WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that bipartisan legislation she helped introduce to stop the spread online of non-consensual explicit content, including “deepfake” images, has now passed both the Senate and House of Representatives, and it is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated images, and require social media and similar websites to establish procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.
“The lack of protections for victims of online abuse has put far too many people at risk, and it’s past time we took action to stop bad actors, protect victims, and hold social media sites accountable,” said Senator Rosen. “I’m glad to see that our bipartisan bill to criminalize non-consensual intimate images, including deepfakes, and require social media platforms to remove this content has passed Congress and is on its way to becoming law. I’ll always work across party lines to protect victims of online abuse.”
Senator Rosen has consistently worked across the aisle to protect victims of crime. She helped introduce and pass the bipartisan Human Trafficking Prevention Act, which requires the National Human Trafficking Hotline to be posted in the restrooms of all U.S. planes, buses, trains, airports, bus stations, and rail stations.
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