Digitally altered political mailers spur lawsuit over Montana AI law

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,302

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Two state lawmakers running in Republican primary elections have said that hundreds of mailers sent out depicting them waving a pride flag and wearing a button with pronouns on it violate a Montana law prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence to produce “deepfakes” in campaign materials.

But a lawsuit filed in federal district court on Wednesday says the mailers are protected under free speech provisions of the First Amendment, and Montana’s law should be …

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