When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Maryland’s New Deepfake Fraud Law
On October 1, Maryland’s identity fraud law caught up with a new reality: seeing or hearing someone is no longer necessarily enough to verify their identity. On May 12, 2026, Governor Wes Moore signed Senate Bill 8 into law. It took effect on October 1, 2026. Titled “Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations” and located in […] The post When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Maryland’s New Deepfake Fraud Law appeared first on Bethesda Magazine .
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