Time: 16.00 - 17.00  (Geneva, CEST)

Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including sexualized deepfakes, has become one of the most acute and rapidly escalating harms enabled by generative AI. The technology to create such images is now widely accessible, while legal frameworks in most countries have not kept pace. The harm falls disproportionately on women and girls and carries severe consequences for victims, including psychological trauma and a chilling effect on women’s public participation.

NCII is an issue that demands urgent legislative attention, as existing laws in most countries were not written with AI-generated content in mind and leave gaps in protection for victims. It is also one that is rising fast on parliamentary agendas worldwide, raising questions about how legislatures can exercise their lawmaking and oversight functions to keep pace with rapidly advancing technology.

This webinar will draw on an upcoming IPU issue brief on this topic. The session will bring together parliamentarians and experts in the field to examine the following key questions:

• What does effective legislation look like, and where do current laws fail to account for AI-generated content?

• How can parliaments review and strengthen existing frameworks on privacy, data protection and online safety to close the gaps?

• What obligations should fall on platforms for detection, removal and redress?

• How are parliamentary committees building the expertise and cross-departmental coordination needed to legislate on a fast-moving technology?

This webinar is relevant for: 

• Parliamentarians working on legislation related to digital harms, gender-based violence or online safety

• Parliamentary staff and researchers working on AI policy, gender equality or human rights

• Parliamentarians and staff from all regions interested in how peers are legislating on emerging AI-facilitated harms

Speaker: Ms. Lena Gumnior, Member of the Bundestag, Germany

Language(s): English, French, Spanish, Arabic

The video recording will be published on the IPU’s Artificial Intelligence YouTube channel.

Parliamentary action on AI webinar series

The event is part of the IPU’s Parliamentary action on AI webinar series in follow-up to the IPU resolution The impact of artificial intelligence on democracy, human rights and the rule of law (149th Assembly, Geneva, October 2024) and the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Parliaments and responsible AI (Artificial Intelligence Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2025). The entry point to the IPU’s work on artificial intelligence is www.ipu.org/AI.