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Delaware digital reality posture profile

Public-source posture estimateNot legal adviceState reviewed2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026

This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Delaware, 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

Reactive-leaning posture with narrow tracked coverage.

Based on six tracked topics and public disclosures.

Low confidence6 tracked topics

Strongest driver

Deepfakes

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Weakest driver

AI Transparency

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Posture meter

Lean and breadth across six tracked topics. Not a quality or political score.

Reactive-leaning
ReactiveMixedProactive

Lean

Reactive-leaning

Breadth

Narrow tracked coverage

State/topic detailDelaware

Delaware Synthetic Explicit Content law summary

Specific rule in effect.

Based on direct statute tracking.

Based on public records, Delaware has a law that specifically reaches sexually explicit deepfakes. House Bill 353, signed October 9, 2024, amended Delaware's privacy statute (11 Del. C. Section 1335) to cover "synthetic media" — images created or manipulated with generative AI or other digital technology to look real — making it a crime to share intimate or sexual deepfakes of a real person without consent, and elevating an adult's creation of synthetic sexual imagery of a minor to a felony. Separately, Delaware's longstanding child sexual abuse material laws (11 Del. C. Sections 1108-1111) already reach depictions "created, adapted, modified or edited" to appear that a child is engaged in a sexual act, and the definition of "visual depiction" expressly includes a "computer-generated image or picture."

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

  • Delaware enacted a dedicated synthetic-media statute — HB 353 (152nd General Assembly), effective on the Governor's signature 10/9/2024 — amending 11 Del. C. Section 1335 and defining "deep fake"/"synthetic media" created or manipulated with "generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology," reaching non-consensual intimate deepfakes of real people and synthetic sexual imagery of minors. Because a specific AI/deepfake rule is in effect, the posture is SPECIFIC_RULE_IN_EFFECT; it is reinforced by pre-existing CSAM statutes (Sections 1108-1111) that reach edited and computer-generated depictions.

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

3

  • Delaware Code, Title 11, Chapter 5, Subchapter V (child sexual abuse material)

    Official text

    Citation: WebFetched the official Delaware Code subchapter; confirms CSAM offenses reach edited and computer-generated depictions.

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

  • Delaware General Assembly — HB 353 (152nd GA) Bill Detail

    Official text

    Citation: WebFetched the official bill-detail page; confirms HB 353 signed by the Governor on 10/9/2024 amending Titles 10 and 11 relating to deep fakes.

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

  • Delaware General Assembly — HB 353 Full Text (official document)

    Official text

    Citation: WebFetched the official full-text document; confirms the synthetic-media definitions and the amendment of 11 Del. C. Section 1335.

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

Context / secondary sources

1

  • Delaware Senate Democrats — press release on deepfake/AI bills

    Discovery lead
    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open 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

  • Delaware Code, Title 11, Chapter 5, Subchapter V (child sexual abuse material)

  • Delaware General Assembly — HB 353 (152nd GA) Bill Detail

  • Delaware General Assembly — HB 353 Full Text (official document)

  • Delaware Senate Democrats — press release on deepfake/AI bills

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DeepfakesAI TransparencyYouth & Social MediaSynthetic Explicit ContentPrediction MarketsAI Companions

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DeepfakesAI ImpersonationAI TransparencyYouth & Social MediaSynthetic Explicit ContentPrivacy, Biometric, or AIPrediction MarketsAI Companions

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