House approves Take It Down Act, sending bill on intimate images to Trump's desk

The House on Monday voted 409-2 to pass a bipartisan bill that would require online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery, including sexually explicit deepfakes and so-called “revenge porn.” The Take It Down Act now will be sent to President Donald Trump’s desk, and he has vowed to sign it into law.

The Take It Down Act, first introduced in June 2024 by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has passed the Senate twice. The bill passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee nearly unanimously earlier in April.

First Lady Melania Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on March 3 to rally support for the bill. She also brought 15-year-old Elliston Berry, a victim of deepfake abuse who has been advocating for the passage of the Take It Down Act, as a guest to Trump’s March address to a joint session of Congress. Trump expressed support for the measure during his speech that night.

The bill requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery within 48 hours of a request. The bill also makes the harmful creation and distribution of images a crime punishable by fines or jail time.

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