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Minnesota
Election Deepfake Prohibition and Candidate Forfeiture
Minn. Stat. § 609.771; § 211B.17, .18 (2023 c 58 s 2; 2024 c 112 art 2 ss 76-78)
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In force since 1 August 2023.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not disseminate, or contract to disseminate, an AI-generated deep fake of a candidate without the depicted individual's consent, made with intent to injure the candidate or influence an election, within 90 days of a party nominating convention or during the absentee-voting-through-election-day window before a primary or general election.
- A conviction can carry imprisonment and a fine, and for a candidate, forfeiture of the nomination or office and disqualification from other offices.
- The attorney general, a county or city attorney, the depicted individual, or an injured candidate may seek an injunction against a threatened or ongoing violation.
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Place of effect
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The section criminalizes disseminating an election deep fake with the requisite consent and intent elements, and states no duty to keep a log or record of a dissemination.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
It is a crime to knowingly or recklessly disseminate a deep fake, or to enter a contract to disseminate one, without the depicted individual's consent, with intent to injure a candidate or influence an election result, within 90 days before a party nominating convention or after the start of absentee voting before a primary or general election. There is no disclosure safe harbor; the offense turns on lack of consent and electoral intent, not on whether the item is labeled synthetic.
A 2024 amendment added that a convicted candidate forfeits the nomination or office and is disqualified from appointment to another office, and armed the attorney general, a county or city attorney, the depicted individual, or an injured candidate with a civil action for injunctive or equitable relief.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official text, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (revisor.mn.gov)
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