The Babylon Bee challenges New Mexico's AI deepfake label law in federal court

The Babylon Bee has sued New Mexico officials over a 2024 election law that requires AI-generated or AI-manipulated political media to carry a disclosure label, setting up a First Amendment test over whether anti-deepfake rules can reach satire. The case, filed on Aug. 11, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, names the chair and members of the New Mexico State Ethics Commission and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against enforcement of the law's disclaimer provisions.