Source: Orange County Register
by Richard Sill
“Free speech rights recently secured an important legal win against one of California’s overly broad deepfake laws. The case underscores the ongoing difficulty of state legislators trying to regulate AI-generated content without infringing on constitutionally protected speech. … Rather than trying to overly regulate this fast-evolving technology in ways that restrict protected speech rights, California’s best course lies in leveraging existing legal tools. The state’s defamation, fraud, privacy, and right of publicity laws already provide strong remedies for victims of harmful deepfakes.” (08/13/25)