The European Council moved on March 13, 2026. According to The Record, the Council released its proposal for amending the EU AI Act, adding a new provision “prohibiting AI practices regarding the generation of non-consensual […]”, the excerpt confirms the language up to that point, with the full provision covering sexual and intimate content and child sexual abuse material, as the Wire reported.
The Council’s proposal also adds “tougher standards for processing some categories of personal data,” The Record confirmed.
Both major EU institutions now have versions of a nudification prohibition on the table. According to The Record, the European Parliament had previously approved a similar ban in its own proposal. That institutional alignment matters procedurally: when Council and Parliament both back a measure, reconciliation in the final text becomes more likely, though the specific scope and language of the two versions may still differ.
The Council’s action reportedly follows growing concern about AI-generated explicit imagery on platforms. A reported EU investigation into platform X’s AI tool in connection with AI-generated explicit deepfakes has been cited as context, though that investigation has not been confirmed from The Record’s available reporting and should be treated as reported background, not established fact.
For GPAI system providers and social platforms: a prohibition covering non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery is moving toward the EU’s final AI Act text from both institutional directions. The scope of what gets prohibited, and how enforcement will work, will be determined by the reconciliation process ahead.