TAKE IT DOWN Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Makes it a crime to publish nonconsensual intimate images online, including computer-generated ones, and requires covered platforms to remove such images within 48 hours of notice.
Model-rated AI relevance 75%: It directly covers AI-generated intimate deepfakes and sets platform takedown duties. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Maria SalazarRepublicanFLData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Jan 22, 2025
Reported by committee
Apr 8, 2025
Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · April 28, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.
Recorded votes
Floor votes carry every member's position; committee tallies carry totals only.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Tlaib introduces a bill to ban federal funding for AI-enabled mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies like Flock cameras.
Source ↗Cortez Masto and Horsford call for worker privacy protections against the sale of employee data to Google for training AI, warning de-identification safeguards may be insufficient.
Source ↗Reed is seeking legislation to ban AI-enabled personalized price discrimination against consumers.
Source ↗Horsford urges enforceable privacy safeguards before employee data can be sold to train AI systems.
Source ↗Merkley co-introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered license plate surveillance cameras.
Source ↗Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act to ban AI-powered surveillance cameras tracking Americans without consent.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Merkley introduce the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered surveillance cameras like license plate readers.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z