Champaign Voices

Deepfake Porn Laws Advance as Technology Outruns Shame

Published: April 12, 2026

Legislatures moved to criminalize nonconsensual synthetic intimate images, a rare tech policy area with bipartisan disgust if not always bipartisan competence. What do you think?

“If it's fake and filthy and nonconsensual, lock somebody up.”
Earl Fraley, Man Who Still Thinks the Internet Is Optional
“Write the law in plain English and enforce it yesterday.”
Sharon Hedges, Parent of a Daughter With a Phone
“Tech did this. Tech can help undo it. Also laws.”
Nadine Kizer, Group Chat Decency Moderator