Connecticut digital reality posture profile
This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Connecticut, 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.
Educational summary only
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
Connecticut Synthetic Explicit Content law summary
Based on direct statute tracking.
In Connecticut, sharing a sexually explicit deepfake or AI-made image of a real, identifiable person without consent is a crime as of October 1, 2025. Public Act 25-168 (Section 261) added Conn. Gen. Stat. section 53a-189d, which reaches images "not wholly recorded by a camera" or "partially or wholly generated by a computer system" that are "virtually indistinguishable" from an actual person. Penalties scale from a misdemeanor to a class D felony based on how widely the image is spread. In 2026 the state added civil remedies (Public Act 26-55) letting the Attorney General and victims sue over synthetic intimate images and AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Educational summary only
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
- An enacted, in-effect statute (Conn. Gen. Stat. section 53a-189d, from P.A. 25-168 section 261, effective 10/1/2025) specifically criminalizes non-consensual synthetic and computer-generated intimate images that are virtually indistinguishable from a real identifiable person, which is a dedicated deepfake rule rather than a general provision.
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
2Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-189d (2026 Supp., Chapter 952) — Unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image
Official textCitation: Fetched the CGA 2026 supplement chapter 952; section 53a-189d is present with the synthetic-image definition and a P.A. 25-168 §261 enactment note.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceCT Attorney General — Legislation Strengthening Enforcement Against Deepfake Digital Sexual Assault
Official textCitation: Fetched; AG Tong describes the 2015 intimate-image law and confirms the later expansion to digitally created images plus 2026 civil remedies (HB 5312 / P.A. 26-55).
Observed: 2026-07-07Open source
Context / secondary sources
1CT Mirror — CT bill would make circulating AI-created intimate images a crime (SB 1440)
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
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-189d (2026 Supp., Chapter 952) — Unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image
CT Attorney General — Legislation Strengthening Enforcement Against Deepfake Digital Sexual Assault
CT Mirror — CT bill would make circulating AI-created intimate images a crime (SB 1440)
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