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Pennsylvania Enacts New Digital Forgery Law

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On July 7, 2025, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro enacted a new Digital Forgery Law by signing SB 649 into law, which will take effect in 60 days. SB 649 creates “new criminal penalties for anyone who uses artificial...more

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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

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Washington State Broadly Criminalizes All Malicious Deepfakes, Expanding on Existing Deepfake Regulation

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On April 16, Washington state added a new law to the growing patchwork of state, federal and international laws aimed at curbing the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes. ...more

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Akin Intelligence - April 2025

On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act into law. The Act criminalizes the publication of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions of individuals, including AI-generated deepfakes. Threats to...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Take it Down Act Signed into Law, Offering Tools to Fight Non-Consensual Intimate Images and Creating a New Image Takedown...

Law establishes national prohibition against nonconsensual online publication of intimate images of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated. First federal law regulating AI-generated content....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Bipartisan Take It Down Act Becomes Law

On Monday, May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. The Act, which unanimously passed the Senate and cleared the House in a 409-2 vote, criminalizes the distribution of intimate images of...more

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

The Bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act Is Now Federal Law

President Donald Trump has signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a new federal law aimed at curbing the spread of non-consensual AI-generated pornography. The law makes it a criminal offense to create or share explicit deepfake images...more

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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

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New Federal Law Criminalizes Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery and Mandates Swift Online Takedowns

On May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, commonly referred to as the Take It Down Act (S.146) (the...more

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First of Its Kind Federal Legislation Addressing AI-Generated Deepfakes Signed Into Law

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On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes Act, also known by the backronym the TAKE IT DOWN Act  (the “Act”), to combat deepfake revenge...more

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