We’ve seen that the US’s first anti-deepfake law has teeth. But many challenges remain outside the law’s scope. The Take It Down Act makes it illegal to create and share nonconsensual intimate imagery ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to begin enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (the “Act”), the first comprehensive federal enforcement scheme to address nonconsensual intimate imagery ...

The federal law ensures that social media companies are taking down non-consensual intimate imagery, AI-generated or not, within a timely manner. However, it also has the potential to be misused ...

Victims, including minors, must be protected from people who produce nonconsensual intimate images or deepfakes for ‘depraved motives,’ the FTC chair said. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman ...

A year ago, Congress put online platforms on the clock. On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, creating a new federal framework aimed at stopping the online spread of ...

An Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real and AI-generated explicit images of at least 10 victims without their ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has seized the CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com websites, which allegedly hosted nonconsensual AI-generated nude images and videos of women, in what ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — The new federal “Take it Down Act” is now in effect to help victims of revenge porn, AI-generated fake nude images and ‘sextortion.’ A few years ago, if someone ...

On August 7, 2026, a TMZ video capture showed Julian Newman — former youth basketball phenom, current influencer — addressing his sister Jaden's crisis in a YouTube video covered by TMZ. His sister, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Take It Down Act makes it illegal to create and share nonconsensual intimate imagery, including digital forgeries like AI ...