California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tried to ban “deepfake” parody on the Internet — while trolling President Donald Trump with imitation posts, turning the governor’s official X press feed into a parody account.
As Breitbart News reported, a federal judge tossed out two laws that Newsom signed last year — one that banned so-called “deceptive” materials, another that required social media companies to enforce the ban.
Newsom’s administration tried to argue that parody would still be allowed with a disclaimer. Senior Judge John Mendez of the Eastern District of California, wrote that requiring a disclaimer would “kill the joke.”
Meanwhile, Newsom…
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