In the state of Minnesota, there was a ban on the generation of materials representing people who were exposed through services or applications

In the United States of Minnesota On Saturday, August 1, the law entered into force., which prohibits the administrators of websites or applications from enabling the generation of materials representing people exposed on the basis of first photos or films.

The national court rejected the application from Elon Musk's xAI company, which would have prevented the entry into force of that law. In the explanatory memorandum Application lodged on 27 July – a fewer days before the deadline – the right to freedom of speech guaranteed by the United States Constitution was invoked.

Quoted in CBS News, justice Donovan Frank stated that Musk had “waited besides long to submit his application”.

– See you in court, you psycho. – wrote Minnesota State politician Tim Walz, on platform X in consequence to the request submitted.

Although the law has already entered into force, a proceeding is scheduled for August 19.

According to the fresh law, any alleged infringement will be fined up to USD 500 000.

U.S. Senator Erin Maye Quade, liable for the bill, said that "he is arrogant of Minnesota that he has become the first state in this matter."

– We have tried to guarantee that this law does not conflict with the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and that it only applies to the materials we want to fight added Quade.

At the beginning of 2026 Grok, a chatbot integrated into the X platform, became a subject of controversy after it was possible to make unexposed images. Especially loud were the cases of generating these types of photos that presented children.

Among another things, the European Commission reacted to this situation, requesting clarification from the X-platform representativeswhether Indonesia, temporarily blocking Grok's access.

On the another hand, the editorial board “Contrabands” She besides found outthat the Polish state authorities did not in any way plan to restrict or even completely waive the usage of the X platform.

At the time erstwhile the ‘Contrabanda’ attempted to receive comments on this issue from the X-platform representatives, it yet received no reply. But it did appear statement, in which it is explicitly ensured that "all who send requests for the generation of illegal content will be treated as if they themselves made specified content available".

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The title photograph was taken by Salvador Rios and is available on the website Unsplash under Unsplash License. The text of the article was based on the following text and/or audiovisual sources:

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