Deepfakes Heatmap

Rooted Reality reviewed Virginia LIS materials on SB 775 and HB 2479. Public reporting indicated both 2025 measures were vetoed, and we didn't verify any other enacted in-scope rule against a stable Virginia primary source on the May 5, 2026 review. So no enforceable state-level deepfake rule shows on this card today.

• Virginia has no enforceable state-level deepfake rule on this card today — federal law and each platform's own content policy are what apply here.
• Two 2025 measures (SB 775, HB 2479) reached the Governor's desk and were reported as vetoed. A veto isn't a rule either way; it just means those specific bills didn't become law.
• Federal protections (intimate-image laws, election-fraud statutes, CSAM rules) and a depicted person's existing civil claims still apply regardless of Virginia's state-level posture.

• Open SB 775 and HB 2479 on Virginia LIS to confirm the veto status, and search the 2026 session for any successor bills filed after the vetoes.
• 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.