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Minnesota legislator, content creator ask US court to allow deepfake law injunction

( April 18, 2025, 15:45 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: Republican Minnesota state Representative Mary Franson and conservative content creator Christopher Kohls told a US appeals court that a plaintiff need not wait for an enforcement action to stop an infringement of his First Amendment rights, asking the court to reverse an order that denied a preliminary inunction against a state law criminalizing the sharing of AI-generated election deepfakes. “Minnesota Statutes section 609.771 imposes sweeping criminal and civil penalties on the dissemination of realistic AI-generated media about politicians. Conviction under the statute not only causes potential fines or jail time, but for Minnesota politicians like plaintiff Rep. Mary Franson, disqualification from state office," said plaintiffs Franson and Christopher Kohls, an online content creator. See attached file. ...

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