Signed into law
TAKE IT DOWN Act
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.
- Measure
- S. 146 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- May 19, 2025
- Policy changes
- 3
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-12.
Who wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)Joined by 21 cosponsors, 18 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced January 16, 2025.
All 21 cosponsors
- Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) · original
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · original
- Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · original
- Sen. Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) · original
- Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) · original
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · original
- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · original
- Sen. John R. Curtis (R-UT) · original
- Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · original
- Sen. John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · original
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · original
- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) · original
- Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI) · original
- Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · original
- Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · original
- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA) · original
- Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) · original
- Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) · original
- Sen. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
How Congress voted
House · April 28, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 2 (Roll no. 104).
409 yea · 2 nay · 22 other · Republicans 207–2 · Democrats 202–0 · Official record
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Provision 1
Specifically, the act prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of:
• 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 • a minor subject where publication is intended to abuse or harass the minor or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
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Provision 2
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.
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Provision 3
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.
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