X Corp., the social media platform owned by Trump adviser Elon Musk, is challenging the constitutionality of a Minnesota ban on using deepfakes to influence elections and harm candidates, saying it violates First Amendment speech protections.

X Corp, owned by Elon Musk, is challenging a Minnesota law banning deepfakes for election influence, arguing it breaches First Amendment rights. The law, pre-empted by a 1996 federal statute, imposes penalties for deepfake dissemination.