{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0009-001",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0009-001",
  "provision": "Article 5(1)(ba)",
  "applies_to": [
   "Providers",
   "Deployers"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not place on the market, put into service or use AI that generates or manipulates realistic intimate or sexually explicit images, video or audio of an identifiable person without their explicit consent.",
  "type": "Prohibited uses",
  "status": "applies later",
  "applies_from": "2026-12-02",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-EU-0009-001/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0009",
   "id": "eu-digital-omnibus-ai-2026-1744",
   "title": "Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2023/1230 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)",
   "jurisdiction": "EU",
   "jurisdiction_name": "European Union",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/eu-digital-omnibus-ai-2026-1744/"
  },
  "penalty": "Up to EUR 35m or 7% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (Art. 99(3)); for SMEs, whichever is lower (Art. 99(6)).",
  "scope_note": "Art. 5(1a): providers are caught only where such generation is the intended purpose, or is a reasonably foreseeable and reproducible outcome without adequate safeguards; deployers only where they use the system for that purpose. Art. 5(1b): edits that do not increase exposure of intimate parts or alter depicted sexual activity are not manipulation.",
  "date_note": "New prohibition inserted by Digital Omnibus Art. 1(7)(a). Applies from 2 Dec 2026 under Art. 113, third paragraph, point (a) as replaced by Omnibus Art. 1(40)(a). Omnibus Reg. (EU) 2026/1744 entered into force 27 Jul 2026.",
  "source_url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601744#art_1",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-EU-0009-001: Article 5(1)(ba), Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2023/1230 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-EU-0009-001/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}