State · 1 law
Anyone can seek a fast court declaration that a published AI impersonation of them is fake; damages are limited to narrow cases.
State · 1 law
The Frank Broyles publicity law was amended in 2025 to cover AI-simulated voice and likeness.
Country · 2 laws
Sharing sexual deepfakes is a federal crime; a draft Digital Duty of Care would add platform duties.
Country · 2 laws
Election rules ban deepfakes in campaigns; a comprehensive AI bill is stalled in the Chamber.
State · 1 law
A fast civil process to remove intimate images, including altered ones.
Industry · 1 law
An open technical standard for content credentials that many labeling laws point to.
State · 16 laws
One of the most developed regimes: a publicity statute, digital-replica contract and estate-consent rules (AB 2602, AB 1836) and AI content labeling. SB 1111, which would extend the core statute to AI replicas, awaits the Governor's decision by Sept 30, 2026.
Country · 1 law
2026 Criminal Code changes cover sexual deepfakes; provinces add privacy and intimate-image laws.
Country · 3 laws
The Civil Code protects portrait and voice; AI content must be labeled, and deep synthesis rules require consent to edit faces or voices.
State · 3 laws
Biometric consent rules under the Colorado Privacy Act and disclosure rules for candidate deepfakes.
Country · 1 law
A proposed copyright-style right over one's own face and voice; adoption not yet confirmed.
Industry · 1 law
UK performers' union is negotiating the first automatic AI protections with producers (Pact).
Region · 6 laws
GDPR treats biometrics as special data; AI Act Article 50 requires labeling of AI content and deepfakes from Aug 2026. There is no EU-wide personality right.
State · 3 laws
Long-standing likeness statute, a 48-hour takedown law for sexual deepfakes (Brooke's Law), and AI disclaimers in political ads.
State · 2 laws
Right of publicity exists through court decisions, not statute; a 2025-26 AI deepfake bill did not pass.
State · 1 law
A 2026 law lets people sue over unauthorized realistic AI imitations, with statutory damages.
State · 5 laws
Home of BIPA, the strictest US biometric privacy law with a private right to sue, plus digital-replica contract and publicity rules.
Country · 3 laws
Courts grant fast personality-rights injunctions; 2026 IT Rules require AI labeling; the DPDP Act phases in consent duties through 2027.
State · 3 laws
One of the longest post-mortem publicity rights (100 years), plus election and intimate deepfake laws.
Country · 2 laws
No personality-rights statute; 2026 Ministry of Justice guidance applies publicity principles to AI voice and likeness.
State · 1 law
The Allen Toussaint Legacy Act explicitly covers digital replicas and lasts 50 years after death.
State · 3 laws
Laws on AI intimate images and deepfake impersonation; the Governor has proposed a statutory right of publicity for 2027.
State · 1 law
Disclosure rules for AI in political ads and limits on deceptive election deepfakes.
State · 1 law
Election deepfake crime and civil remedies for sexual deepfakes.
State · 2 laws
A 2026 property right in name, voice and likeness covers digital replicas; the election deepfake law is partly enjoined.
State · 1 law
Statutory right of publicity with post-mortem protection.
State · 1 law
Fraudulent use of deepfakes is a felony, and victims can sue.
State · 1 law
Deceptive AI media used for unlawful purposes is a crime, and victims can sue.
State · 6 laws
Strong publicity and post-mortem rights, contract rules for digital replicas, and disclosure of synthetic performers in ads.
State · 1 law
Statutory right of publicity lasting 60 years after death.
State · 1 law
A 2025 digital forgery crime targets harmful voice and face clones.
State · 1 law
Biometric identity checks need express consent and advance notice to the privacy regulator.
Industry · 5 laws
Union contracts require informed consent and pay for digital replicas across film/TV, commercials, games and music.
Country · 3 laws
Strict sexual-deepfake crimes (including possession and viewing), a pre-election deepfake ban, and AI labeling under the AI Basic Act.
State · 1 law
The ELVIS Act made voice, including simulated voice, a protected property right and can reach makers of cloning tools.
State · 5 laws
Biometric consent law (CUBI) enforced by the Attorney General, post-mortem publicity rights, and deepfake crimes for sexual and election content.
Country · 5 laws
No standalone personality right; creating and sharing sexual deepfakes and supplying nudify tools are crimes; biometrics are protected under UK GDPR.
Federal · 13 laws
No federal right of publicity yet. TAKE IT DOWN requires 48-hour removal of intimate deepfakes; NO FAKES (a federal digital-replica right) and DEFIANCE are pending in Congress.
State · 3 laws
A fast-moving state: AI impersonation and identity-consent rights (2025-26), and consent-and-provenance duties for AI intimate images from 2027.
State · 2 laws
Voice added to the unauthorized-use statute in 2026; an early law on synthetic sexual images.
State · 6 laws
Personality rights now cover forged digital likenesses (2026), alongside biometric and health-data consent laws and deepfake crimes.
Industry · 1 law
The 2026 contract keeps writers' AI protections and adds notice when studios license work for AI training.