Progress

Current status
under deliberation
21 May 2025 under deliberation
03 Jan 2025 rejected
23 Jul 2024 under deliberation
30 Jan 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

21 May 2025
under deliberation

Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-consensual Edits Act of 2025 (DEFIANCE Act of 2025/SB 1837) was introduced to Senate

On 21 May 2025, the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-consensual Edits Act of 2025 (DEFIANCE Act of 2025/SB 1837) was reintroduced in the 119th Congress to address non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries, commonly known a…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
03 Jan 2025
rejected

Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-consensual Edits Act of 2024 was rejected (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696)

On 3 January 2025, the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696) was rejected after failing to pass before the 118th Congress adjourned. The Act sought to establish accountability for individuals invol…

Source
Event type law
Action type rejection
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
23 Jul 2024
under deliberation

Passed Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696)

On 23 July 2024, the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696) was passed by the Senate. The Act aims to hold accountable individuals involved in the dissemination of non-consensual, sexually explicit …

Source
Event type law
Action type passage
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
30 Jan 2024
under deliberation

Introduced Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696)

On 30 January 2024, the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696) was introduced in the Senate. The Act aims to hold accountable individuals involved in the dissemination of non-consensual, sexually ex…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament