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Utah Legislature adopted Digital Voyeurism Prevention Bill

On 12 March 2026, the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Bill was adopted following the House’s concurrence with Senate amendments. The Bill prohibits generation services from distributing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated intimate images, defined by reference to the federal Take It Down Act, without first obtaining the depicted individual’s express consent, and requires that consent records be maintained for a minimum of seven years. Covered platforms must establish notice-and-takedown procedures compliant with the Take It Down Act, removing flagged content within 48 hours of notification and making reasonable efforts to identify and remove identical copies. Both generation services and covered platforms may claim safe harbour from civil liability by demonstrating that they have implemented compliant written policies, reasonable technical safeguards, and good-faith responses to notices of non-consensual content.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2026-01-20
under deliberation

On 20 January 2026, the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Bill was introduced to the House of Representa…

2026-03-05
adopted

On 12 March 2026, the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Bill was adopted following the House’s concurren…

2026-03-24
adopted

On 24 March 2026, the Governor signed the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act. The Act prohibits gener…

2027-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2027, the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act enters into force. The Act prohibits genera…