Establishes the Crime of Aggravated Harassment by Electronic or Digital Communication and Provides a Private Right of Action for Unlawful Dissemination of Deepfakes
New York · A 6293, New York Legislature, 2025-2026 Session
Assembly companion to S 6278. Would create the new crime of aggravated harassment via deepfake dissemination and establish a private right of action for victims. Addresses digitally altered images incorporating a person's face or identifiable body part onto pornographic, lewd, or violently graphic content distributed without consent.
Technical detail
Assembly companion to S 6278; creates Class A misdemeanor for deepfake-based aggravated harassment; private civil cause of action for victims of unlawful deepfake dissemination.
Who is protected: Individuals whose likeness is non-consensually used in sexually explicit or violent deepfakes
Who must comply: Individuals who create or disseminate non-consensual intimate or violent deepfakes
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | New York |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Status | Proposed / pending |
| Protection strength | Proposed or pending |
| Citation | A 6293, New York Legislature, 2025-2026 Session |
| Enforced by | New York courts; district attorneys |
| Private right of action | Yes — individuals can sue |
| Penalties | Class 1 misdemeanor; civil damages up to $10,000 per incident |
| Topics | non-consensual intimate imagery · deepfakes · AI-generated images |
| Last verified | 2026-06-11 |
| Official source | NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A6293 ↗ |
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- NY Hochul EO — Statewide Data Center Moratorium (2026) · In effect
- NY Responsible Data Center Development Act (passed, awaiting Governor) · Proposed / pending
- New York Deepfake Harassment and NCII Civil Action Act · Proposed / pending
- NY AI Professional Impersonation Liability Bill · Proposed / pending
- NY AV testing pilot · In effect
Related non-consensual intimate imagery rules elsewhere
- TAKE IT DOWN Act · In effect
- DEFIANCE Act (deepfake-porn civil suits) · Proposed / pending
- NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn) · In effect
- VA HB 2678 (2019, first deepfake-NCII criminal law) · In effect
- Missouri Deepfake & Digital Media Protection Act · Proposed / pending
- Missouri Taylor Swift Act (SB 1117) · Expired
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