Alaska House passes bill banning AI child sexual imagery and limiting youth social media
Feb 28th 2026
The Alaska House unanimously passed a bill updating child sexual abuse law to include AI-generated images and added wide social media limits for minors, including parental control, advertising bans, and a 10:30 p.m. curfew, as the measure heads to the Senate.
- House Bill 47 was passed unanimously to criminalize AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
- Amendments make creating synthetic sexual images of real people a crime and make deepfake harassment a misdemeanor.
- The bill would require parental permission to open social accounts and give parents full access to their children’s accounts with a default 10:30 p.m. social media curfew for minors.
- Platforms would be barred from advertising to minors, from using identity-based recommendation algorithms for minors, and from offering specified "addictive features."
- One amendment would allow $1 million liability per occurrence for AI companies whose systems are used to create child sexual abuse material.
- Lawmakers from both parties supported the bill but voiced concerns about First Amendment limits, privacy, technical enforcement, and age verification.
- The bill now moves to the Alaska Senate where it is likely to be revised and face legal scrutiny.