House · S 146 · 119th Congress
TAKE IT DOWN Act
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Summary
The TAKE IT DOWN Act makes it a crime to share private sexual images of someone online without their permission. This includes real photos and AI-made fake images. Online platforms must remove flagged images within 48 hours of a complaint.
In Favor
Many victims cannot get harmful private images removed quickly from websites. This law forces platforms to act within 48 hours and punishes people who share or threaten to share these images. Victims, including minors, gain real legal protection from this growing form of abuse.
Against
The 48-hour removal deadline gives platforms almost no time to check if a complaint is real. The bill offers no counter-notice process for people wrongly accused. Platforms may over-remove legal content to avoid FTC penalties, putting free speech at risk.
Additional Considerations
Purpose & Problem
Is the problem real and worth federal action?
The bill makes it a crime to post private or AI-made intimate images of someone online without their agreement, and requires online platforms to take those images down quickly after being notified.
Scope & Related Provisions
Does it stay focused, or carry unrelated add-ons?
The provisions stay on topic, covering both the criminal rules for posting such images and the platform duty to remove them within 48 hours of a report.
Who Is Affected
Who benefits, and who bears the cost?
People whose private or AI-made intimate images are posted without their agreement can request removal. Online platforms that host user content must build a removal system and comply within 48 hours.
Cost & Funding
Is it affordable and responsibly funded?
The bill does not authorize or appropriate any specific dollar amount. It shifts costs onto covered platforms, which must build and maintain a removal process, and onto the Federal Trade Commission, which must enforce compliance.
Risks & Implementation
What could go wrong in practice?
Platforms must build a working removal process within one year and act on each valid request within 48 hours, which may be difficult if a platform receives many requests or struggles to find identical copies of a removed image.
For the actual bill text, see congress.gov.
AI-generated · Published 6/5/2026