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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/30/jokes-newsom-court-sides-babylon-bee-striking-anti-deepfake-law/

The joke’s on Newsom: Court sides with Babylon Bee in striking down anti-deepfake law

A federal judge tossed a California law intended to prevent fake political ads from influencing elections, finding that the measure violated the First Amendment in response to a legal challenge filed by internet personalities and the Babylon Bee.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Mendez issued an order barring the state from enforcing Assembly Bill 2839, which bans AI-generated “disinformation and deepfakes” in political communications 120 days before an election.

“To be sure, deepfakes and artificially manipulated media arguably pose significant risks to electoral integrity, but the challenges launched by digital content on a global scale cannot be quashed through censorship or legislative fiat,” Judge Mendez said in his Friday decision.

“Just as the government may not dictate the canon of comedy, California cannot preemptively sterilize political content,” the judge said.

Judge Mendez also entered a judgment on Friday against Assembly Bill 2655, which requires online platforms to remove such content.

He previously ruled that the law violated Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which grants immunity to online platforms from liability over third-party content. The law was challenged by platforms X and Rumble.