# 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: capped at tier 2.
Lane: abuse_accountability. Category: justice_truth. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: child_sexual_exploitation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: deepfakes. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defends_children. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: nonconsensual_intimate_imagery. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: platform_liability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Cap: tier 2. The Design B factor of 0.5 applies to residual and exposure.
Review note: Online-platform takedown and safety bill: it criminalizes nonconsensual publication of intimate images (authentic or computer-generated) of adults and minors and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours of notice. It protects adults and minors alike and regulates platforms; it is neither the taking of innocent life nor itself the sexual corruption of children, so it is not Tier 1. Same reasoning as H.R. 7757 / S. 9 / H.R. 28 / H.R. 2616. It still scores in its protective direction, but only at tier 2: a nay is a grave compromise, not a disqualifier. Tier 1 is reserved for the gravest matters, applied equally to all parties.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 104: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly restrains named harms: nonconsensual sexual imagery of adults and sexual exploitation of minors. It criminalizes publication and threats, mandates restitution, and compels prompt removal of such depictions. These are defensive and accountability measures, not advancement of moral harm. Residual concerns about takedown process and overbreadth are prudential and do not outweigh the measure's protective direction.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 104: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 409 · Nay 2 · Other 22.

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