Artificial Intelligence Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): A Legal View
- IJLLR Journal
- Oct 2
- 1 min read
Parth Malhotra, LL.M., Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
ABSTRACT
There has been a revolution in digital content creation, and AI has also intensified the development of AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), a type of exploitation that is not based on the actual abuse of children but perpetuates it, endorses deviant behaviour, and indirectly leads to the harm experienced by the real world. In this paper, the critical analysis of the legal, procedural, and ethical gaps in dealing with AI-generated CSAM is presented with a particular focus on Indian law and some parallels to the international law. The research highlights the weaknesses of the existing frameworks and the urgent necessity to reform with the help of judicial analyses and international views. The paper promotes the clear legislative guidelines that criminalize the AI-created CSAM, empowered cyber forensic capacities, law enforcement preparatory and co-ordinated global legal adjustment. The paper suggests a holistic approach to the fight against synthetic child sexual exploitation, which would help to preserve the legal system at the ability to protect children in the ever-changing digital environment.
Keywords: CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sexual Abuse, Child
