Governments began addressing deepfake threats as early as 2019.
Regulators around the globe have started to take deepfakes seriously. Already in 2019, there were about a dozen federal and state level bills to regulate deepfakes. These ranged from criminalizing the use of a woman’s likeness in a pornographic film without her consent to dealing with cheap fakes. The key principle is that misuse of deepfakes without clear identification should be outlawed. This regulatory activity shows governments are beginning to address the threat, though implementation and enforcement vary.
— Deepfakes - The Danger Of Artificial Intelligence That We Will Learn To Manage Better · Forbes