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"Deliberately designed to deceive": Experts say Taylor Swift could sue Trump over fake endorsement

"I accept!" Trump declared on Truth Social after sharing AI-generated "Swifties for Trump" images

Rebecca Tushnet details some of the complex legal landscape of doctored celebrity endorsements in a piece by Marina Villaneuve. "I think part of the issue here is we have a general idea of what we don't like but it's very hard to define things that should violate someone's right and things that are essentially political cartooning," Tushnet said. "If you have a political cartoon that no one believes is representing a fact, then you can definitely do that. If a reasonable person would not believe that Taylor Swift was really endorsing, is there really any difference between this and a political cartoon?"

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