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Federal judge lets the first US 'nudify' app ban take effect, denying xAI's restraining order
US District Judge Donovan Frank denied xAI's request to block Minnesota's ban on apps that generate non-consensual sexualized images — described as the first such state ban in the US — allowing it to take effect August 1 while litigation continues. xAI argued the ban is 'overinclusive' with 'far less restrictive alternatives' available, but Frank leaned on timing: xAI filed nearly three months after the law was signed and only three days before it took effect, and 'such a delay in bringing the action and the motion suggests that harm is not immediate.' A procedural loss rather than a merits ruling, but it sets the operating reality for image-model providers in Minnesota now.
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