Elon Musk is suing the state of Minnesota over a law that criminalizes deepfakes

Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in federal district court that puts him on the free-speechier side of a debate.

Aaron Carroll : It's notable that lawmakers in Minnesota have given Musk an opening to sell himself as a free speech guy in a manner that is not just a fugazi.

Carroll: Minnesota lawmakers have been rightfully concerned about deepfakes in two contexts: sex and politics.

Eric Liu : Minnesota law could criminalize parody of political deepfakes without satire exemption.

Liu : It's not essential to democracy that you be able to look at a sloppy deepfake of FBI agents hauling Donald Trump into custody.

He says the law turns the government into a social media moderator and imposes unfair liability on sites like Musk ’s. Liu : Musk has a business case for being involved, arguing that the law.