A federal court judge has put a preliminary injunction over a two-week-old California law that effectively bans election deepfakes. The law — AB 2839 — allowed any person to sue for damages over AI deepfakes if the perpetrator’s post resembles a political candidate within 120 days of an election and up to 60 days after.

A federal judge has blocked a brand new California law that prohibits the distribution of deceptive ads and elections-related communications, including deepfakes.

A California federal judge temporarily blocked a law, blasted by Elon Musk, that bans AI-generated election “deepfakes” in the state.

A federal judge has blocked a new California law allowing any person to sue for damages over election deepfakes

The judge ruled that one aspect of Assembly Bill 2839 did pass muster, but he enjoined the remainder of the law.

Conservative satire outlet Babylon Bee and a blogging lawyer sued California officials over new state laws that they say threaten their ability to post political commentary.