Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill
Member's bill
About this bill
This bill amends the Crimes Act 1961 and the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 to expand the definition of an "intimate visual recording" to explicitly include images created, synthesised, or altered to show a person’s likeness produced without consent.
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Bill text: Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Member responsible
Progress
In progress
This Bill was introduced on 22 October 2025 and is awaiting its first reading.
Votes
1st reading
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(3 November 2025 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)