118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 4569TAKE IT DOWN Act

A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.

Science, technology, communications
Introduced Jun 18, 2024
Last action Dec 4, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Jun 18, 2024
Step 2
Referred
Jun 18, 2024
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Step 3
Committee
Jul 31, 2024
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Dec 3, 2024
Passed Senate w/ Changes
Step 5
House floor
Moves to House
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill generally prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires covered online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon notice of their existence.  Specifically, the bill prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of an adult subject where publication is intended to cause or does cause harm to the subject, and where the depiction was created without the subject’s consent or, in the case of an authentic depiction, was created or obtained under circumstances where the adult had a reasonable expectation of privacy; ora minor subject where publication is intended to abuse or hara...

Provisions · 5 sectionsEngrossed in Senate
Timeline · 9 actions
Dec 4, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 4, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 4, 2024
Held at the desk.
Dec 3, 2024
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 3, 2024
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Dec 3, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 31, 2024
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 18, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Jun 18, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.