Legislationsby Glyph
NebraskaNebraskaLB 504
Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Requires covered online services likely to be used by minors to exercise reasonable care in design, limit data collection and use of minors' data, and set protective default settings.
Online safety and kids
300 on file · 187 became law · 41 still moving · 16 moved in 30 days
NebraskaNevadaNevadaAB 35
Child sexual abuse material, including depictions of purported children
Revises terminology for materials depicting minors in sexual conduct and prohibits possessing or distributing obscene material depicting a purported child, reaching computer-generated images.
FloridaFloridaHB 757
Sexual Images
Makes it a crime to generate, solicit, or maliciously promote an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without consent and expands offenses for lewd images of minors.
TexasTexasHB 186
Social media ban for minors
Would have prohibited social media platforms from allowing Texas residents younger than 18 to hold accounts.
TexasTexasSB 1860
SCOPE Act applicability amendment
Would have amended the applicability section of the SCOPE Act (Business and Commerce Code Chapter 509) governing protection of minors from harmful material on digital services.
TexasTexasSB 747
School policies on student deepfake intimate images
Would have required public school policies and programs on the production or distribution of intimate visual material, including deepfakes, by students.
TexasTexasSB 2881
Account settings for minor users of digital services
Would have regulated access and communications settings for minors' accounts on digital services.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaS 28
AI-generated child sexual abuse material (Act 57 of 2025)
Creates offenses for creating, possessing or distributing AI-generated or computer-generated sexual abuse material depicting minors.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaS 29
Morphed images of identifiable children (Act 58 of 2025)
Makes it a crime to create or distribute a morphed image that sexually depicts an identifiable minor.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 146
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Criminalizes publishing nonconsensual intimate images, including AI generated deepfakes, and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request.
MontanaMontanaSB 413
Crime of disclosing explicit synthetic media
Creates the crime of knowingly disclosing explicit AI-generated synthetic media of an identifiable person without consent.
ArizonaArizonaHB 2112
Internet Pornography; Minors; Age Verification
Requires commercial websites with a substantial share of sexual material harmful to minors to verify users' ages and bars retention of identifying data.
ZambiaCyber Crimes Act, 2025
Defines cybercrime offences and investigation powers in Zambia, replacing the cybercrime provisions of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act, 2021.
ArizonaArizonaHB 2678
Indistinguishable Visual Depiction; Definition (AI child sexual abuse material)
Treats a visual depiction indistinguishable from a real minor, including AI-generated imagery, as a dangerous crime against children.
New YorkNew YorkS 3008-C, Part U
AI Companion Models safeguards (FY2026 budget)
Regulates AI companion models offered in New York and establishes a suicide prevention fund.
OklahomaOklahomaHB 1364
AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Updates Oklahoma's obscenity and child sexual abuse material law to make AI-generated and computer-altered sexual depictions of minors unlawful.
North CarolinaNorth CarolinaHB 462
Personal Data Privacy/Social Media Safety
Would create a comprehensive consumer data privacy law with added social media safety protections for minors.
TexasTexasHB 499
Social media mental health warning label
Would have required certain social media platforms to display a warning label about the association between minors' social media use and mental health problems.
ColoradoColoradoSB 25-086
Protections for Users of Social Media
Would have required social media companies to publish policies, respond to reported content violations and cooperate with law enforcement; the governor vetoed it and the veto was not overridden.
North DakotaNorth DakotaSB 2380
Commercial entity liability for sexual material harmful to minors
Sets liability and penalties for commercial entities that publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors without age verification.
MissouriMissouriHB 362
Disclosure of intimate digital depictions
Would have created a criminal offense and civil penalties for disclosing intimate digital depictions of a person without consent.
AlabamaAlabamaSB 187
App Store Age Verification and Parental Consent (2025)
Would have required app store providers to verify user ages and obtain parental consent for minors.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1877
Computer-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Extends child sexual abuse material possession offenses to computer-generated images indistinguishable from a real child.
ArkansasArkansasSB 612
Private Right of Action Against Harmful Social Media Platforms
Creates a private right of action against social media platforms whose designs or algorithms cause harm and penalizes platforms that knowingly contribute to a minor's suicide or attempt.
