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.
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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
Reactive-leaning 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
Reactive-leaning
Breadth
Narrow tracked coverage
Minnesota Synthetic Explicit Content law summary
Based on direct statute tracking.
In Minnesota, it is a crime to share a sexually explicit deepfake of a real person without their consent. A 2023 law (HF 1370, signed May 26, 2023 and effective August 1, 2023) reaches "deep fakes" defined as images realistic enough that a reasonable person would believe them, produced by technical means — and it explicitly covers artificially generated intimate parts presented as the depicted person's. Sharing one is a gross misdemeanor, rising to a felony punishable by up to three years with aggravating factors such as posting it online or intent to harass, and victims can also sue under a parallel civil statute (Minn. Stat. § 604.32). As of July 2026, based on public records, this rule is in effect.
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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 2023 deep fake law (criminal Minn. Stat. § 617.262 and civil § 604.32) specifically criminalizes disseminating sexually explicit synthetic images that realistically depict a real individual, including artificially generated intimate parts.
What to do next
- Read the cited statute or bill text linked below to confirm the specifics for your state.
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3Minn. Stat. § 604.32 — Cause of Action for Nonconsensual Dissemination of a Deep Fake
Official textCitation: Civil statute Minn. Stat. § 604.32 (enacted 2023 c. 58 s. 1) creates a cause of action for disseminating a deep fake so realistic a reasonable person would believe it, whose production was substantially dependent upon technical means.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceMinn. Stat. § 617.262 — Nonconsensual Dissemination of a Deep Fake Depicting Intimate Parts or Sexual Acts
Official textCitation: Criminal statute Minn. Stat. § 617.262 (enacted 2023 c. 58 s. 3) reaches a deep fake realistically depicting 'artificially generated intimate parts presented as the intimate parts of the depicted individual'; gross misdemeanor, felony up to 3 years with aggravators.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceMinnesota House New Laws — HF 1370 (2023 Ch. 58) deep fake law
Official textCitation: HF 1370 (SF 1394 / 2023 Ch. 58), sponsored by Rep. Stephenson and Sen. Maye Quade, signed by the governor May 26, 2023, effective August 1, 2023, creating civil § 604.32 and criminal § 617.262 for nonconsensual sexual deep fakes.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open source
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Confidence
High confidence
Review scope
Review centered on currently tracked state-level law
Last reviewed
2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026
References
Minn. Stat. § 604.32 — Cause of Action for Nonconsensual Dissemination of a Deep Fake
Minn. Stat. § 617.262 — Nonconsensual Dissemination of a Deep Fake Depicting Intimate Parts or Sexual Acts
Minnesota House New Laws — HF 1370 (2023 Ch. 58) deep fake law
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