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Deepfakes

North Dakota

Limited or adjacent coverage.Trending toward more guardrails.

Last action 2025-04-11 · 11 April 2025Next review by 2026-08-06 · 6 August 2026

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Sources

ndlegis.govNorth Dakota HB 1167 — artificial intelligence disclosure statements

Why this status

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.

What this means

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.

What to verify next

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.

How this was scored →

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