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United States of America: Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act/S 3696)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
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

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