Denmark's Supreme Court rules AI-generated child sexual abuse material can carry a prison sentence
What happened
On October 16, 2026, Denmark's Supreme Court ruled in the case of a 31-year-old man, upholding his 18-month prison sentence with no suspended term. He was convicted for possessing and distributing tens of thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images. The court made clear that even AI-generated images of minors with no real person as their basis fall under Denmark's Criminal Code, and that sentencing does not consider whether the people depicted are fictional. This is the latest development in the case; earlier reports provided no further details.
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丹麦最高法院维持对一名31岁男子的18个月监禁判决，该男子因持有并传播数万张AI生成的儿童色情图像获刑，且不适用缓刑。法院裁定，即使AI生成的未成年人色情图像没有真实人物原型，也同样受丹麦《刑法》约束，量刑时不考虑图像中人物是否虚构。
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