Civil Action and Platform Takedown Duty for Synthetically Created Intimate Images

2026 Conn. Pub. Acts 26-55 (Sub. H.B. 5312, 2026 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess.)

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In force in 15 days, effective 1 October 2026.

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

This duty takes effect October 1, 2026.
If you knowingly disseminate a synthetically created intimate image intending to cause harm, an individual you harmed may sue you within two years of discovering the dissemination for an injunction and for damages, including punitive damages, plus costs and attorneys' fees.
If you operate a covered platform under 47 U.S.C. Sec. 223a, set up a process letting a harmed individual or the Attorney General notify you of such an image and request its removal.
Post a clear and conspicuous notice describing that removal process in plain language.
On receiving a valid removal request, remove the image and make reasonable efforts to remove copies within forty-eight hours.
Removing an image in good faith under this process shields you from liability for that removal.

What this law does

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Signed May 26, 2026 and taking effect October 1, 2026.

An individual harmed by the unlawful dissemination of a synthetically created intimate image, defined the same way as in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 53a-189d, may bring a civil action for an injunction and for economic, emotional-distress, and punitive damages against a person who knowingly disseminated the image intending to cause harm, within two years of discovering the dissemination, with costs and attorneys' fees available to the prevailing party.

Separately, a covered platform under 47 U.S.C. Sec. 223a must set up a notice-and-removal process for a harmed individual or the Attorney General to report such an image, post a clear and conspicuous notice describing that process, and, within forty-eight hours of a valid request, remove the image and make reasonable efforts to remove copies, with good-faith removal shielded from liability.

A platform that violates the removal duty is subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five thousand dollars per day, sought by the Attorney General in Superior Court, in addition to the harmed individual's own private right of action.

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