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Under Tennessee's ELVIS Act, a person who violates the act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and can also be sued in a civil action for money or an injunction.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“making any person who violates it guilty of a Class A misdemeanor”
Tennessee Law Designed to Combat Deepfakes Set to Take Effect in July, Kim Peretti, Alston & Bird, Cyber & Data Strategy Blog, 2024, Section on enforcement and penalties.
Open the original- What it measures
- The law firm's summary says the act sets criminal sanctions and also allows a civil action, in which monetary and injunctive relief are available.
- What it does not show
- This is a secondary summary by a law firm. The civil-remedy part is not quoted here, so it rests on the summary alone. The wording should be checked against the codified statute before anyone relies on it.