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Italy adopts a national AI law with a deepfake offence and a €1bn fund
See how this story connectsLaw No. 132 of 23 September 2025, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale (No. 223) on 25 September, makes AgID and the National Cybersecurity Agency Italy’s AI authorities, creates a crime of unlawfully spreading deepfakes punishable by one to five years in prison, protects AI-assisted works that reflect human input, and backs a €1 billion fund run by CDP Venture Capital. It took effect on 10 October 2025.
Why it matters
Italy now has a national AI law alongside the EU AI Act, and people who unlawfully spread harmful deepfakes there face one to five years in prison.
- When
- 23 Sep 2025
- ID
WTA-N-2025-0171- Where
- Italy, European Union
- Who
- Italian Parliament, AgID, Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale, CDP Venture Capital
- Rules involved
- Italian AI Law Italy, In force
- EU AI Act European Union, Partly in force
Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Gazzetta Ufficiale. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.
Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.
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Cite this story
WTA-N-2025-0171: “Italy adopts a national AI law with a deepfake offence and a €1bn fund.” wheresthe.ai, 23 Sep 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/it-ai-law-132-2025-2025-09/ (source: Gazzetta Ufficiale).
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