ItalyDecreto Legislativo 160/2026 Art. 14, Preventive Seizure of AI-Generated Online Content (Implementing Norms of the Codice di Procedura Penale, Art. 104, Letter e-bis)
In force since .
An AI governance rule binding public and private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- If you provide hosting services, an online platform, a search engine or another intermediary service of the information society, remove the content and the data, or disable access to the profile, when a preventive-seizure order covers online content generated also with AI systems, while ensuring where technically possible access to content unrelated to the unlawful conduct (art. 14, amending art. 104, comma 1, lettera e-bis of the implementing norms of the Codice di Procedura Penale).
What this law does
Article 14 replaces the words del profilo personale (of the personal profile) in Article 104, comma 1, letter e-bis of the implementing norms of the Codice di Procedura Penale (Code of Criminal Procedure) with the words generati anche con sistemi di intelligenza artificiale (generated also with artificial intelligence systems).
As amended, that letter covers a preventive seizure of online content generated also with AI systems, and of the related data, by order to hosting service providers, online platforms or search engines, or intermediary service providers of the information society. The order is to remove the content and the data or to disable access to the profile, while ensuring where technically possible access to content unrelated to the unlawful conduct.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app operates a social platform, reuses other publishers' content or generates content with AI.