Pennsylvania digital reality posture profile
This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Pennsylvania, 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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Overall state posture signal
Reactive-leaning 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.
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Reactive-leaning
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Narrow tracked coverage
Pennsylvania Synthetic Explicit Content law summary
Based on direct statute tracking.
In Pennsylvania it is a crime to create, possess, or share AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Act 125 of 2024 amended the state's child-sexual-abuse statute (18 Pa.C.S. § 6312) to expressly reach "artificially generated" material — content produced with "artificial intelligence or photo editing software" that appears to authentically depict a minor in a sexual act that "did not occur in reality." The same act updated the intimate-image law (18 Pa.C.S. § 3131) so that an AI-generated sexual depiction of a real person, shared with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm, is also covered. Both provisions took effect October 29, 2024, and, based on public records, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office has already brought felony charges under the AI-CSAM provision.
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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
- Act 125 of 2024 amended 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6312 and 3131 to expressly criminalize artificially generated (AI/photo-editing) CSAM and AI-generated sexual depictions of a real person, and the provisions are effective and being enforced.
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
218 Pa.C.S. § 6312 — Sexual abuse of children (artificially generated CSAM definition)
Official textCitation: Codified 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312 defines 'artificially generated child sexual abuse material' as material substantially dependent on artificial intelligence or photo editing software depicting an act that 'did not occur in reality'; § 6312(c)/(d) criminalize dissemination/possession; 2024 (Act 125) amendment.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open sourceCommonwealth of Pennsylvania (Dept. of Education) — Act 125 and Deep Fakes
Official textCitation: Official Commonwealth page states Act 125 (signed October 2024) amended 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 3131 and 6312 to cover AI generated child sexual abuse material and AI generated sexual depiction of an individual disseminated with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm.
Observed: 2026-07-07Open source
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Confidence
High confidence
Review scope
Review centered on currently tracked state-level law
Last reviewed
2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026
References
18 Pa.C.S. § 6312 — Sexual abuse of children (artificially generated CSAM definition)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Dept. of Education) — Act 125 and Deep Fakes
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