Southern California Record: Federal judge blocks new California law restricting political ‘deepfake’ videos

The Southern California Record wrote about HLLI’s free speech in California for YouTube and X creator, “Mr Reagan.”

On Oct. 2, Judge John Mendez of the Eastern District of California handed down the order approving a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of most of Assembly Bill 2839, which prohibits advertisements and other election communications that use AI in a way that could deceive the public.

The decision was a legal victory for plaintiff Chris Kohls, who is known as “Mr Reagan” on X, formerly Twitter. Kohls sued state Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber last month, arguing that the new law violates his First Amendment right to create digital content about political figures.

Read more at the Southern California Record. 

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