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An act to impose civil liability and prescribe criminal penalties for the nonconsensual creation or dissemination of deep fake sexual images; and to provide for remedies.
In one paragraph
Michigan's Public Act 11 of 2025, the protection from intimate deep fakes act, covers deep fakes: realistic images, video or audio whose production depends substantially on technical means rather than impersonation. A person shown in a deep fake depicting their intimate parts or a sexual act may sue whoever created or disseminated it without consent, if the defendant knew or should have known it would cause harm or acted to harass, extort or threaten. Intentionally creating or disseminating such a deep fake is a misdemeanor, or a felony with aggravating factors. Platforms and general-purpose tool providers are exempt. Effective August 26, 2025.
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What it means for business
AI image and video tool makers keep an exemption only if their terms prohibit nonconsensual explicit deep fakes and the tool is not built or marketed for them; operators of sites or apps used to make such content face felony exposure.
Key provisions
- Deep fake: a realistic recording, image or other technological representation, not an unmodified original, whose production depends substantially on technical means rather than a person's impersonation
- Civil action against anyone who nonconsensually creates or disseminates a deep fake realistically depicting an identifiable person's intimate parts or a sexual act, knowing or reasonably should know it will cause harm, or to harass, extort, threaten or harm
- Remedies: economic and noneconomic damages, disgorgement of profits, costs and attorney fees, and injunctions with civil fines up to $1,000 a day for violating them; plaintiffs may proceed confidentially
- Crime: misdemeanor (up to 1 year and/or $3,000); felony (up to 3 years and/or $5,000) if there is financial loss, intent to profit, intent to harass, extort, threaten or harm, posting on a website, a prior conviction, or the offender runs a site or app used to make or spread deep fakes
- Consent counts only if given in a plain-language written agreement signed knowingly and voluntarily
- No liability for interactive computer services, telecom and broadband providers, or developers of deep fake technology not designed or marketed for nonconsensual explicit deep fakes whose terms of service prohibit them
Latest legislative action
Aug 26, 2025. Approved by the Governor 08/26/2025; filed with Secretary of State 08/26/2025; assigned PA 11'25 with immediate effect
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