Duty LXD-5916
Publishes adult content, in Manitoba
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act, civil action for fake intimate images created with artificial intelligencesince 6 lines
C.C.S.M. c. N93, ss. 1, 11-12.1, 14 and 15.1 · Read the law's page
- Do not distribute an intimate image of another person, including a fake intimate image created with software, machine learning, artificial intelligence or other means, knowing the person did not consent or being reckless as to whether they consented (s. 11(1)).
- Do not threaten to distribute an intimate image of another person (s. 11(1.1)).
- In an action, the distribution is presumed to have been without consent, and you must establish reasonable grounds to believe you had consent when you distributed it (s. 12.1).
- Comply with a court order to make every reasonable effort to make the image unavailable to others, including by having it removed from an online platform operated by an Internet intermediary and de-indexed from any search engine (s. 14(1)(b.1)).
- If you are an Internet intermediary that hosts or indexes third-party content through an online platform, comply with a court order to make every reasonable effort to remove and de-index the image within the time the order specifies (s. 14(1)(b.2)).
- Take reasonable steps to address unlawful distribution of intimate images in the use of your services; an Internet intermediary that has done so is not liable in an action under the Act (s. 15.1).
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act, limit on the liability of Internet intermediariessince 1 line
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act, C.C.S.M. c. N93, s. 15.1, as added by S.M. 2026, c. 2, s. 11 · Read the law's page
- Take reasonable steps to address unlawful distribution of intimate images in the use of your services, to keep the protection from liability in an action under the Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act; the protection does not limit a court's authority to order you to remove or de-index an intimate image.
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act, court orders to remove or de-index an intimate imagesince 2 lines
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act, C.C.S.M. c. N93, ss. 1(1), 14(1)(b.1) and (b.2), as added by S.M. 2026, c. 2, s. 8 · Read the law's page
- If a Manitoba court orders you, as an Internet intermediary (a person or organization that hosts or indexes third-party content through an online platform), to remove or de-index an intimate image, make every reasonable effort to remove and, where applicable, de-index it within the time period the order specifies.
- Treat a fake intimate image, including one created through the use of software, machine learning or artificial intelligence, the same as a personal intimate image when you act on such an order, since the Act's term intimate image covers both.