[Satire] After Mocking New Mexico, Satire Site The Babylon Bee Sues State over Political Speech
- The Babylon Bee and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit against New Mexico challenging HB 182, a 2024 law requiring disclaimers on AI-generated political satire, arguing it violates First Amendment rights by spoiling the joke and chilling free speech.
- HB 182 criminalizes producing AI-generated political content without disclaimers, applying year-round with fines up to $1,000 per violation and $20,000 total, and exempts news stories and editorials but requires disclaimers on satire or parody.
- New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued a July 2025 advisory opinion concluding the law’s disclaimer requirement on satire and parody is likely unconstitutional, though enforcement continues by the State Ethics Commission.
- The lawsuit claims the law discriminates against satire and parody by excluding traditional news content from disclaimer rules while regulating memes and political cartoons, which the plaintiffs say is content-based censorship amounting to compelled speech.
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New Mexico wants the Babylon Bee to spoil its jokes
I’ve spent 30 years drafting disclosure language for private placement memoranda. A disclosure has one job: warn the reader before he relies on something that might mislead him. New Mexico just tried to point that same tool at a joke. The Babylon Bee, the Christian satire site known for headlines no one mistakes for news, sued New Mexico officials this week over House Bill 182. The lawsuit, filed by Alliance Defending Freedom in federal court, a…
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Zero HedgeBabylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over Restrictions on AI Satirical Posts
The Babylon Bee, a satirical online publication, is suing the state of New Mexico over a law that bans artificial intelligence-created misrepresentation of political figures and issues, including satire and parody, in the months leading up to an election. In a lawsuit filed on Aug. 11, the Babylon Bee charged that the law criminalizes speech that is protected by the First Amendment. “We’re used to getting pulled over by the joke police, but come…
The Babylon Bee, fresh off speech war victory over Hawaii, now suing New Mexico
The Babylon Bee, that epitome of satirical political commentary, is fresh off its court victory over Hawaii, where officials tried to regulate and censor political satire and parody, and now is taking on the same agenda in New Mexico. The organization defeated Hawaii’s censorship scheme in court earlier, reaching a settlement when the state decided...
The Babylon Bee, fresh off speech war victory over Hawaii, now suing New Mexico * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link The Babylon Bee, that epitome of satirical political commentary, is fresh off its court victory over Hawaii, where officials tried to regulate and censor political satire and parody, and now is taking on the same agenda in New Mexico. The organization defeated Hawaii’s censorship scheme in court earlier, reaching a settlement when the
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