Conservative satire outlet Babylon Bee and a blogging lawyer sued California officials over new state laws that they say threaten their ability to post political commentary.
The laws—part of a suite of legislation meant to blunt the impact of AI “deepfakes” on elections—violate their First Amendment rights, the outlet and the lawyer argue.
The suit follows another brought by a YouTube parody creator in California that similarly targeted the laws, which require social media platforms to take down materially deceptive election content and ban the distribution of AI-generated election content made with malicious intent.
“When debating controversial political ideas, candidates, ...
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