Section 6-5-840 - Civil Liability for Certain Criminal Acts

(a) An individual who commits any of the following crimes is civilly liable to the individual depicted in the relevant image:(1) Distributing a private image, pursuant to Section 13A-6-240.(2) Dissemination, distribution, or public display of child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191.(3) Advertising, promoting, presenting, or soliciting child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191. (4) Possession of child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-192.(5) Possession with intent to distribute child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-192.(6) Permitting or allowing a child, ward, or dependent to engage in production of child sexual abuse material as a parent or guardian, pursuant to Section 13A-12-196.(7) Production of child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-197.(b) No civil action may be brought pursuant to this section for actions taken to prevent, detect, protect against, report, or respond to the production, generation, incorporation, or synthesization through artificial intelligence of child sexual abuse material. (Act 2024-98, §5.)