Maine
Legislation
Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery
EnactedCriminal penalties for dissemination of synthetic intimate imagery.
Election Deepfakes
EnactedNewly enacted March 2026
Has enacted deepfake NCII law but criminal only.
Documented Incidents
Undisclosed location, Maine (children's soccer game)
OtherSeptember 15, 2025
Multiple children photographed at a soccer game
A man attended a children's soccer game, photographed children playing, then used AI tools to transform those clothed photos into sexually explicit images. Police know his identity but could not charge him because AI-generated sexually explicit imagery of children was not criminalized under Maine law.
Outcome: No arrest or charges due to legal gap. Case became catalyst for LD 524 (2026) to expand CSAM definition to include AI-generated material.
The Maine MonitorU.S. District Court, Bangor, ME
OtherSeptember 5, 2025
Unspecified minors
Jeffery Furlong, a former Maine state probation officer who oversaw people convicted of sex crimes, pled guilty to accessing CSAM. Investigators discovered he possessed at least one AI-generated image.
Outcome: Guilty plea in federal court.
Bangor Daily News