SF714

Senate File 714 proposes a new law in Minnesota that makes it a crime to intentionally alter digital pictures or recordings of another person or those owned by another person. This act is considered a crime if three conditions are met: the alteration is done without the consent of the person featured in or owning the digital content; it is done with the intent that the altered image or recording will mislead others into thinking it was approved or distributed by the person in the image or the owner of the image; and the intent behind the alteration is to harm, defraud, or maliciously misrepresent the person in the image, the owner of the image, or an event or property associated with them. Violating this proposed law is classified as a gross misdemeanor.