Sexual act
Acts involving sexual contact or lewd exhibition.
How the laws define this
Regulators evaluating nonconsensual synthetic media agree that sexual penetration forms a core component of a covered sexual act. Both sources apply this concept to determine whether visual media—specifically deepfakes or explicit synthetic media—contains restricted sexual conduct. The main divergence lies in how each source categorizes non-penetrative or specific bodily conduct. Minnesota HF 1370 - Deepfake Criminal and Civil Liability (Minn. Stat. § 609.771) frames the concept around general physical or visual categories, capturing the touching of intimate parts in a sexual manner or any lewd exhibition of those intimate parts. In contrast, the provision that amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosing explicit synthetic media uses a broadly defined, highly specific itemized list. This second provision explicitly incorporates masturbation, genital, anal, or oral sex, sexual penetration with an object, and the transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of the depicted person's body.
Synthesised from the 2 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.
Definitions (2)
Any act which involves sexual penetration, the touching of intimate parts in a sexual manner, or any lewd exhibition of the intimate parts, as used to determine whether a deepfake depicts sexual conduct covered by the statute.
Broadly defined to encompass a range of activities, including masturbation, genital, anal, or oral sex, sexual penetration with an object, or the transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of the depicted person's body.
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