TAKE IT DOWN Act
Bad
Signed into law●●○ Medium threatUpdated May 19, 2025
IntroducedPassed SenatePassed HouseBecame Law
The deepfake takedown law with a 48-hour clock, no encryption exception, and the FTC now sending warning letters.
SponsorTed Cruz (R-TX)
IntroducedJanuary 16, 2025
Latest actionSigned into law (May 19, 2025)
Cosponsors21 (11 D · 10 R)
CommitteeCommerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Enforcement beganMay 19, 2026
What it does
Signed in May 2025, in force against platforms since May 19, 2026. Any site or service that hosts user content must remove nonconsensual intimate images, including AI deepfakes, within 48 hours of a victim's request, and scrub copies. The FTC enforces it and began with warning letters the day the deadline hit. There is no carve-out for end-to-end encrypted services, and no penalty for bogus requests.
Why it matters
The target is real: nonconsensual intimate imagery ruins lives. The takedown clock is a loaded gun. A 48-hour deadline with liability for missing it and a safe harbor for over-removal means platforms take content down first and never look back. And a takedown regime with no encryption exception pressures encrypted messengers to be able to see, and delete, what users send.
Our take
Censorship systems are always built for something everyone hates. The 48-hour clock plus zero cost for false reports is a removal machine anyone can point at anything, and the administration enforcing it gets to pick which complaints matter. And the encryption gap has teeth: you cannot delete what you cannot read, so the law leans on messengers to be able to read it.
Cosponsors (21)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Barrasso (R-WY)
Committee
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Votes
- House — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to (roll call 104) (409 to 2 · R 207-2 · D 202-0) · April 28, 2025
How they voted
State Member Party Vote AKAlaska Begich R Yea ALAlabama Aderholt R Yea ALAlabama Figures D Yea ALAlabama Moore (AL) R Yea ALAlabama Palmer R Yea ALAlabama Rogers (AL) R Yea ALAlabama Sewell D Yea ALAlabama Strong R Yea ARArkansas Crawford R Yea ARArkansas Hill (AR) R Yea ARArkansas Westerman R Yea ARArkansas Womack R Yea AZArizona Ansari D Yea AZArizona Biggs (AZ) R Yea AZArizona Ciscomani R Not voting AZArizona Crane R Yea AZArizona Gosar R Not voting AZArizona Hamadeh (AZ) R Yea AZArizona Schweikert R Yea AZArizona Stanton D Yea CACalifornia Aguilar D Yea CACalifornia Barragan D Yea CACalifornia Bera D Yea CACalifornia Brownley D Yea CACalifornia Calvert R Yea CACalifornia Carbajal D Yea CACalifornia Chu D Yea CACalifornia Cisneros D Yea CACalifornia Correa D Yea CACalifornia Costa D Yea CACalifornia DeSaulnier D Yea CACalifornia Fong R Yea CACalifornia Friedman D Yea CACalifornia Garamendi D Yea CACalifornia Garcia (CA) D Yea CACalifornia Gomez D Not voting CACalifornia Gray D Yea CACalifornia Harder (CA) D Yea CACalifornia Huffman D Yea CACalifornia Issa R Yea CACalifornia Jacobs D Yea CACalifornia Kamlager-Dove D Yea CACalifornia Khanna D Yea CACalifornia Kiley (CA) R Yea CACalifornia Kim R Yea CACalifornia LaMalfa R Yea CACalifornia Levin D Yea CACalifornia Liccardo D Yea CACalifornia Lieu D Yea CACalifornia Lofgren D Yea CACalifornia Matsui D Yea CACalifornia McClintock R Yea CACalifornia Min D Yea CACalifornia Mullin D Not voting CACalifornia Obernolte R Yea CACalifornia