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Unlawful Dissemination of an Intimate Synthetically Created Image

Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 53a-189d, created by 2025 Conn. Pub. Acts 25-168, Sec. 261

In force since .

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

Obligation class
Prohibition
Audit expectation
none
Setting the rule reaches
General

What it requires

  • This offense has been in effect since .
  • Do not intentionally disseminate a synthetically created intimate image of an identifiable person without that person's consent, where the person suffers harm as a result.
  • A synthetically created image includes one that is partially or wholly computer-generated and is virtually indistinguishable from an actual depiction of the person.
  • Dissemination to more than one person over an interactive computer, information, or telecommunications service carries a higher penalty tier than dissemination to one person, and creating or acquiring the image with intent to harm raises the tier further.
  • An interactive computer, information, or telecommunications service provider is not liable for content another person provided.

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In the frameworks

NIST AI RMF
  • MAP 3.3Targeted application scope is specified and documented based on the system’s capability, established context, and AI system categorization.
NIST AI 600-1
MIT mitigations Draft
  • 1.5Safety Decision Frameworks
  • 3.3Access Management
FINOS AIGF
ETSI EN 304 223
  • 5.1.2-1Business need and security risks written down and assessed before deciding to build an AI system.
  • 5.1.4-5End-users told which uses of the system are prohibited.

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Identifiers refer to ETSI EN 304 223 V2.1.1 (2025-12), © ETSI 2025, all rights reserved. ETSI owns the standard; no ETSI text (titles or sentences) is reproduced here. The standard is free to download from ETSI.

What it makes you log

Logging duty

The offense, its elements, its exceptions, its penalty tiers, and its platform-immunity clause state no duty to create, keep, or produce a record of any kind.

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What this law does

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In effect since .

A person commits unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image by intentionally disseminating, without the depicted person's consent, an image that is not wholly recorded by a camera or is partially or wholly computer-generated, depicts a person's genitals, pubic area, buttocks, breast, or sexual intercourse, and is virtually indistinguishable from what a reasonable person would believe is an actual depiction of an identifiable person, where the depicted person suffers harm from the dissemination.

Dissemination to one person is a class D misdemeanor, or a class A misdemeanor if the person created or acquired the image intending to cause harm; dissemination to more than one person through an interactive computer, information, or telecommunications service is a class C misdemeanor, or a class D felony with that same intent. An interactive computer service, information service, or telecommunications service provider is not liable for content provided by another person.

When LexLint raises it

When your app profile says your app generates images with AI, generates video with AI or publishes adult content.

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