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Deepfakes

Utah

Specific rule in effect.Trending toward more guardrails.

Last action 2024-03-13 · 13 March 2024Next review by 2026-08-06 · 6 August 2026

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Sources

le.utah.govUtah SB 131 — Information Technology Act Amendments (2024 General Session)

Why this status

Utah SB 131 was signed by the Governor on March 13, 2024. The law establishes disclosure requirements for synthetic or digitally altered media — including AI-generated audio or video — when used in communications intended to influence voting. The cited scope is election-related communications, not general consumer or entertainment contexts.

What this means

The rule is squarely about voting-influence communications — political ads, campaign mailers, and similar messages that use synthetic media to shape how people vote.
The required disclosure is the practical compliance line — communications that carry it are inside the rule; ones that don't can trigger enforcement.
There's no specific minor-protection or general-consumer scope in SB 131 — those concerns sit in adjacent Utah statutes, not in this law.

What to verify next

Read SB 131 on the Utah Legislature site for the exact definition of "synthetic media" and the scope of communications intended to influence voting.
If you're concerned about a deepfake outside an election context — in a social feed, in a school setting, or directed at a private individual — Utah's SB 131 isn't the relevant rule. Federal protections and the platform's own content policy are where to look first.

How this was scored →

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