rules deepfakes are protected under First Amendment in blow to California law

Federal judge rules deepfakes are protected under First Amendment in blow to California law


U.S. District Judge John Mendez agreed that parody videos such as deep fakes are protected by the First Amendment, asserting that YouTube videos, and social media posts are the "newspaper advertisements and political cartoons of today."

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