Arkansas digital reality posture profile
This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Arkansas, showing where public legislative coverage currently looks more proactive, more reactive, broader, or thinner. It is a structural posture signal based on public disclosures, not a political or legal grade.
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Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.
Overall state posture signal
Mixed posture with narrow tracked coverage.
Based on six tracked topics and public disclosures.
Posture meter
Lean and breadth across six tracked topics. Not a quality or political score.
Lean
Mixed posture
Breadth
Narrow tracked coverage
Arkansas Synthetic Explicit Content law summary
Based on direct statute tracking.
Arkansas makes it a crime to create or share sexually explicit "deepfake" images of a real person without their consent, and it treats AI- or computer-generated child sexual abuse material the same as the real thing. The deepfake law (HB 1529, Act 827, signed April 17, 2025) covers digitally manipulated photos or videos that falsely depict a person and "appear authentic to a reasonable person," carrying a Class A misdemeanor that rises to a Class D felony for repeat offenses, plus a civil claim for the person depicted. A companion law (HB 1877, Act 977, signed April 22, 2025) extends the state's child-exploitation statutes to "computer-generated visual or print media that is indistinguishable from the image of a real child." Based on public records, both laws are enacted and in effect as of 2026.
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Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.
Why this status
Based on direct statute tracking.
What this means
- Arkansas has two enacted 2025 statutes that by their text reach both non-consensual sexual deepfakes of real people (Act 827) and computer-generated/"indistinguishable" child sexual abuse material (Act 977).
What to do next
- Read the cited statute or bill text linked below to confirm the specifics for your state.
Citation-grade sources
Official sources
3Arkansas Act 827 of 2025 (HB 1529) — enrolled full text (arkleg)
Official textCitation: HB 1529 enacted as Act 827, signed 2025-04-17, creating the offense of unlawful distribution of deepfake visual material of a sexual nature.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceArkansas Act 977 of 2025 (HB 1877) — enrolled full text (arkleg)
Official textCitation: HB 1877 enacted as Act 977, signed 2025-04-22, amending CSAM statutes to reach computer-generated images indistinguishable from a real child.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceArkansas Legislature — HB 1529 bill status page (2025R)
Official textCitation: Official HB 1529 status page, 2025 Regular Session, titled 'AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL OF A SEXUAL NATURE'.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open source
Context / secondary sources
2Digital Policy Alert — Arkansas HB 1529 / Act 827 entry
Discovery leadObserved: 2026-07-07Open sourceRecording Law — Arkansas AI Laws (2026) tracker
Discovery leadObserved: 2026-07-07Open source
Provenance
Source basis
Official/public links curated
Confidence
High confidence
Review scope
Review centered on currently tracked state-level law
Last reviewed
2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026
References
Arkansas Act 827 of 2025 (HB 1529) — enrolled full text (arkleg)
Arkansas Act 977 of 2025 (HB 1877) — enrolled full text (arkleg)
Arkansas Legislature — HB 1529 bill status page (2025R)
Digital Policy Alert — Arkansas HB 1529 / Act 827 entry
Recording Law — Arkansas AI Laws (2026) tracker
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