About S146

TAKE IT DOWN Act

Policy Area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)

Latest Action (2025-05-19): Became Public Law No: 119-12.

Summary

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN ActThis bill generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence. Specifically, the bill prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions ofan adult subject where publication is intended to cause or does cause harm to the subject, and where the depiction was published without the subject’s consent or, in the case of an authentic depiction, was created or obtained under circumstances where the adult had a reasonable expectation of privacy; ora minor subject where publication is intended to abuse or harass the minor or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. Violators are subject to mandatory restitution and criminal penalties, including prison, a fine, or both. Threats to publish intimate visual depictions of a subject are similarly prohibited under the bill and subject to criminal penalties.  Separately, covered platforms must establish a process through which subjects of intimate visual depictions may notify the platform of the existence of, and request removal of, an intimate visual depiction including the subject that was published without the subject’s consent. Covered platforms mu

Subjects: Child safety and welfare, Crimes against children, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Digital media, Fraud offenses and financial crimes, Internet, web applications, social media, Pornography, Sex offenses

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