On July 28, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker updated the state’s existing law against revenge pornography—sexually explicit content of a person shared online without the consent of the subject—to add a new category of videos or images: deepfakes.

Under the new measure, people portrayed in digitally manipulated pornographic content will now be able to sue for damages.

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