Legislation· May 2025TAKE IT DOWN Act
Criminalizes nonconsensual intimate images and deepfakes online; requires platforms to remove them within 48 hours.
Tradeoff
Makes sharing intimate photos or AI-generated intimate images without consent a federal crime with up to 2–3 years in prison. Requires social media platforms to quickly remove reported images but shields them from liability if they act in good faith.
What's in it
The Senate passed this by on February 13, 2025. The House passed it 409–2 on April 28, 2025, and it was signed into law on May 19, 2025.
Senate
Introduced
(Jan 16, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jan 16, 2025)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Feb 13, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Discharged(Feb 13, 2025)
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Feb 14, 2025)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Passed(Roll #104 · Apr 28, 2025)
409 yeanay 2House
Sent to the President
(May 19, 2025)
White House · Signature
Signed
Donald Trump (R)
Enacted
Became law(May 19, 2025)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Final passage· Apr 28, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027