This update to CP law is unconstitutional, as it covers fictitious material without either an obscenity requirement or an affirmative defense (like in federal law) allowing defendants to show the images are either of adults appearing younger or of fictitious minors.
Here is the law: https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB1621/id/3223032
Just want to clarify that this is limited to photorealistic depictions since a lot of people went crazy before on twitter.
“Depiction of a computer-generated child” means,
with respect to an image of a child contained in visual material, a
depiction:
[…]
that to a reasonable person is virtually indistinguishable from an actual child younger than 18 years of age.
It still needs either an obscenity requirement or an affirmative defense per Ashcroft. It currently does not have those.
This bill has been signed into law. Just an update.
Also, the new obscenity bill including cartoons got signed as well.
For AI-generated images or for all of them?