{"format":1,"id":"119-s-146","congress":119,"number":"S. 146","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","official_title":"A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-12","introduced":"2025-01-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-04-28","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h104","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"TAKE IT DOWN Act","result":"Passed","yea":409,"nay":2,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll104.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2025-02-13","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-05-19"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-12.","date":"2025-05-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-05-19","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms (e.g., social media platforms) to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the act prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of"},{"k":"li","t":"an adult subject where publication is intended to cause or does cause harm to the subject, and where the depiction was published without the subject’s consent or, in the case of an authentic depiction, was created or obtained under circumstances where the adult had a reasonable expectation of privacy; or","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"a minor subject where publication is intended to abuse or harass the minor or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Violators are subject to mandatory restitution and criminal penalties, including prison, a fine, or both. Threats to publish intimate visual depictions of a subject are similarly prohibited and subject to criminal penalties."},{"k":"p","t":"Separately, covered platforms must establish a process through which subjects of intimate visual depictions may notify the platform of the existence of, and request removal of, an intimate visual depiction including the subject that was published without the subject’s consent. Covered platforms must remove such depictions within 48 hours of notification. Under the act, covered platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content."}],"words":249},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate visual depictions, including computer-generated forgeries, of identifiable individuals in specified circumstances, and requires covered platforms to set up a process for removing such depictions on request.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id24b791be36384039afb34ea7496492e4:~:text=3.%20Notice%20and%20removal%20of%20nonconsensual%20intimate"}]},"core_areas":["Criminal offenses for publishing nonconsensual intimate visual depictions and digital forgeries","Penalties, forfeiture and restitution for those offenses","Notice and removal process for covered platforms","Federal Trade Commission enforcement of platform removal duties"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful to use an interactive computer service to knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction of an identifiable adult when the listed conditions are met, including that publication is intended to cause harm or causes harm.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction of an identifiable minor with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass or degrade the minor, or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"}},{"text":"Applies the same kinds of prohibitions to digital forgeries, which are computer-generated or altered intimate depictions that a reasonable person viewing them as a whole could not distinguish from authentic ones.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"}},{"text":"Sets prison terms of up to 2 years for offenses involving adults and up to 3 years for offenses involving minors, with fines, and requires forfeiture and restitution upon conviction.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"}},{"text":"Requires a covered platform, within 1 year after enactment, to establish a process for an identifiable individual to notify it of a nonconsensual intimate visual depiction and request its removal.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id24b791be36384039afb34ea7496492e4:~:text=3.%20Notice%20and%20removal%20of%20nonconsensual%20intimate"}},{"text":"Requires a covered platform, on receiving a valid removal request, to remove the depiction as soon as possible and no later than 48 hours after receipt, and to make reasonable efforts to remove known identical copies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id24b791be36384039afb34ea7496492e4:~:text=3.%20Notice%20and%20removal%20of%20nonconsensual%20intimate"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr#id265555EE2535466E85F77FFF4B4FE23F:~:text=2.%20Criminal%20prohibition%20on%20intentional%20disclosure%20of"},"heading":"Criminal prohibition on intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions","effect":"Within the new criminal offenses for publishing intimate depictions and digital forgeries, it exempts lawful investigative or intelligence activity of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, certain good-faith disclosures, and people publishing depictions of themselves.","amount":null,"quote":"a lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of—"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-s-146.png","v":"2dd1633ca9fa","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 146, 119th Congress: TAKE IT DOWN Act. House: 409 Yea, 2 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 19 May 2025."}}