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Judge blocks California deepfakes law that sparked Musk-Newsom row

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A federal judge blocks a California measure restricting the use of digitally altered political “deepfakes” The ruling is a blow to a push by the state’s leading Democrats to rein in misleading content on social media ahead of Election Day .

Chris Kohls , known as “Mr Reagan " on X, sued to prevent the state from enforcing the law.

He claimed the video was protected by the First Amendment because it was a parody.