United StatesCreates civil cause of action for unsolicited intimate images
Gives victims a federal civil remedy and potential damages when someone knowingly sends non-consensual or AI-generated intimate images.
What it does
Creates a federal civil cause of action allowing recipients to sue when an adult or entity knowingly transmits an intimate visual depiction without the recipient’s consent or recklessly disregards lack of consent.
Defines and includes 'intimate digital forgery' — AI- or computer-generated intimate images that are indistinguishable from real depictions — within the covered 'intimate visual depiction' term.
Specifies remedies: up to $1,000 statutory damages (or compensatory emotional-distress damages), reasonable attorney fees and costs, and injunctive relief.
Provides privacy protections for minors (pseudonymous filings) and preserves exceptions for good-faith medical, educational, and law enforcement transmissions.
Argument forProvides a federal civil remedy that targets non-consensual intimate-image harms and offers victims concrete relief and deterrence against senders, including creators of AI-generated fakes.
Argument againstEven with a First Amendment clause, the law could chill speech or be contested as vague in operation (for example, what qualifies as 'recklessly disregarding' consent or 'indistinguishable' forgery).
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Introduced in SenateLatest
- Jun 8Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Introduced
AI & PrivacyTechnologyCriminal Justice