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Act 125 of 2024, artificially generated sexual depictions in the unlawful dissemination of intimate image offense

18 Pa.C.S. § 3131

In force since .

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Place of effect
Obligation class
Prohibition
Audit expectation
none
Setting the rule reaches
General

What it requires

  • Do not disseminate an artificially generated sexual depiction of an individual, or a genuine intimate image of a current or former sexual or intimate partner, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm them.
  • It is a defense that the person depicted consented to the dissemination.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.

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
NIST Privacy Framework
  • CT.PO-P1Policies, processes, and procedures for authorizing data processing (e.g., organizational decisions, individual consent), revoking authorizations, and maintaining authorizations are established and in place.
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.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureYes

Criminal exposure note

A misdemeanor of the first degree when the person depicted is a minor, and a misdemeanor of the second degree when the person depicted is not a minor, whether the dissemination involves a genuine or an artificially generated depiction.

What it makes you log

Logging duty

Section 3131 defines and grades the offense of unlawfully disseminating an intimate image, including an artificially generated one; it creates no duty for any party to keep a log, record or other documentation, and names nobody who may check one.

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What this law does

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Research summary

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A person commits the offense of unlawful dissemination of intimate image if, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person disseminates an artificially generated sexual depiction of an individual, defined as a visual depiction that appears to authentically depict the individual in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct that did not occur in reality, and whose production was substantially dependent on technical means including artificial intelligence or photo editing software.

Consent of the person depicted is a defense. Act 125 of 2024 added this depiction category and the supporting artificial intelligence definitions to a statute that previously reached only genuine visual depictions, effective 60 days after its signature.

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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