Minnesota digital reality posture profile
This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Minnesota, showing where public legislative coverage currently looks more proactive, more reactive, broader, or thinner. It is a structural posture signal based on public disclosures, not a political or legal grade.
Last reviewed May 11, 2026.
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Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.
Overall state posture signal
Mixed posture with narrow tracked coverage.
Based on six tracked topics and public disclosures.
Posture meter
Lean and breadth across six tracked topics. Not a quality or political score.
Lean
Mixed posture
Breadth
Narrow tracked coverage
Minnesota Deepfakes law summary
Based on direct statute tracking.
Minnesota's HF 1370 (Session Law Chapter 58) has been in force since August 1, 2023, signed May 26, 2023. The law does two distinct things: it creates a civil cause of action for nonconsensual sharing of intimate deepfake images, and it makes it a crime to use deepfake technology to attempt to influence an election. Together, that's broader than most state deepfake rules.
Educational summary only
Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.
Why this status
Based on direct statute tracking.
What this means
- Minnesota's rule reaches further than most — it covers intimate-image deepfakes (a civil claim a depicted person can bring) and election deepfakes (a criminal offense). It's two paths in one statute.
- For the intimate-image side, the harmed person is the one who can sue. The civil claim path doesn't need a prosecutor to open a case.
- For the election side, the criminal offense applies to using deepfake technology to influence an election — the prosecution is by the state, not by an individual.
What to do next
- Read Session Law Chapter 58 (HF 1370) on the Minnesota Legislature's revisor site for the exact definitions and the differences between the civil and criminal paths.
- If you're concerned about a specific intimate-image deepfake involving someone in your family, the civil claim path is what the statute writes — a Minnesota family-law or civil-rights attorney can shape a request for damages or injunctive relief.
Citation-grade sources
Official sources
1Minnesota HF 1370 — election deepfake offense and related provisions
Official textCitation: HF 1370 (2023-2024)
Observed: 2026-05-05Official Minnesota Legislature revisor page. Records Governor approval on 05/26/2023, filed with Secretary of State 05/26/2023, effective date 08/01/2023, Session Law Chapter 58.
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Confidence
High confidence
Review scope
Review centered on currently tracked state-level law
Last reviewed
May 8, 2026
References
Minnesota HF 1370 — election deepfake offense and related provisions
Official Minnesota Legislature revisor page. Records Governor approval on 05/26/2023, filed with Secretary of State 05/26/2023, effective date 08/01/2023, Session Law Chapter 58.
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