https://thenextweb.com/tech/2019/10/07/california-makes-deepfakes-illegal-to-curb-revenge-porn-and-doctored-political-videos/

Revenge porn isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but with advancements in AI, “deepfakes” — an AI-based technology used to digitally produce or alter realistic looking video content — are becoming increasingly harder to distinguish from real videos. This technology has also been used to doctor political videos, such as the clip that sounded, and looked like, Obama called President Trump a “dipshit.” 

To combat this, the state of California passed two bills. The first now makes it illegal to post any manipulated videos of political figures, such as replacing a candidate’s face with the intention to discredit them, within 60 days of an election. The second bill gives people living in California  the right to sue anyone who puts their image into a pornographic video using deepfake technology.