Hot take: Deep fakes may be much closer to rape (and maybe should be adjudicated similarly) than they are to identity theft or fraud because of the harm they cause and because that social assault is more closely related to power and consent than a simple fraud.
Add in breaking revenge porn and character defamation laws and the perpetrators could theoretically get a good chunk of time in prison depending on where the court is located due to differences in state laws.
Hot take: Deep fakes may be much closer to rape (and maybe should be adjudicated similarly) than they are to identity theft or fraud because of the harm they cause and because that social assault is more closely related to power and consent than a simple fraud.
Add in breaking revenge porn and character defamation laws and the perpetrators could theoretically get a good chunk of time in prison depending on where the court is located due to differences in state laws.