19-02-2025
Nevada may expand revenge porn law to cover AI
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A proposal at the Nevada Legislature would amend the state's revenge porn law to include computer-generated images.
Under current state law, sharing an intimate image of another person without their consent — commonly referred to as revenge porn — constitutes a Category D felony. The tier carries a potential prison sentence of 1-4 years and a fine.
The proposal from State Sens. Carrie Buck, John Ellison, Lisa Krasner, Jeff Stone and John Steinbeck, adds 'certain photorealistic images, digital images, electronic images, computer images, computer-generated images and other pictorial representations' to the statute. All five sponsors are Republicans.
The state senators also want to expand the existing law to include the sharing of an image 'created in a way that would lead a reasonable person to believe it is an actual depiction of the person depicted.'
The proposal did not have a scheduled hearing as of Tuesday.
Nevada lawmakers passed the so-called revenge porn law in 2015, making it a crime 'to harass, harm or terrorize another person' when '[that] person electronically disseminates or sells an intimate image, which depicts the other person' without their consent.
The 8 News Now Investigators have reported how those charged with the felony often have their cases lowered to lesser crimes with lesser consequences.
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