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A federal judge has struck down a California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that prohibits the creation of deepfake images and videos of politicians after conservative Christian satire site Babylon Bee and others sued.
In a decision released Friday, U.S. District Judge John Mendez of the Eastern District of California ruled that the Assembly Bill 2839, which bans most deepfakes of political figures, "discriminates based on content, viewpoint, and speaker and targets constitutionally protected speech."
“Rather than targeting content that procures tangible harms or materially benefits a speaker, AB 2839 attempts to stifle speech before it occurs or actually harms anyone as long as it is 'reasonably likely' to do so and it allows almost anyone to act as a censorship czar," wrote Mendez, a George W. Bush appointee.
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In a decision released Friday, U.S. District Judge John Mendez of the Eastern District of California ruled that the Assembly Bill 2839, which bans most deepfakes of political figures, "discriminates based on content, viewpoint, and speaker and targets constitutionally protected speech."
“Rather than targeting content that procures tangible harms or materially benefits a speaker, AB 2839 attempts to stifle speech before it occurs or actually harms anyone as long as it is 'reasonably likely' to do so and it allows almost anyone to act as a censorship czar," wrote Mendez, a George W. Bush appointee.
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Judge sides with Babylon Bee, strikes down Newsom’s anti-deepfake law
A federal judge has struck down a California law signed by Gov Gavin Newsom that prohibits the creation of deepfake images and videos of politicians after conservative Christian satire site Babylon
www.christianpost.com
