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S. 146 (119th): Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN Act This act generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms (e.g., social media platforms) to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN Act This act generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms (e.g., social media platforms) to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence. Specifically, the act prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of an 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; or a 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 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 must remove such depictions within 48 hours of notification. Under the act, covered platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content.

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The TAKE IT DOWN Act makes it a federal crime to publish nonconsensual intimate visual depictions of adults, including authentic and computer-generated (deepfake) depictions, and to publish such depictions of minors with intent to abuse, harass, or sexually gratify. It also criminalizes threats to publish such depictions, with mandatory restitution and prison or fines. Covered online platforms must create a notice-and-request process for victims and must remove reported depictions within 48 hours. Covered platforms are public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content. The title and metadata are procedural, but the summary gives enough detail for a high-level classification.

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Theological note: This measure bears on the protection of persons made in God's image from sexual exploitation, humiliation, and the abuse of their likeness, and on the protection of minors from sexualizing predation. Scripture's concern for the vulnerable, for the sanctity of the body, and for justice toward the victimized is directly engaged. Platform takedown duties raise separate questions of proportion and due process that should be weighed carefully, but they are secondary to the measure's core restraint of named sexual harms.

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Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics abuse accountability child sexual corruption

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Roll 104 · 28-Apr-2025 7:03 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 409 · Nay 2 · Other 22

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