Van Orden mocks state law on politicians using deepfakes

Van Orden mocks state law on politicians using deepfakes

In a recent social media post, US Rep. Derrick Van Orden published a contentious video of his Democratic challenger, Rebecca Cooke, with a pearl-clutching caption: “I wish this was a joke.” But it is a joke. The video is fake. While it is not illegal, it puts Van Orden at odds with the intent of state law, as Wisconsin is one of the few states that have specifically targeted so-called deepfake videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) com…