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HR 633 · 119th Congress · HouseOther

TAKE IT DOWN Act

In plain language: This bill establishes federal criminal penalties for posting or threatening to post nonconsensual intimate images online, including realistic artificial intelligence deepfakes. Violators face up to three years in prison, criminal fines, asset forfeiture, and mandatory restitution payments to victims. The measure also requires user-content websites and apps to maintain a reporting system and remove reported nonconsensual intimate content within 48 hours, backed by Federal Trade Commission enforcement.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; broadly applies to online platforms hosting user-generated content and individuals nationwide subject to federal jurisdiction
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 633, TAKE IT DOWN Act, 2025-06-27); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
Reach68provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Big-tech & platforms+55Sentencing & corrections−45Personal data & privacy+50Online speech+55AI & emerging tech+50

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Covered online platformsShielded from civil liability for acting in good faith to remove or block access to visual content reasonably believed to be nonconsensual intimate material (Sec. 3(a)(4)).provisional
  • Victims of nonconsensual intimate imagery and digital forgeriesGains federal criminal protections against nonconsensual publication of authentic or AI-generated intimate depictions and threats of publication, a statutory right to request takedowns from online platforms within 48 hours, and mandatory criminal restitution from convicted offenders (Sec. 2(a)(2)(h), Sec. 3(a)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Covered online platformsMust create a plain-language takedown request process within 1 year, post clear notices of the process, and remove reported nonconsensual intimate depictions along with known identical copies within 48 hours of receiving a valid request, subject to FTC enforcement (Sec. 3(a)(1)-(3), Sec. 3(b)).provisional
  • Individuals who publish or threaten to publish nonconsensual intimate imageryFace federal criminal prosecution resulting in fines, imprisonment up to 3 years, mandatory forfeiture of proceeds and equipment used in the offense, and mandatory restitution payments to victims (Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(4)-(8)).provisional
  • Federal Trade CommissionAssigned new duties to enforce platform notice-and-takedown mandates as unfair or deceptive trade practices, with jurisdiction specifically expanded to include non-profit entities (Sec. 3(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Makes it a federal crime, punishable by fines and up to 2 years in prison, to knowingly publish an authentic intimate image or video of an adult online without consent if it was obtained under an expectation of privacy, is not public or a matter of public concern, and causes or is intended to cause harm.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(2)(A)provisional

  2. Makes it a federal crime, punishable by fines and up to 3 years in prison, to knowingly publish an authentic intimate image or video of a minor online with the intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or sexually gratify any person.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(2)(B)provisional

  3. Makes it a federal crime, punishable by fines and up to 2 years in prison, to knowingly publish an intimate computer-generated or AI-altered fake image or video (deepfake) of an adult online without consent to cause harm or resulting in harm.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(3)(A)provisional

  4. Makes it a federal crime, punishable by fines and up to 3 years in prison, to knowingly publish an intimate deepfake of a minor online with the intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or sexually gratify any person.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(3)(B)provisional

  5. Makes it a federal crime, punishable by up to 30 months to 3 years in prison, to threaten to publish authentic intimate depictions or deepfakes to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause mental distress.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(h)(6)(A)provisional

  6. Requires covered online platforms, within 1 year of enactment, to set up and clearly post a plain-language process for individuals to request the removal of nonconsensual intimate images or deepfakes of themselves.

    Sec. 3(a)(1)(A)provisional

  7. Requires covered online platforms to remove reported nonconsensual intimate depictions and make reasonable efforts to delete known identical copies within 48 hours of receiving a valid removal request.

    Sec. 3(a)(3)provisional

  8. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the platform notice and takedown requirements as unfair or deceptive trade practices, including against non-profit entities.

    Sec. 3(b)(1)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Apr 28, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.
  2. Apr 28, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-82.
  3. Apr 28, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-82.
  4. Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 1.
  5. Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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