EU Advances Ban on AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Images

Europe has taken its first legislative step toward banning AI-generated child sexual abuse images. This action marks a shift in how AI content is regulated. The new rules, once implemented, will affect every EU member state.

In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, former mayor Chad Alan-Carr, 48, is charged with felony counts of sexual abuse of children and criminal solicitation to commit sexual abuse of children. He also faces a misdemeanor count of corruption of minors, according to Adams County District Attorney Brian Sinnett. Carr allegedly groomed a boy, soliciting "inappropriate material" from him between 2011 and 2013. Sinnett stated that Carr had allegedly groomed this individual from a time even before they were 16 years old. Carr is being held on $100,000 bail and his next court appearance is scheduled for March 20.

Korey LaVergne, a 37-year-old Roman Catholic priest in the Lafayette diocese in Louisiana, has been formally charged with three counts of felony indecent behavior with a juvenile. A bill of information from the district attorney for Acadia parish alleges LaVergne committed lewd acts upon a 15-year-old with the intention of arousing or gratifying sexual desires on or around January 1, 2024. LaVergne’s attorneys filed a document stating that he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

LaVergne faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines for each count. In Louisiana, indecent behavior with a juvenile is defined as any lewd or lascivious act in the presence of a child under 17. A pretrial hearing in LaVergne's case is tentatively scheduled for June 12.