This study aims to examine the legal status of animated works in Indonesia and to formulate a regulatory framework for animation in the era of Artificial Intelligence. The background of this research is based on the increasing circulation of anomalous AI-generated animated content containing violence and violations of moral norms, particularly on the TikTok platform, which has the potential to disrupt children’s development. This study employs a doctrinal legal research method using a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The findings indicate that the current positive law regime has not provided clear and explicit normative regulation regarding the production and distribution of AI-based animated works, nor has it established juridical limits on the use of AI in the animation creation process. This legal vacuum has resulted in ineffective supervision and takedown mechanisms by Electronic System Providers and the Government, allowing such harmful animated content to continue circulating widely. This study emphasizes the urgency of establishing specific regulations in Indonesia to restrict the use of AI and to classify animated works as one of the legal objects subject to regulation, to strengthen supervision of AI-generated animated works that pose risks to children, and to clarify responsibility for preventing the dissemination of animated content that violates moral norms.
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