Deepfake Technology

Covers the legal issues surrounding AI-generated “deepfake” audio, video, and images, including privacy and publicity rights, defamation, fraud and identity theft, election and political advertising rules, intellectual property claims, and platform liability. It also addresses criminal and civil remedies, evidentiary challenges, and compliance obligations for individuals, businesses, and content hosts.

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The New Deepfake Impersonation Crime — and What It Costs to Break It

May 1, 2026 • By Jack Gilbert

Many states now treat deepfake impersonation as a crime, and convictions can carry jail time, steep fines, and court-ordered restitution depending on the harm caused. These laws target AI-generated audio, images, or video used to falsely depict a real person for fraud, harassment, election interference, or other unlawful purposes. This article explains what qualifies as […]