Panetta D Yea CACalifornia Pelosi D Yea CACalifornia Peters D Yea CACalifornia Rivas D Yea CACalifornia Ruiz D Yea CACalifornia Sanchez D Yea CACalifornia Sherman D Yea CACalifornia Simon D Yea CACalifornia Swalwell D Yea CACalifornia Takano D Yea CACalifornia Thompson (CA) D Yea CACalifornia Torres (CA) D Yea CACalifornia Tran D Not voting CACalifornia Valadao R Yea CACalifornia Vargas D Yea CACalifornia Waters D Yea CACalifornia Whitesides D Yea COColorado Boebert R Yea COColorado Crank R Yea COColorado Crow D Yea COColorado DeGette D Yea COColorado Evans (CO) R Yea COColorado Hurd (CO) R Yea COColorado Neguse D Yea COColorado Pettersen D Yea CTConnecticut Courtney D Yea CTConnecticut DeLauro D Yea CTConnecticut Hayes D Yea CTConnecticut Himes D Yea CTConnecticut Larson (CT) D Yea DEDelaware McBride D Yea FLFlorida Bean (FL) R Yea FLFlorida Bilirakis R Yea FLFlorida Buchanan R Yea FLFlorida Cammack R Yea FLFlorida Castor (FL) D Yea FLFlorida Cherfilus-McCormick D Yea FLFlorida Diaz-Balart R Yea FLFlorida Donalds R Yea FLFlorida Dunn (FL) R Yea FLFlorida Fine R Yea FLFlorida Frankel, Lois D Yea FLFlorida Franklin, Scott R Yea FLFlorida Frost D Yea FLFlorida Gimenez R Yea FLFlorida Haridopolos R Yea FLFlorida Lee (FL) R Yea FLFlorida Luna R Yea FLFlorida Mast R Yea FLFlorida Mills R Yea FLFlorida Moskowitz D Yea FLFlorida Patronis R Yea FLFlorida Rutherford R Yea FLFlorida Salazar R Yea FLFlorida Soto D Yea FLFlorida Steube R Yea FLFlorida Wasserman Schultz D Yea FLFlorida Webster (FL) R Yea FLFlorida Wilson (FL) D Yea GAGeorgia Allen R Yea GAGeorgia Bishop D Yea GAGeorgia Carter (GA) R Yea GAGeorgia Clyde R Yea GAGeorgia Collins R Yea GAGeorgia Greene (GA) R Yea GAGeorgia Jack R Yea GAGeorgia Johnson (GA) D Yea GAGeorgia Loudermilk R Yea GAGeorgia McBath D Yea GAGeorgia McCormick R Yea GAGeorgia Scott, Austin R Yea GAGeorgia Scott, David D Yea GAGeorgia Williams (GA) D Yea HIHawaii Case D Yea HIHawaii Tokuda D Yea IAIowa Feenstra R Yea IAIowa Hinson R Yea IAIowa Miller-Meeks R Yea IAIowa Nunn (IA) R Yea IDIdaho Fulcher R Yea IDIdaho Simpson R Not voting ILIllinois Bost R Yea ILIllinois Budzinski D Yea ILIllinois Casten D Yea ILIllinois Davis (IL) D Yea ILIllinois Foster D Yea ILIllinois Garcia (IL) D Yea ILIllinois Jackson (IL) D Yea ILIllinois Kelly (IL) D Yea ILIllinois Krishnamoorthi D Yea ILIllinois LaHood R Yea ILIllinois Miller (IL) R Yea ILIllinois Quigley D Yea ILIllinois Ramirez D Yea ILIllinois Schakowsky D Yea ILIllinois Schneider D Yea ILIllinois Sorensen D Yea ILIllinois Underwood D Yea INIndiana Baird R Yea INIndiana Carson D Yea INIndiana Houchin R Yea INIndiana Messmer R Not voting INIndiana Mrvan D Yea INIndiana Shreve R Yea INIndiana Spartz R Yea INIndiana Stutzman R Yea INIndiana Yakym R Yea KSKansas Davids (KS) D Yea KSKansas Estes R Yea KSKansas Mann R Yea KSKansas Schmidt R Yea KYKentucky Barr R Yea KYKentucky Comer R Yea KYKentucky Guthrie R Yea KYKentucky Massie R Nay KYKentucky McGarvey D Yea KYKentucky Rogers (KY) R Yea LALouisiana Carter (LA) D Yea LALouisiana Fields D Yea LALouisiana Higgins (LA) R Yea LALouisiana Johnson (LA) R Yea LALouisiana Letlow R Yea LALouisiana Scalise R Yea MAMassachusetts Auchincloss D Yea MAMassachusetts Clark (MA) D Yea MAMassachusetts Keating D Yea MAMassachusetts Lynch D Yea MAMassachusetts McGovern D Not voting MAMassachusetts Moulton D Yea MAMassachusetts Neal D Yea MAMassachusetts Pressley D Yea MAMassachusetts Trahan