TAKE IT DOWN Act

The TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law on May 19, 2025, after passing the House 409-2 and clearing the Senate by unanimous consent. The law criminalizes publication of nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes, and requires covered online platforms such as Reddit to remove such content within 48 hours of a valid victim request and to make reasonable efforts to remove identical copies. The Federal Trade Commission enforces the notice-and-removal provisions, treating noncompliance as an unfair or deceptive practice. Covered platforms were given one year to build the required reporting and removal process, with FTC enforcement against platforms beginning May 19, 2026. It directly imposes a federal takedown obligation on user-generated-content platforms.