Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.
The bill amends the Communications Act to criminalize knowingly publishing nonconsensual intimate images and AI-generated intimate “digital forgeries,” with higher penalties for minors. It requires covered platforms to implement a takedown process and remove reported nonconsensual intimate depictions within 48 hours, directs the FTC to enforce platform notice-and-removal obligations as unfair or deceptive practices, and defines covered platforms and key terms.
Liberals emphasize victim protection and rapid takedowns
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that is moderately well-constructed: it establishes clear prohibitions, detailed elements and penalties, a defined notice-and-removal process for covered platforms with specific timelines, and a named enforcement authority with cross-references to existing statutes for forfeiture and restitution.
The bill amends the Communications Act to criminalize knowingly publishing nonconsensual intimate images and AI-generated intimate “digital forgeries,” with higher penalties for minors.
It requires covered platforms to implement a takedown process and remove reported nonconsensual intimate depictions within 48 hours, directs the FTC to enforce platform notice-and-removal obligations as unfair or deceptive practices, and defines covered platforms and key terms.
The statute includes exceptions for law enforcement, medical or legal uses, and victim assistance, and provides for forfeiture, restitution, and protections for platforms that act in good faith.
Policy appeals to privacy and anti-exploitation norms but raises free-speech, Section 230, and enforcement concerns that slow or alter final form.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that is moderately well-constructed: it establishes clear prohibitions, detailed elements and penalties, a defined notice-and-removal process for covered platforms with specific timelines, and a named enforcement authority with cross-references to existing statutes for forfeiture and restitution. It integrates closely with existing law and assigns responsibilities to identifiable actors.
Liberals emphasize victim protection and rapid takedowns
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Liberals emphasize victim protection and rapid takedowns
Likely broadly supportive.
The bill strengthens criminal penalties for revenge porn and deepfake sexual images, mandates rapid takedowns, and holds platforms accountable for protecting victims.
It aligns with priorities on privacy, gendered harms, and addressing technology-enabled exploitation.
Generally favorable but cautious.
Appreciates victim protections and timeliness of takedowns while seeking clearer definitions, due-process safeguards, and predictable compliance costs for platforms.
Will watch implementation details and interaction with existing law.
Mixed to uneasy.
Values protecting victims of exploitation but worries about new federal criminal offenses, regulatory burdens on platforms, enforcement by the FTC, and potential chilling effects on speech and due process.
Prefers limited, narrowly tailored federal intervention.
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Policy appeals to privacy and anti-exploitation norms but raises free-speech, Section 230, and enforcement concerns that slow or alter final form.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize victim protection and rapid takedowns
Policy appeals to privacy and anti-exploitation norms but raises free-speech, Section 230, and enforcement concerns that slow or alter fina…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that is moderately well-constructed: it establishes clear prohibitions, detailed elements and penalties, a defined notice-and-remov…
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