Political satire is now illegal in California — unless you plaster the word “satire” in big block letters on top of your work to make sure that not a single soul will assume what you write is true.

California has passed a law banning “deceptive media” in advertisements and “other election communications,” which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) touted as being focused on the use of generative artificial intelligence in political ads. Newsom pursued this law on the back of a parody election advertisement video in which artificial intelligence was used to recreate Vice President Kamala Harris’s voice. In the “ad,” fake Harris trashes President Joe Biden and brags about her own incompetence and how she is a deep state puppet.