Law / United States / Washington
Disclosing fabricated intimate images
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In force since 6 June 2024.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly disclose a fabricated intimate image, one created or altered by digitization, including through artificial intelligence, of an identifiable person if you know or should know the person has not consented and that disclosure would cause harm.
- Lacking knowledge that the image was digitized, or the depicted person's consent to the image's creation, is not a defense to disclosing it without their consent to the disclosure.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Disclosing fabricated intimate images is a gross misdemeanor on a first offense and a class C felony where the defendant has a prior conviction under this section or RCW 9A.86.010.
What this law does
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A person commits the crime of disclosing fabricated intimate images by knowingly disclosing a fabricated intimate image, one created or altered by digitization, including through artificial intelligence, to depict intimate body parts or sexual activity that did not actually occur, of another identifiable person, knowing or having reason to know the depicted person has not consented and that disclosure would cause harm.
It is not a defense that the discloser lacked knowledge the image had been digitized or that the depicted person consented to the image's creation or alteration. The offense is a gross misdemeanor on a first offense and a class C felony on a repeat offense, and the statute carves out public-interest disclosures and ordinary interactive-service-provider conduct.
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Read the law
official text, Washington State Legislature (app.leg.wa.gov)