ArkansasArkansasSB 611
Social Media Safety Act Amendments
Amends the Social Media Safety Act, which a federal court had blocked, to revise its age verification and parental consent rules for social media platforms.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1717
Arkansas Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act
Restricts collection and use of personal information of children and teens by online services, including limits on targeted advertising, and gives parents and teens data rights.
North DakotaNorth DakotaHB 1386
Possession of computer-generated sexual images of minors
Makes knowingly possessing certain computer-generated sexual images depicting minors a class C felony.
OhioOhioHB 33
FY 2024-2025 operating budget: Social Media Parental Notification Act
State operating budget that included the Social Media Parental Notification Act, requiring social media and online gaming platforms to obtain parental consent before contracting with users under 16.
North DakotaNorth DakotaHB 1561
Commercial entity liability for publishing material harmful to minors
Makes commercial entities that publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors online liable unless they use age verification.
UtahUtahHB 452
Artificial Intelligence Amendments (mental health chatbots)
Regulates mental health chatbots that use AI, with disclosure, advertising and user data protections for Utah users.
WyomingWyomingHB 43
Age verification for websites with harmful material
Requires websites that publish material harmful to minors to verify visitors' ages, with civil remedies, liability and damages for violations.
MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 1875
Social media limits for minors 15 and younger
Would regulate social media use by minors ages 15 and younger and require anonymous age verification for websites harmful to minors.
IndianaIndianaSB 11
Minor access and use of social media
Would have required social media operators to obtain verifiable parental consent before users under 16 could use their platforms, with Attorney General enforcement.
South DakotaSouth DakotaHB 1053
Age verification for websites with material harmful to minors
Requires websites containing a substantial amount of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages, with criminal penalties for violations.
United KingdomUnited KingdomSI 2025/226
Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025
Sets the user number and functionality thresholds that determine which online services are categorised under the Online Safety Act and face additional duties.
MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 48
Ban on social media algorithms that target children
Would prohibit social media platforms from using algorithms to target user-created content at minors.
MalaysiaMalaysiaAct A1743
Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2025
Amends the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, updating the regulatory framework for communications and online services alongside the Online Safety Act 2025.
CanadaCanadaBill C-63 (44th Parliament, 1st Session)
Online Harms Act
Government bill that would have enacted the Online Harms Act and amended the Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act to address harmful online content; it died at second reading when Parliament was prorogued.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 4569
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Would criminalize publishing nonconsensual intimate images, including AI generated deepfakes, and require platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request.
North CarolinaNorth CarolinaHB 591
Modernize Sex Crimes
Updates sexual exploitation of minor laws to cover realistic visual depictions created or modified with algorithms or artificial intelligence, and revises related sex crime provisions.
PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaSB 1213
AI-generated child sexual abuse material and deepfake intimate images (Act 125 of 2024)
Makes AI-generated and digitally altered sexual images of children child sexual abuse material and extends the unlawful dissemination of intimate images offense to deepfakes.
South KoreaSouth KoreaAct No. 20459
Sexual Violence Punishment Act Amendment on Deepfakes
Amends the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes to criminalize possessing, buying, storing or viewing sexually explicit deepfakes and to raise the maximum penalty for creating or distributing them to seven years in prison.
United NationsUnited NationsA/HRC/RES/57/29
Promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (2024)
Human Rights Council resolution affirming that the same rights people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 1831
Crimes: AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Expands state child sexual abuse material crimes to cover matter that is digitally altered or generated by artificial intelligence.
CaliforniaCaliforniaSB 981
Sexually Explicit Digital Images: Platform Reporting
Requires social media platforms to give California users a way to report sexually explicit digital identity theft and to temporarily block reported content while it is reviewed.
UtahUtahSB 194
Social Media Regulation Amendments (Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act)
Requires social media companies to use age assurance and apply default privacy and design protections to accounts of Utah minors.
AustraliaAustraliaAct No. 78, 2024
Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024
Creates Commonwealth offences for transmitting sexual material depicting adults without consent, including material created or altered with AI or other technology.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 23-2969
NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta (California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act)
The Ninth Circuit upheld the injunction against the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act's requirement that businesses assess and mitigate risks of harmful content to children, and vacated the rest of the injunction.
IllinoisIllinoisHB 4623
AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Expands child pornography offenses to cover sexually explicit images of children created or altered with AI.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 2073
Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act
Senate package combining the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0 that sets a duty of care for platforms toward minors and extends online privacy protections to teens.