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Ireland’s government will not oppose Labour bill on AI sexual abuse images

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Source: RTÉ News

Labour’s Alan Kelly introduced a Bill that would amend the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act to cover AI-generated sexual abuse images. The Government will not oppose the Bill after Cabinet approval this week, Minister of State Colm Brophy told the Dáil, saying its aims align with the Government’s zero-tolerance approach to domestic sexual and gender-based violence. Kelly said the Bill would criminalise generating such images without consent for publication or distribution, and would hold social media executives criminally liable for harmful content.

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If the Bill is enacted, generating such images without consent for publication would be an offence, as would encouraging or knowingly facilitating that generation.

When
5 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0745
Where
Ireland
Who
Labour Party, Irish Government; Alan Kelly, Colm Brophy

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WTA-N-2026-0745: “Ireland’s government will not oppose Labour bill on AI sexual abuse images.” wheresthe.ai, 5 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/ie-ireland-s-government-will-not-oppose-labour-bill-on-ai-se-2026-11/ (source: RTÉ News).

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