300 on file · 187 became law · 41 still moving · 16 moved in 30 days
KenyaKenya's High Court partly upheld consolidated petitions against the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 and declared Sections 6(1)(ja) and 27(1)(b) unconstitutional.
SingaporeCreates a Commissioner of Online Safety and Online Safety Commission that can direct takedowns and account restrictions for online harms such as intimate image abuse, doxxing and harassment, and creates statutory torts for victims.
European UnionProposed regulation that would set obligations for online service providers to assess and reduce the risk of child sexual abuse on their services, allow detection orders, and create an EU Centre on child sexual abuse.
United KingdomBroad criminal justice Act that among other things creates offences for making, possessing or supplying AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse images, possessing guidance on creating such images, and making or supplying purported intimate image (nudification) generators.
NebraskaRequires social media companies to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors' accounts, and expands child sexual abuse material crimes to cover computer-generated images.
SpainGovernment organic law bill to protect minors in digital environments, processed by urgent procedure in the Justice Committee of the Congress of Deputies.
New HampshireProhibits the sale of personal data of children.
ArizonaWould have set consent requirements for published sexual material, including synthetic depictions.
AlaskaOmnibus crime law that, among many provisions, addresses generated obscene child sexual abuse material and explicit images of minors.
CanadaCriminal law bill that among other measures extends the offence of non-consensual distribution of intimate images to realistic fabricated depictions of an identifiable person, covering sexual deepfakes.
BrazilDeclares article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet partially unconstitutional and holds internet application providers civilly liable for certain third-party content after notice, and without notice for paid ads, bot networks and a list of serious crimes, until Congress legislates.
CanadaGovernment bill that would enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act to impose safety duties on social media services and AI chatbots, with a focus on children.
OhioWould require app stores and developers to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors.
LouisianaProhibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material.
IndonesiaSets governance rules for electronic system operators, including social media and gaming platforms, to protect children online, such as minimum-age limits on children's accounts.
New YorkWould bar operators from offering AI companions with features deemed unsafe for minors, such as simulated emotional relationships or encouragement of self-harm, with a private right of action.
AustraliaA binding privacy code being developed by the OAIC under the Privacy Act, as required by the 2024 amendments, to set how online services likely to be accessed by children handle their personal information.
TexasRequires mobile app stores to verify user ages, obtain parental consent before minors download apps or make purchases, and share age-category data with developers.
United States (federal)A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
ColoradoBars licensed mental health professionals from using AI to provide therapy without real-time professional oversight and restricts deceptive marketing of AI mental health services.
IowaRequires operators of internet sites or applications containing material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification.
ColoradoRequires operators of conversational AI services to give disclosures and apply safeguards for minor users, including parental tools and limits on sexually explicit and engagement-maximizing content.
European UnionCommission decision fining Temu 200 million euros under the Digital Services Act for failing to properly identify and assess the systemic risks of illegal products offered on its marketplace.
ConnecticutSets safety protocols for AI chatbots with extra protections for minors, whistleblower protections for frontier AI developer employees, disclosure duties for AI products and labeling of AI-generated material.
OhioWould address AI-generated images, including simulated child sexual abuse material, and identity fraud using replicas of a person.
TennesseeIntroduced as a chatbot safety and data privacy bill, it was amended and enacted to direct the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study regulating AI systems and generative AI chatbots.
TennesseeIntroduced to create a felony for training AI to encourage suicide or homicide, it was amended and enacted to direct the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study AI and report by 2027-01-31.
MinnesotaRequires large social media platforms to estimate users' ages, obtain verifiable parental consent for accounts of children 15 and under, set those accounts to the most private settings, and bar addictive features and targeted ads on them.
United States (federal)Senate bill to limit liability for vendors that provide cloud storage to law enforcement for child sexual abuse material held as evidence.
MinnesotaWould prohibit the nonconsensual creation, possession and dissemination of nudified images.
LouisianaAmends Louisiana's law on minors' use of applications and app store age verification.
WisconsinWould have required websites that distribute material harmful to minors to verify users' ages; the Governor vetoed it and the veto was sustained.
GeorgiaRequires operators of conversational AI services to make certain disclosures to users as an online safety measure.
United States (federal)Would bar AI companion chatbots for minors, require age verification and require chatbots to disclose that they are not human.
IndiaBans online money games and their advertising and payment processing, promotes e-sports and social games, and provides for an Online Gaming Authority of India.
FloridaSpecial session version of the AI Bill of Rights that would have set AI consumer protections and limited government AI contracts with certain entities.
MissouriWould have established and modified provisions relating to artificially generated material, including AI-generated depictions of minors.
MaineWould have regulated and restricted children's access to AI chatbots with human-like features and social AI companions.
MichiganWould prohibit making companion AI chatbots available to minors.
MichiganWould create the Michigan Kids Code Act setting privacy and design requirements for online services used by minors.
MissouriWould have created a criminal offense and civil penalties for disclosing intimate digital depictions of a person without consent.
NebraskaWould have adopted the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act to regulate conversational AI services.
TennesseeWould have enacted the Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act; it passed the House but not the Senate before the General Assembly adjourned.
NebraskaOmnibus consumer and financial bill that adds duties for covered online services under the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act and classifies certain social media platform practices as deceptive trade practices.
VirginiaRequires the Department of Education to survey AI use in public school instruction, publish AI safety guidance and run an AI innovation in education pilot program.
KansasWould have required app stores and developers to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors, enforced under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and a private right of action.
AlaskaWould have covered AI-generated child sexual abuse material and addressed related social media conduct.
KansasWould have enacted an age-appropriate design code for minors, a private right of action over nonconsensual digital replicas and chatbot transparency rules.
KansasWould have required user accounts, age verification and parental consent for AI chatbot access, content blocking for minors and suicide-risk monitoring.
MississippiRegulates interactive computer service providers offering certain services to minors and directs the Department of Education to publish internet safety resources and a social media safety curriculum.
Legislationsby Glyph