Duty LXD-5432
Generates images with AI, in Ireland
Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force proposed proposed
Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, Intimate Image Offencessince 2 lines
Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (No. 32 of 2020), ss. 1-3 · Read the law's page
- Do not distribute, publish or threaten to distribute or publish an intimate image of another person without that person's consent, with intent to cause harm or being reckless as to whether harm is caused, including an image that only purports to be that person's intimate depiction, such as an AI-generated or digitally altered synthetic image (s. 2).
- Do not record, distribute or publish an intimate image of another person without that person's consent where doing so seriously interferes with that person's peace and privacy or causes alarm, distress or harm (s. 3).
Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 — Content Moderation and Harmful Content Obligationssince 3 lines
Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (No. 41 of 2022); Online Safety Code (Coimisiun na Mean, October 2024)
- If you operate a video-sharing platform or other online service designated under the Online Safety Code, include in your terms and conditions measures protecting children and the public from harmful content.
- If you operate a video-sharing platform or other online service designated under the Online Safety Code, assess and mitigate the risks posed by your content-delivery and recommendation mechanisms.
- Do not rely on simple self-declaration for age verification.
Digital Services Act 2024 (Ireland) — Algorithmic Recommendation System Risk Obligationssince 4 lines
Digital Services Act 2024 (No. 2 of 2024), giving effect to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; Coimisiun na Mean as lead national authority
- Conduct an annual systemic-risk assessment of your algorithmic recommendation, content-moderation, and advertising systems if you operate a very large online platform or very large online search engine.
- Implement risk-mitigation measures for those systems if you operate a very large online platform or very large online search engine.
- Offer users at least one recommendation-system option not based on profiling if you operate a very large online platform.
- Disclose your recommendation-system parameters to users if you operate a very large online platform.
Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026since 2 lines
Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 (No. 31 of 2026) · Read the law's page
- Comply with information requests, contravention notices and prohibition notices issued by an authorised officer of a relevant market surveillance authority in respect of an AI system you provide or deploy (Part 5).
- Do not knowingly give false or misleading information to an adjudicator, or disclose confidential material relevant to an adjudicator's finding without authorisation (ss. 95, 104).
EU AI Act — Articles 5 and 50 (Prohibited Practices; Bot Disclosure and Synthetic-Content Labeling)since 5 lines
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Arts. 5, 50 — directly applicable in Ireland as EU Member State
- Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system for social scoring.
- Do not use real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes.when it serves a public body
- Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system that exploits individuals' vulnerabilities.
- Tell users they are interacting with an AI system before the interaction begins.
- Mark generative AI outputs in machine-readable form as artificially generated.
Protection of Voice and Image Bill 2025 (Bill No. 11 of 2025), Offences for Misuse of a Name, Photograph, Voice or Likenessproposed3 lines
Protection of Voice and Image Bill 2025 (No. 11 of 2025) · Read the law's page
- This is a bill, not law: it was introduced in Dáil Éireann on as a private member's bill and has not been enacted. Read the lines below as what would apply if it is enacted as initiated.
- Do not publish, distribute or otherwise make available to the public an individual's name, photograph, voice or likeness in any medium for advertising, fundraising or political purposes, or to influence an election or referendum, without the individual's prior consent (or that of a parent or guardian for a minor, or of the executor or heirs of a deceased individual), where you intend to cause harm or are reckless as to whether harm is caused (Section 2(1)(a)).
- Do not distribute, transmit or otherwise make available an algorithm, software, tool, service or device whose primary purpose or function is producing an individual's photograph, voice or likeness, without that consent and with that intent or recklessness (Section 2(1)(b)).