Output side — a tight four-part regime · Updated 2026-04-26
Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2025
Core Point
Criminalises AI-generated intimate imagery and child sexual exploitation material — production, possession and distribution are all prosecutable.
Detailed Note
The 2025 Criminal Law amendments expressly bring AI-generated intimate imagery (nudity, sexual imagery) and child sexual exploitation material into the criminal code. Notable innovations: (1) even where the "person" in the image is fictitious (AI-generated rather than a real individual), the offence still applies if the depicted person appears to be a minor; (2) production, possession and distribution all constitute offences; (3) aggravated penalties apply to deepfake intimate imagery targeting identifiable individuals. The amendment closes the legal gap for the new category of "AI-generated non-existent persons".
Position in the Legal Framework
Permissive on training does not mean permissive on output. Deepfakes, AI-generated intimate imagery, AI-generated disinformation and election manipulation are all governed by a tight four-part legislative package — Singapore's policy hedge against "AI freedom" being abused.
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