United States of America: President signed Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN Act/SB 146)
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President signed Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN Act/SB 146)
On 19 May 2025, the President signed the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilising Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act. The Act criminalises the intentional publication of nonconsensual intimate visual depic…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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2024-06-28
under deliberation
2024-07-10
under deliberation
2024-12-03
under deliberation
2025-01-03
rejected
2025-01-16
under deliberation
2025-01-22
under deliberation
2025-02-13
under deliberation
2025-04-28
adopted
2025-05-19
adopted