C.B.1. The Image Act

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11TH COUNCIL OF TEEN GOVERNMENT
C.B. 1THE IMAGE ACT
Sponsor; u/Trickster-123
SUPPOSED TO BE Submitted to the Council, on September 12th, 2026, FORGOT BOUT TS SORRY APPALOOSA
Actually submitted on September 26th, 2026
">Sec 0.">Sec 0. Short Title*
(a) This may be cited as the Image Act.
(b) Provisions within this shall carry Constitutional Authority.
">Sec 1:">Sec 1: Definitions*
(a) An individual's image is the individual's recognized likeness, including physical or digital recreations of their physical or digital appearances.
(b) Likeness: A representation of a person's appearance that is capable of identifying or reasonably being associated with that person, either based on their digital or physical appearance.(c) Digital appearances are the way an individual is portrayed online, based on their profile picture, their voice, their speech, their username/name and their distinctiveness. (Up to interpretation in specific cases).(d) Physical appearances are defined as an individual's actual in real-life appearance, within Teen Government, seen within photographs, recordings, imagery, descriptions, or otherwise any matter of their appearance being visibly shown within Teen Government.(e) Commercial use shall hereinafter be used in circumstances wherein use is for the intent of making commercial profit, company advertising, or the gaining of TGD.(f) Direct consent shall refer to an unaltered message wherein the individual with ownership of either the physical appearance or digital appearance gives permission for the use thereof.
">Sec 2:">Sec 2: Physical Appearances.*
(a) IN GENERAL—The use of a person's physical appearance shall be prohibited in cases that—
(i) Are intended for Commercial use.
(ii) Lack Direct consent from the individual in ownership of the said Physical appearances.
(iii) Are intended in the libel, slander, or harming of an individual's reputation, mental health, or otherwise shaming.
(b) PERMITTED USE—A individual shall be permitted to use or distribute another person's physical appearance in the case that—(i) They are the individual in ownership of the corresponding Physical appearances.(ii) They have been given Direct consent from the individual in ownership of the said Physical appearances.(iii) The intended use is not commercial use.(iv) They do not attempt the slander, libel, or harming of a person's reputation, mental health, or otherwise shaming.
">Sec 3.">Sec 3. Digital Appearances.*
(a) IN GENERAL—No individual shall use another's digital appearance in cases that—
(i) Spread intentful and malicious misinformation, done with the intent of reputational harm.
">Sec 4.">Sec 4. Enactment.*
(a) ENACTMENT—This shall come into immediate effect upon passage by Council.
(b) SUNSET—This shall remain in effect unless contradicted, and may be amended by the use of Acts rather than Amendments, if said acts would only alter contents within this law specifically and said Amendments do not go past proper scope of this law nor contents within. If the Chief Justice believes the act would surpass proper scope, they may on discretion nullify the Act amending this document.
(c) EXCEPTIONS—The distribution of a Physical appearance or Digital appearance shall be permitted in the use of court, if relevant to the case as evidence accepted by the presiding Judge.