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Minnesota lawmakers passed a first-in-the-nation law 

banning technology that allows the creation of nonconsensual nude images generated by artificial intelligence

. Another recent law requires warning labels detailing the potential mental health harms of social media.

MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota, about the difficulties states face as they try to regulate social media and AI use without infringing on First Amendment free speech rights.

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Minnesota faces First Amendment questions over the state’s new artificial intelligence nudification ban. Jane Kirtley, media ethics professor at the University of Minnesota, tells MPR News why it’s hard for states to curb social media and AI.

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