In addition to revenge porn and other crimes, many laws and proposals aim to put special limits and requirements on videos related to political campaigns and elections.
At the federal level, the center said last month, at least eight bills seek to regulate deepfakes and similar 'synthetic media.' restrictions on the use of deepfakes are seen not at the federal level but in states including California, Virginia and Hawaii, which ban nonconsensual deepfake pornography.īut as the Brennan Center for Justice reports, those and other state laws have varying standards and focus on different content modes. As Citron, the UVA law professor, said last month, 'I think law needs to be reintroduced into the calculus, because right now the 'internet,' and I'm using air quotes, right, is often viewed as, like, the Wild West.'
