Congress passed a bill that forces tech companies to take action against certain deep litigation and revenge porn.
In Monday’s 409-2 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed “Knockdown” billhas received bipartisan support. The bill also received voice support from celebrities and first lady Melania Trump. The bill had already voted through the Senate last month.
Now, the bill to reject it will be sent to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar first proposed in 2024 that IT TAST IT DOWN ACT will require tech companies to quickly take action on involuntary intimate images. The platform is required to delete such content within 48 hours after issuing the request. The FTC can then prosecute platforms that do not meet such requests.
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In addition to targeting tech platforms, this hit law also includes fines and potential jail time for those who create and share such images. The new law will make explicit involuntary images of publication (or even threatening to publish) federal crimes, including deep images produced by revenge porn and AI.
Digital rights groups have shared Their concerns about the Knockdown Act. The activists say the bill can be weaponized to review speeches protected by law and that legal content may be removed inaccurately.
Despite these concerns, even Get support From it seeks police technology platforms such as Snapchat and Roblox.
Congress has not completed a solution to AI and Deepfakes this year. Both No forgery bill of 2025 and content source protection and integrity Editorial and Deep Media Bill 2025 This session has also been introduced. The former attempts to protect individuals from Voice copy Without its consent, through AI, the latter wants to protect the original work and needs transparency around content generated around AI.
