States are rapidly adopting laws regulating political deepfakes

States are rapidly adopting laws to grapple with political deepfakes in lieu of comprehensive federal regulation of manipulated media related to elections, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice.

Nineteen states passed laws regulating deepfakes in elections, and 26 others considered related bills. But an NBC News review of the laws and a new analysis from the Brennan Center, a nonpartisan law and policy institute affiliated with New York University School of Law, finds that most states’ deepfake laws are so broad that they would face tough court challenges, while a few are so narrow that they leave plenty of options for bad actors to use the technology to deceive voters.

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