NJ S3305

Creating deepfake audio or visual media for unlawful purposes constitutes a fourth-degree crime in New Jersey, punishable by up to 18 months imprisonment and fines up to $10,000.

Disclosing deepfakes without clearly identifying them as such constitutes a third-degree crime, with fines up to $30,000 and potential imprisonment of three to five years.

Unlawful purposes include using deepfakes for harassment, cyber harassment, theft by deception, theft by extortion, false incrimination, or invasion of privacy.

Victims depicted in deepfakes may bring civil lawsuits seeking minimum liquidated damages of $1,000 per violation, plus punitive damages, attorney's fees, and equitable relief without requiring a criminal conviction first.

News media organizations are exempt from penalties unless they knowingly broadcast deepfakes created in violation of the law and fail to identify them as deceptive media.