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How states’ laws are struggling to keep up with AI election deepfakes
How states’ laws are struggling to keep up with AI election deepfakes. Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a bribe. You recognize the face and voice. But the confession is entirely fabricated, thanks to artificial intelligence . Now imagine that your state has passed a law against these AI-generated election deepfakes . Would that mean the video has to be removed from the airwaves? In its June 2026 report, the National Conference of State Legislatures counted 31 states with election deepfake laws . California and Texas enacted their first election-deepfake laws in 2019,.