D Yea MDMaryland Elfreth D Yea MDMaryland Harris (MD) R Yea MDMaryland Hoyer D Yea MDMaryland Ivey D Yea MDMaryland McClain Delaney D Yea MDMaryland Mfume D Yea MDMaryland Olszewski D Yea MDMaryland Raskin D Yea MEMaine Golden (ME) D Yea MEMaine Pingree D Yea MIMichigan Barrett R Yea MIMichigan Bergman R Yea MIMichigan Dingell D Yea MIMichigan Huizenga R Yea MIMichigan James R Yea MIMichigan McClain R Yea MIMichigan McDonald Rivet D Yea MIMichigan Moolenaar R Yea MIMichigan Scholten D Yea MIMichigan Stevens D Yea MIMichigan Thanedar D Yea MIMichigan Tlaib D Yea MIMichigan Walberg R Yea MNMinnesota Craig D Yea MNMinnesota Emmer R Yea MNMinnesota Finstad R Yea MNMinnesota Fischbach R Yea MNMinnesota McCollum D Yea MNMinnesota Morrison D Yea MNMinnesota Omar D Yea MNMinnesota Stauber R Yea MOMissouri Alford R Yea MOMissouri Bell D Yea MOMissouri Burlison R Nay MOMissouri Cleaver D Yea MOMissouri Graves R Yea MOMissouri Onder R Not voting MOMissouri Smith (MO) R Yea MOMissouri Wagner R Yea MSMississippi Ezell R Yea MSMississippi Guest R Yea MSMississippi Kelly (MS) R Yea MSMississippi Thompson (MS) D Yea MTMontana Downing R Yea MTMontana Zinke R Yea NCNorth Carolina Adams D Yea NCNorth Carolina Davis (NC) D Yea NCNorth Carolina Edwards R Yea NCNorth Carolina Foushee D Yea NCNorth Carolina Foxx R Yea NCNorth Carolina Harrigan R Yea NCNorth Carolina Harris (NC) R Yea NCNorth Carolina Hudson R Yea NCNorth Carolina Knott R Not voting NCNorth Carolina McDowell R Yea NCNorth Carolina Moore (NC) R Yea NCNorth Carolina Murphy R Yea NCNorth Carolina Ross D Yea NCNorth Carolina Rouzer R Yea NDNorth Dakota Fedorchak R Yea NENebraska Bacon R Yea NENebraska Flood R Yea NENebraska Smith (NE) R Yea NHNew Hampshire Goodlander D Yea NHNew Hampshire Pappas D Yea NJNew Jersey Conaway D Not voting NJNew Jersey Gottheimer D Not voting NJNew Jersey Kean R Yea NJNew Jersey McIver D Yea NJNew Jersey Menendez D Yea NJNew Jersey Norcross D Not voting NJNew Jersey Pallone D Yea NJNew Jersey Pou D Yea NJNew Jersey Sherrill D Not voting NJNew Jersey Smith (NJ) R Yea NJNew Jersey Van Drew R Yea NJNew Jersey Watson Coleman D Yea NMNew Mexico Leger Fernandez D Yea NMNew Mexico Stansbury D Yea NMNew Mexico Vasquez D Yea NVNevada Amodei (NV) R Yea NVNevada Horsford D Yea NVNevada Lee (NV) D Yea NVNevada Titus D Yea NYNew York Clarke (NY) D Yea NYNew York Espaillat D Yea NYNew York Garbarino R Yea NYNew York Gillen D Yea NYNew York Goldman (NY) D Yea NYNew York Jeffries D Yea NYNew York Kennedy (NY) D Yea NYNew York LaLota R Yea NYNew York Langworthy R Yea NYNew York Latimer D Yea NYNew York Lawler R Yea NYNew York Malliotakis R Yea NYNew York Mannion D Yea NYNew York Meeks D Yea NYNew York Meng D Yea NYNew York Morelle D Yea NYNew York Nadler D Yea NYNew York Ocasio-Cortez D Yea NYNew York Riley (NY) D Yea NYNew York Ryan D Yea NYNew York Stefanik R Yea NYNew York Suozzi D Yea NYNew York Tenney R Yea NYNew York Tonko D Yea NYNew York Torres (NY) D Yea NYNew York Velazquez D Yea OHOhio Balderson R Yea OHOhio Beatty D Yea OHOhio Brown D Yea OHOhio Carey R Yea OHOhio Davidson R Yea OHOhio Jordan R Yea OHOhio Joyce (OH) R Yea OHOhio Kaptur D Yea OHOhio Landsman D Yea OHOhio Latta R Yea OHOhio Miller (OH) R Yea OHOhio Rulli R Not voting OHOhio Sykes D Yea OHOhio Taylor R Yea OHOhio Turner (OH) R Yea OKOklahoma Bice R Yea OKOklahoma Brecheen R Yea OKOklahoma Cole R Yea OKOklahoma Hern (OK) R Yea OKOklahoma Lucas R Yea