Law / United States / Arkansas
Act 827 of 2025 (HB 1529), Unlawful Creation or Distribution of Deepfake Visual Material
Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-14-139, 16-118-119
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In force.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly create or distribute, without the depicted person's consent, an AI-generated or AI-modified visual depiction that an ordinary person would conclude shows an identifiable person nude or engaged in sexual conduct.
- If you provide or develop prompt-based image-generation technology, put reasonable safeguards in place against its use to generate this kind of deepfake visual material; without them, the Attorney General may sue you directly over material it was used to create.
- A person injured by a violation may sue you directly, whether you created the deepfake or provided or developed the image-generation technology used to create it, for actual, compensatory, or punitive damages, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, and costs.
- This offense does not reach a provider of, or an affiliate of a provider of, a telecommunication service, information service, or cable service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153, for content provided by another person.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionYes
Criminal exposure note
Unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class D felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Arkansas prosecuting attorneys and the Arkansas Attorney General
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Act 827 creates the offense of unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material: without the depicted person's consent, knowingly creating or distributing an AI-generated or AI-modified visual depiction that an ordinary person would conclude shows an identifiable person nude or engaged in sexual conduct. A first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class D felony.
The Act separately creates a civil cause of action: a person injured by a violation may sue whoever created the deepfake or the provider or developer of the image-generation technology used to create it, and the Attorney General may separately sue a provider or developer of prompt-based image-generation technology used to create the material if that provider or developer lacked reasonable safeguards against generating it.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-139(d) exempts a provider of, or an affiliate of a provider of, a telecommunication service, information service, or cable service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153, for content provided by another person. Approved April 17, 2025.
When LexLint raises it
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