{"id":2532,"date":"2024-12-26T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2024-12-26T08:57:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:57:21","slug":"illinois-ag-raoul-highlights-new-laws-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2532-illinois-ag-raoul-highlights-new-laws-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois AG Raoul Highlights New Laws for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL)<\/p>\n

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has highlighted four new laws initiated by his office that will go into effect Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy office has continued to work with the General Assembly to develop legislation to protect children, increase access to state services and advocate for the rights of workers and marginalized communities,\u201d Raoul said. \u201cI look forward to our continued collaboration with law enforcement, legislators and various stakeholders to enact policies that protect residents and communities around Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n

House Bill 4623 builds on the work being done by Attorney General Raoul\u2019s office to crack down on child sexual abuse images throughout Illinois by prohibiting the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to create child sexual abuse images that either involve real children or obscene imagery.<\/p>\n

Raoul introduced the legislation, which was sponsored in the General Assembly by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen and Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz. Experts from the Attorney General\u2019s office testified before legislative committees to explain technological advances that have enabled the creation of realistic, computer-generated images and videos of children, and to highlight the ways in which AI-generated child sexual abuse images are harmful. When AI technology uses images of real children to generate child sexual abuse images, the children who are depicted experience real reputational, emotional and privacy injuries. However, even when the technology does not use images of real children, the resulting child sexual abuse images nonetheless perpetuate abusive and predatory behavior.<\/p>\n

Raoul\u2019s office, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, runs the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force <\/a>that investigates child exploitation crimes and trains law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

House Bill 5371, sponsored by Sen. Laura Fine and Rep. Ann Williams, will enhance civil rights protections for people in Illinois and provide important clarifications to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). The new law, which is the result of collaborative efforts by the Attorney General\u2019s office and the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), specifically will:<\/p>\n