OROregon Bentz R Yea OROregon Bonamici D Yea OROregon Bynum D Yea OROregon Dexter D Yea OROregon Hoyle (OR) D Yea OROregon Salinas D Yea PAPennsylvania Boyle (PA) D Yea PAPennsylvania Bresnahan R Yea PAPennsylvania Dean (PA) D Yea PAPennsylvania Deluzio D Yea PAPennsylvania Evans (PA) D Yea PAPennsylvania Fitzpatrick R Yea PAPennsylvania Houlahan D Yea PAPennsylvania Joyce (PA) R Yea PAPennsylvania Kelly (PA) R Yea PAPennsylvania Lee (PA) D Yea PAPennsylvania Mackenzie R Yea PAPennsylvania Meuser R Yea PAPennsylvania Perry R Yea PAPennsylvania Reschenthaler R Yea PAPennsylvania Scanlon D Yea PAPennsylvania Smucker R Yea PAPennsylvania Thompson (PA) R Yea RIRhode Island Amo D Yea RIRhode Island Magaziner D Not voting SCSouth Carolina Biggs (SC) R Yea SCSouth Carolina Clyburn D Yea SCSouth Carolina Fry R Yea SCSouth Carolina Mace R Yea SCSouth Carolina Norman R Yea SCSouth Carolina Timmons R Yea SCSouth Carolina Wilson (SC) R Yea SDSouth Dakota Johnson (SD) R Yea TNTennessee Burchett R Yea TNTennessee Cohen D Not voting TNTennessee DesJarlais R Yea TNTennessee Fleischmann R Yea TNTennessee Green (TN) R Yea TNTennessee Harshbarger R Yea TNTennessee Kustoff R Yea TNTennessee Ogles R Not voting TNTennessee Rose R Yea TXTexas Arrington R Yea TXTexas Babin R Yea TXTexas Carter (TX) R Yea TXTexas Casar D Yea TXTexas Castro (TX) D Yea TXTexas Cloud R Yea TXTexas Crenshaw R Yea TXTexas Crockett D Yea TXTexas Cuellar D Yea TXTexas De La Cruz R Not voting TXTexas Doggett D Yea TXTexas Ellzey R Yea TXTexas Escobar D Yea TXTexas Fallon R Yea TXTexas Fletcher D Yea TXTexas Garcia (TX) D Yea TXTexas Gill (TX) R Yea TXTexas Goldman (TX) R Yea TXTexas Gonzales, Tony R Yea TXTexas Gonzalez, V. D Yea TXTexas Gooden R Yea TXTexas Green, Al (TX) D Yea TXTexas Hunt R Not voting TXTexas Jackson (TX) R Yea TXTexas Johnson (TX) D Yea TXTexas Luttrell R Yea TXTexas McCaul R Not voting TXTexas Moran R Yea TXTexas Nehls R Yea TXTexas Pfluger R Yea TXTexas Roy R Yea TXTexas Self R Yea TXTexas Sessions R Yea TXTexas Van Duyne R Yea TXTexas Veasey D Yea TXTexas Weber (TX) R Yea TXTexas Williams (TX) R Yea UTUtah Kennedy (UT) R Yea UTUtah Maloy R Yea UTUtah Moore (UT) R Yea UTUtah Owens R Yea VAVirginia Beyer D Yea VAVirginia Cline R Yea VAVirginia Connolly D Not voting VAVirginia Griffith R Yea VAVirginia Kiggans (VA) R Yea VAVirginia McClellan D Yea VAVirginia McGuire R Yea VAVirginia Scott (VA) D Yea VAVirginia Subramanyam D Yea VAVirginia Vindman D Yea VAVirginia Wittman R Yea VTVermont Balint D Yea WAWashington Baumgartner R Yea WAWashington DelBene D Yea WAWashington Jayapal D Yea WAWashington Larsen (WA) D Yea WAWashington Newhouse R Yea WAWashington Perez D Yea WAWashington Randall D Yea WAWashington Schrier D Yea WAWashington Smith (WA) D Yea WAWashington Strickland D Yea WIWisconsin Fitzgerald R Yea WIWisconsin Grothman R Yea WIWisconsin Moore (WI) D Yea WIWisconsin Pocan D Yea WIWisconsin Steil R Yea WIWisconsin Tiffany R Yea WIWisconsin Van Orden R Yea WIWisconsin Wied R Yea WVWest Virginia Miller (WV) R Yea WVWest Virginia Moore (WV) R Yea WYWyoming Hageman R Yea
Timeline
- January 16, 2025Introduced
- January 16, 2025Referred to committee
- February 13, 2025Passed Senate
- April 28, 2025Passed House
- May 19, 2025Sent to President
- May 19, 2025Signed into law
- May 19, 2026Platform compliance deadline; FTC began enforcement with warning letters
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