Election AI deepfakes: New Jersey has a regulatory gap, New Mexico faces a dispute
New Jersey has no law on AI disclosure in election ads or banning deepfakes, but its 2025 deepfake law makes creating or using a realistic deepfake a third-degree crime. In New Mexico, Democrats accuse Senate Republicans of violating the state's AI campaign law.
Who is affected and how
- compliance specialist
- The use of AI in campaign materials must be checked separately under each state's rules.
- lawyer
- The risk of criminal liability for deepfakes must be managed in election matters.
Sources
- New Jersey AI Political Ad Laws 2026: No Deepfake Law Yet | The Political Groupthepoliticalgroup.com · Oct 5, 2026
- Are deepfakes illegal? Deepfake laws in the US, UK and EU (2026)sosdeepfake.com · Oct 5, 2026
- Deepfake Laws by Country and State: 2026 Map for Creatorsiimagined.ai · Oct 7, 2026
- State AI Laws in 2026: SB 53, SB 942, and Preemption · GC AIgc.ai · Oct 7, 2026
- New Mexico Democrats accuse Senate Republicans of violating AI campaign law on misinformationsource new mexico · Oct 5, 2026
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