California's deepfake law stopped: a conflict between free speech and technology.

A new law in California about deepfakes in elections has been stopped for now. A judge said the law might be against the part of the Constitution about free speech.

Deepfakes are fake videos made with computers that can make it look like someone is saying or doing something they didn't. The judge said the law was too broad and could stop people from making jokes or expressing their opinions.

The governor of California signed the law because he wants to stop people from using deepfakes to trick voters. He thinks the law is important for protecting democracy.

But a lawyer for someone who sued to stop the law said the judge's decision was right. He said that new technology doesn't mean people lose their free speech rights.

Experts on the First Amendment also didn't like the law. They said there are already laws about defamation, which is when someone lies about someone else in a way that hurts their reputation.