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Panel backs update to Maryland child-sexual-abuse law to cover AI-generated images
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony supporting House Bill 5 to expand Maryland's definition of child sexual abuse material to include computer- and AI-generated images and videos; advocates and prosecutors urged the change while a technology trade group recommended targeted liability and knowledge standards.
House Judiciary Committee members heard testimony on House Bill 5 on Tuesday, a bill that would update Maryland's criminal code so that "child sexual abuse material" explicitly covers computer-generated and artificial-intelligence content that depicts sexual abuse of children.
Proponents told the committee that the state's current language leaves a gap for modern, computer-generated images. "This is a modernization of our language that sends a clear message," said Lisa Jordan, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, praising the sponsor and the change to the term "child sexual abuse materials." Joyce King, chief…
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