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DeWine asks legislature to criminalize AI-made child sexual content and to hold tech firms accountable

Joint Convention of the Ohio General Assembly · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Gov. Mike DeWine urged lawmakers to pass bills that would ban possession, creation and distribution of child sexual content generated by artificial intelligence, give prosecutors enforcement tools, and require default parental controls by device makers and platforms.

In remarks to a joint convention, Gov. Mike DeWine urged the Ohio General Assembly to pass a package of bills aimed at protecting children from harms linked to artificial intelligence and social media.

DeWine asked legislators to "pass legislation to make it illegal in the state of Ohio to possess, create, or distribute child *********** that is created by artificial intelligence," explicitly referencing a bill sponsored by…

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