Gavin Newsom Believes He Can Make Parodies Illegal

<![CDATA[If you follow American politics even casually, you have likely already come across any number of images or videos of candidates and other prominent politicians seemingly engaged in provocative or controversial speech or behavior. While some of them may turn out to be legitimate, an increasing number of them wind up being fictional creations that are the product of Artificial Intelligence apps. Not to be confused with the "cheap fakes" that the left loved to talk about when very real images of Joe Biden stumbling and bumbling through public appearances emerged, these "deep fakes" are illegitimate and they tend to be unflattering in most cases. But what can be done about that, assuming there is a workable solution? According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Big Brother will soon be riding to the rescue. He signed a law on Tuesday that will ban the publication of these deep fakes within 120 days of an election and for 60 days afterward. Civil penalties will be imposed on those who violate the new law. But is that legal? And even if so, is it possible to monitor such activity and enforce the law? (Associated Press)]]>