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Deepfakes

South Dakota

No state-level rule found.

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Sources

Public source links are still being curated for this entry.

Why this status

Rooted Reality reviewed South Dakota Legislature materials on SB 164 and related election-deepfake terms. Public trackers indicated a March 2025 enactment, but we couldn't verify it against a stable South Dakota primary source on the May 5, 2026 review — so this card stays at no verified rule until we can read the enacted text directly.

What this means

South Dakota has no verified state-level deepfake rule on this card today, even though public reporting points to SB 164. Treat the gap as a verification gap, not a finding about South Dakota's actual posture.
If SB 164 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 South Dakota's state-level posture.

What to verify next

Open SB 164 on the South Dakota Legislature's bill-tracking site — the page shows the Governor's action and the chaptered session-law citation if it's enacted.
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.

How this was scored →

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