Elon Musk’s X Corp. sues California over election deepfake law

X Corp. is suing California to block AB 2655, a new law requiring large online platforms to remove or label election-related deepfakes within 72 hours, arguing it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by compelling censorship and substituting state judgment for platform moderation. The report details supporting arguments from free speech groups, a related federal ruling that halted a companion law, and political context around AI-manipulated media, while briefly noting U.S. intelligence warnings about Russian influence operations leveraging deepfakes.