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House passes "Take it Down Act," sending revenge porn bill to Trump
CBS News ^ | Caitlin Yilek

Posted on 04/28/2025 10:24:55 PM PDT by NoLibZone

The House passed a bipartisan bill Monday that makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit imagery online of a person without their consent, sending the legislation that was backed by first lady Melania Trump to the president's desk.

The bill, known as the "Take It Down Act," cleared the lower chamber in a 409-2 vote. The two "no" votes came from Republicans. The Senate unanimously passed the measure in February.

The legislation requires social media companies and other websites to remove images and videos, including deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, within 48 hours after a victim's request.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ericburilson; revengeporn; takeitdownact; thomasmassie

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Two Republicans voted against this bill. Can you guess at least one of them?
1 posted on 04/28/2025 10:24:56 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

I feel a strong pull towards Kentucky


2 posted on 04/28/2025 10:32:47 PM PDT by Zack Attack (โœ”)
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To: NoLibZone

Thomas Massie (KY) and Eric Burilson (MO) where the two votes against it.

Which were your expecting?


3 posted on 04/28/2025 10:34:12 PM PDT by sipow
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To: NoLibZone
"real and fake sexually explicit imagery"

This could have some difficult grey areas. Suppose someone were to say "this looks kinda like me" and sues?
4 posted on 04/28/2025 10:46:41 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: NoLibZone
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text

Excerpt:

(B) REQUIREMENTS.โ€”A notification and request for removal of an intimate visual depiction submitted under the process established under subparagraph (A) shall include, in writingโ€”

(i) a physical or electronic signature of the identifiable individual (or an authorized person acting on behalf of such individual);

(ii) an identification of, and information reasonably sufficient for the covered platform to locate, the intimate visual depiction of the identifiable individual;

(iii) a brief statement that the identifiable individual has a good faith belief that any intimate visual depiction identified under clause (ii) is not consensual, including any relevant information for the covered platform to determine the intimate visual depiction was published without the consent of the identifiable individual; and

(iv) information sufficient to enable the covered platform to contact the identifiable individual (or an authorized person acting on behalf of such individual).

(end excerpt)

I'm going to be most interested in seeing how this process will evolve, and how effective it will be. Also, whether the removal requests will extend to clips from movies, posted to porn sites. (Think scenes from A Clockwork Orange as one example.)
5 posted on 04/28/2025 11:10:13 PM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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To: NoLibZone

Show me the details. Bills like this are sometime written so vaguely that things you could not imagine being a crime become a crime.


6 posted on 04/28/2025 11:25:15 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

Yep

These same wimmin will have their own instagram and onlyfans pages whoring themselves for money.


7 posted on 04/29/2025 2:06:04 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Revel

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด. ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

Bingo! When only 2 people vote against it, you may want to consider what they may actually be voting on. I’m kind of curious as to what Freepers were posting about the Patriot Act and any of its dissenters when it was passed. I know


8 posted on 04/29/2025 2:32:40 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: NoLibZone

Take any bill and extrapolate out the most ludicrous interpretation it could possibly be given in a court of law, one that goes against everything the original drafters intended.
That is what it will be used for.


9 posted on 04/29/2025 4:18:53 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Secret Agent Man

This is about high school girls who show up in deep fake AI porn. They were truly innocent and never slept with a guy, but there they are, in a porn film. Think how devastating that would be to a young girl.


10 posted on 04/29/2025 4:34:24 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (โ€œDiversity is our Strengthโ€ just doesnโ€™t carry the same message as โ€œDeath from Aboveโ€)
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To: NoLibZone; All

The Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms.


11 posted on 04/29/2025 4:39:19 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Antihero101607

The FR was chock full of Patriot Act simps. If you didnt support it, you were a traitor, yada yada yada.


12 posted on 04/29/2025 6:02:09 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: NoLibZone

Somehow I don’t think this is what the US Congress was designed to address.


13 posted on 04/29/2025 6:06:05 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This law will be used in ways it was never intended for.


14 posted on 04/29/2025 6:40:24 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Zack Attack

“I feel a strong pull towards Kentucky”

Perhaps he’s into that stuff...


15 posted on 04/29/2025 4:11:10 PM PDT by BobL
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To: NoLibZone

411 votes. Where are the other 24?


16 posted on 04/29/2025 4:12:56 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: wiseprince

Sure. Right. Uh huh.


17 posted on 04/29/2025 4:13:49 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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