United States of America: House of Representatives passed Bill to expand criminal offences related to child sexual abuse material (HB 1877)

On 7 April 2025, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed a Bill to expand criminal offences related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as part of amendments to the Arkansas Protection of Children Against Exploitation Act of 1979 (HB 1877). In particular, the Bill would prohibit the possession of computer-generated visual or print media that is indistinguishable from the image of a real child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. It introduces statutory definitions for “computer generated,” “indistinguishable,” and “adversarial testing” and includes exemptions for materials viewed during lawful law enforcement investigations or AI safety evaluations conducted in good faith by interactive computer services. The Bill will now be considered by the Arkansas Senate.