Deepfakes Heatmap

Rooted Reality reviewed Maine Legislature materials and election-law sources on deepfake and synthetic-media rules. Public trackers indicated LD 517 was enacted in 2026, but we couldn't verify it against a stable Maine primary source on the May 5, 2026 review — so this card stays at no verified rule until we can read the enacted text directly.

• Maine has no verified state-level deepfake rule on this card today, even though public reporting points to LD 517. Treat the gap as a verification gap, not a finding about Maine's actual posture.
• If LD 517 is in fact enacted, the next verified review will move this card to a colored status and surface the enacted scope and effective date.
• Federal protections (intimate-image laws, election-fraud statutes, CSAM rules) and a depicted person's existing civil claims still apply regardless of Maine's state-level posture.

• Open Maine LD 517 directly on the Maine Legislature's bill-status page — if it's enacted, the page will show the Governor's action and any chaptered session-law citation.
• For content concerns today, the platform's own policy and federal complaint paths (FBI IC3 for fraud, NCMEC for content involving minors) are the active levers.