TAKE IT DOWN Act (Nonconsensual Intimate Deepfakes)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-21 — Safeguarding Against Fabricated Exploitation Through Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026: 2026-07-21 — S5057 (Safeguarding Against Fabricated Exploitation Through AI Act) introduced and referred to Homeland Security, extending the federal deepfake response beyond TAKE IT DOWN’s nonconsensual intimate imagery takedown regime toward broader fabricated exploitation harms. (novelty: 3)
2025-06-26 — STOP CSAM Act of 2025: cross-connection with stop-csam-act: Both impose provider takedown/reporting duties for illegal sexual imagery, with STOP CSAM covering child exploitation material and TAKE IT DOWN covering nonconsensual intimate deepfakes. (novelty: 3)
2025-04-28 — TAKE IT DOWN Act: Finding restates the core statutory design — criminal prohibition on nonconsensual intimate visual depictions (authentic or AI-generated), 48-hour platform takedown obligation on covered UGC services after victim notice, and mandatory restitution — reinforcing the enacted framework. (novelty: 3)
2025-05-19 — TAKE IT DOWN Act: Enacted: federal criminal ban on nonconsensual publication of intimate visual depictions (including AI-generated deepfakes) coupled with a mandatory 48-hour takedown obligation on covered platforms following victim notice. (novelty: 4)