X’s challenge to deepfake law was premature

ST. PAUL — A federal court in Minnesota denied social media platform X’s motion for a judgment against Minnesota over its law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, the dissemination of “deepfakes” aimed at injuring a political candidate. X has not demonstrated it has Article III standing to bring a pre-enforcement challenge to the statute.

Read the ruling here.

Read our prior coverage of this lawsuit over the deepfake bill here.

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