WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) along with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), the lawmakers who led the TAKE IT DOWN Act, are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to hold tech companies accountable should they fail to remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from their platforms effective day. The bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act is the first federal law to address sexually explicit AI-generated deepfakes. It requires websites to take down such photos and videos within 48 hours of a victim’s report.
“We request the FTC brief our offices on how it intends to enforce the Act, including updates on what mechanisms it has put into place to respond to user complaints of non-compliance, resources dedicated to investigating non-compliance and bringing cases when non-compliance is discovered, issues the FTC is seeing among online platforms with compliance, and any additional resources or authorities the FTC may require to effectively protect victims and hold non-compliant platforms accountable," the lawmakers wrote.
Today is the first anniversary of the TAKE IT DOWN Act becoming federal law.
Rep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.
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