On July 28th, the Illinois Governor, J.B. Pritzker, decided to update the state’s law against revenge pornography – which refers to sexually explicit content shared online without the subject’s consent – to include a new category of content known as deepfakes: digitally manipulated or fabricated pornographic content. Under this recently established measure, individuals depicted in such malicious content are now legally entitled to sue for damages.
However, while the approach to the growing issue of deepfake pornography might be heavily proactive in Illinois, several other states appear to be adopting a more varied stance. It is argued by a number of legal professionals that existing laws might be sufficient to account for these novel forms of content. This seemingly disparate handling of deepfake content regulation across different states brings to light an intriguing debate concerning the complexity and dynamism of the burgeoning field of cyberlaw.
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