Obtaining AI-made child porn a crime, ministry saysBy Lin Chih-yi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with writerThe Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday said that making or obtaining artificial intelligence (AI)-generated explicit images of children is a crime punishable by a jail sentence, after activists urged the government to regulate such content. Ministry of Health and Welfare Department of Protective Services Director Kuo Tsai-jung (郭彩榕) said the ministry has not received complaints about AI-generated child porn, but would exercise greater vigilance on the matter. Creating, reproducing, distributing or possessing AI-generated child porn is an offense punishable by a prison sentence under 2023 amendments to the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例), she said. The definition of child porn is any sexual visual or audio content featuring a minor, including deepfakes or drawings, she said. The ministry would conduct internal deliberations to decide whether new regulations are necessary to deal with the use of generative AI platforms in making child porn, she said.

Source: Taipei Times February 10, 2026 17:21 UTC