PolandKodeks karny art. 202 § 4b-4c, Fabricated Child Sexual Abuse Material
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In force.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not produce, distribute, present, store, or possess pornographic content depicting a generated or digitally processed image of a minor engaged in a sexual act; this reaches AI-generated and deepfake content regardless of whether a real child was ever involved.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Art. 202 § 4b: imprisonment up to 3 years for producing, distributing, presenting, storing, or possessing pornographic content depicting a generated or digitally processed image of a minor participating in a sexual act. Art. 202 § 4c applies the same penalty to a person who, for sexual gratification, participates in the presentation of such content.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 202 section 4b criminalizes producing, distributing, presenting, storing or possessing pornographic content depicting a generated or digitally processed image of a minor participating in a sexual act, and section 4c extends the same penalty to a person who, for sexual gratification, participates in presenting such content. Neither section states a duty to create, keep or produce a log or record of anything.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Article 202 section 4b criminalizes producing, distributing, presenting, storing, or possessing pornographic content that depicts a generated or digitally processed image of a minor participating in a sexual act, reaching fabricated and AI-generated child sexual abuse material regardless of whether any real child appears in it. Section 4c extends the same penalty to a person who, for sexual gratification, participates in the presentation of such content.
When LexLint raises it
generates_content
Read the law
Dziennik Ustaw, consolidated text of the Kodeks karny, Kancelaria Sejmu edition
archived copy
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