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Parents and victim testify for AI-image penalties; ACLU warns bill risks First Amendment overbreadth
Summary
Senate Bill 136 would add AI-generated sexual images to Rhode Island’s revenge-privacy statute; a father and victims testified in support while the ACLU urged caution over free-speech implications. The committee held the bill for further study.
Senate Bill 136, introduced to extend Rhode Island’s revenge-porn statute to cover images produced by artificial intelligence, was the subject of emotional testimony March 25 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sponsor Senator Morgan framed the bill as updating existing criminal law to reflect technological advances. Justin Hoffman, whose daughter’s face was placed onto AI-generated sexual images by classmates, told the…
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