California Governor Gavin Newsom has stated that he is not ruling out legal action against Elon Musk for sharing AI-generated parody memes, videos, and deepfakes. The potential legal action is in response to Musk's distribution of content that Newsom claims could be materially deceptive, particularly in the context of election communications. This follows Newsom's recent signing of a bill that bans the distribution of election communications containing materially deceptive content. Newsom referred to Musk and other conservative vloggers as 'conservative bloggers' and emphasized the potential harm to democracy from such content.
