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TAKE IT DOWN Act Targets Deepfakes: Are Online Platforms Caught in the Crosshairs?

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The TAKE IT DOWN Act, recently signed into federal law, criminalizes the distribution of nonconsensual intimate imagery and requires covered online platforms to implement a notice-and-removal process by May 19, 2026....more

Cozen O'Connor

Covered Platforms Face Strict Deadlines Under the Take It Down Act

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A new federal law criminalizes nonconsensual intimate imagery and gives covered websites, mobile applications, and other online platforms merely 48 hours to comply with requests to take down such materials. On May 19, 2025,...more

Fenwick & West LLP

First Federal Crackdown on Deepfakes: TAKE IT DOWN Act Signed

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On May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, marking a significant federal initiative to combat the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery (sometimes referred to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

TAKE IT DOWN Act Becomes Law, Introducing Landmark Federal Protections to Combat Online Exploitation and Deepfakes

On May 19, President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan-supported TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146). While almost forty U.S. states have enacted some form of legislation targeting online abuse, the TAKE IT DOWN Act is the...more

Venable LLP

President Trump Signs Take It Down Act into Law

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On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Take It Down Act. The new law imposes strict takedown obligations and creates new civil and criminal liabilities for individuals and platforms that distribute nonconsensual...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The “TAKE IT DOWN Act” Goes Up to President Trump’s Desk for Signature

On April 28, 2025, Congress passed the “TAKE IT DOWN Act.” In addition to criminalizing intentional publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including computer-generated intimate imagery (collectively, NCII), the bill...more

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