A new California law will ban the creation and distribution of deepfake pornography produced without the consent of the person it depicts. Statutory damages range between $1,500 and $30,000, while cases in which malice can be demonstrated, damages rise to $150,000. The bill is part of a larger deepfake package that will also make it illegal to create and distribute deepfake videos of political figures within 60 days of an election. Katy Perry's face (pictured above) was swapped onto an adult film actress' body for a short video, something that the new California law will make illegal. Almost all deepfake videos are circulated online are pornographic, with one study suggesting the figure is 96 percent.