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Deepfakes

Minnesota

Specific rule in effect.Trending toward more guardrails.

Effective 2023-08-01 · 1 August 2023Next review by 2026-08-06 · 6 August 2026

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Sources

revisor.mn.govMinnesota HF 1370 — election deepfake offense and related provisions

Why this status

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.

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 verify 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.

How this was scored →

Public-source posture estimateNot legal adviceMap regenerated2026-05-08 · 8 May 2026