CaliforniaCaliforniaLawAB 621

Deepfake Pornography

Expands civil liability for digitized sexually explicit material, including material depicting minors, and for services that knowingly enable deepfake pornography services to operate.

Body

California Legislature

Session

2025-2026

Introduced

Feb 13, 2025

In effect since

Jan 110mo10 months ago

Votes

Assembly 78-0, Senate 40-0, Assembly concurrence 79-0

Sponsors

D (Democrat)Democrat

Topics

DeepfakesKids

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