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MN nudification ban will take effect Aug. 1 after judge rules against Elon Musk-led lawsuit
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The lawsuit argued that the company already bans its users from the tech, and that the law amounts to a "content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression."
On the eve of its implementation, a U.S. District Court of Minnesota judge has denied a lawsuit for a temporary restraining order that would have blocked it from being enacted.
Minnesota nudification lawsuitWhat we know:Filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, the lawsuit argues that the new law, "imposes an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression in a clumsy attempt to prohibit ‘nudification.'"
Dig deeper:In the decision, U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank ruled, "Such a delay in bringing the action and the motion suggests that harm is not immediate."
On July 29, Minnesota lawmakers held a press conference to say they were confident that a ban on nudification technology will survive a challenge being brought by Elon Musk's company.