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North Dakota's HB 1167, signed by the Governor on April 11, 2025 and updating Century Code Chapter 16.1-10, requires that political communications generated or substantially altered by AI carry a disclosure statement. The rule is squarely about elections — North Dakota hasn't enacted a broader rule covering deepfakes outside political communications.

• The protection is narrow but real: it covers political ads and election communications generated or substantially altered by AI, not deepfakes in social feeds, group chats, or apps your kids use.
• The required disclosure statement is the practical compliance line — political communications that carry it are inside the rule; ones that don't can trigger enforcement.
• For AI-fakes outside political communications — including images involving minors or private individuals in non-election contexts — North Dakota hasn't addressed those uses at the state level. Federal rules and platform policies are what apply to those gaps.

• Read HB 1167 (or the updated Century Code Chapter 16.1-10) on the North Dakota Legislative Branch site for the exact disclosure language and scope.
• If you're concerned about a non-election use of an AI fake — in a school chat, an app, a private message — North Dakota's HB 1167 isn't the relevant rule. Check federal protections and the platform's own policy instead.