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Senate approves bill extending child-exploitation provisions to AI-generated sexually explicit images of minors
Summary
The Utah Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 238 on the final day after sponsor testimony that artificially generated explicit images of children often derive from or aggregate real victims and should be treated as child exploitation. The bill passed under suspension of the rules (23–0, 6 absent).
On Feb. 29, 2024, the Utah State Senate approved First Substitute House Bill 238, a measure that extends child-exploitation protections to include certain artificially generated images depicting minors in sexually explicit contexts.
Sponsor testimony emphasized the harms posed by some AI-generated images and argued that such material frequently…
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