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.”
“Write the law in plain English and enforce it yesterday.”
“Tech did this. Tech can help undo it. Also laws.”