# Policy & Regulation — The State of Streaming

> FCC, FTC, antitrust, privacy, content moderation policy affecting streaming.

Section URL: https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/
Articles in this section: 6

## Articles

- [Three Deepfake Laws Hit CTV in 54 Days. No Federal Floor.](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/05/deepfake-ai-state-law-patchwork-q2-2026/) — 2026-05-03
  By August 2, three different deepfake regimes will be live for national CTV advertisers: New York's synthetic-performer disclosure, Washington's expanded right of publicity, and California's revised AI Transparency Act. The IAB's...

- [The 1961 NFL Antitrust Shield Meets a 2026 Streaming Model](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/05/doj-nfl-streaming-antitrust-fox-sinclair-sba/) — 2026-05-03
  DOJ has a probe. The FCC has a docket. Fox and Sinclair have filed. Three federal pressure tracks now run at the same statutory ambiguity, and upfront buyers betting on streaming-only NFL inventory haven't priced the tail-risk.

- [FCC's ABC License Order Reaches a Lever That No Longer Fits](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/05/fcc-abc-license-renewal-disney-escalation/) — 2026-05-03
  Carr's FCC ordered Disney to refile every ABC license by May 28, two to three years early.

- [NY's $5,000 AI-Performer Ad Disclosure Law Hits June 9](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/04/ny-synthetic-performer-disclosure-june-2026-2/) — 2026-04-27
  Civil penalty schedule kicks in against any brand or agency producing NY-distributed creative; the IAB's January framework is the de facto compliance template until the state AG defines 'conspicuous.'

- [NY's $5,000 AI-Performer Ad Disclosure Law Hits June 9](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/04/ny-synthetic-performer-disclosure-june-2026/) — 2026-04-27
  Civil penalty schedule kicks in against any brand or agency producing NY-distributed creative; the IAB's January framework is the de facto compliance template until the state AG defines 'conspicuous.'

- [Carr's FCC Pressed Streaming on Three Fronts in 10 Days](https://thestateofstreaming.com/policy-regulation/2026/04/fcc-carr-streaming-jurisdiction-pressure/) — 2026-04-26
  An NFL meeting, a Nexstar waiver under appeal, and a TV-Y14 inquiry add up to a posture an agency without streaming jurisdiction is building anyway.