"Political deepfakes are a profound threat to our democracy, because there is no realistic way for voters to understand they are seeing fake representations rather than real video," said the co-president of Public Citizen.
I think it is libel, since it is a video. (Historically if it was a lie spoken about someone then it was slander, and if it was a lie written about someone then it was libel. I think that a fake video is more like an intentionally false written piece.)
In any case, collecting damages for lies told about is possible. I’m not sure it can be done in time for the election, and the people seeing it on TikTok probably won’t ever know about the case, so mission accomplished, I’m afraid.
I think it is libel, since it is a video. (Historically if it was a lie spoken about someone then it was slander, and if it was a lie written about someone then it was libel. I think that a fake video is more like an intentionally false written piece.)
In any case, collecting damages for lies told about is possible. I’m not sure it can be done in time for the election, and the people seeing it on TikTok probably won’t ever know about the case, so mission accomplished, I’m afraid.