TAKE IT DOWN Act up for consideration in House hearing
In advance of a House hearing on Wednesday, a coalition of grassroots advocacy groups is urging Congress to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act, legislation that would protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography. The bipartisan bill would criminalize the publication of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images — including AI-generated deepfakes — and require online platforms to have in place notice and takedown processes. In February, the Senate passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act with unanimous support.
Read the coalition letter here.
“Victims of authentic image-based sexual abuse have waited years for Congress to pass basic, common sense protections,” writes the coalition. “Today, artificial intelligence is making it alarmingly easy for malicious actors to produce hyper-realistic, non-consensual intimate images (NCII) of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and minors. Now is the time for Congress to act.”
Groups joining Tuesday’s coalition letter include ARI, Encode, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), Sexual Violence Prevention Association (SVPA), Alecto AI, American Sunlight Project, Common Sense, Joyful Heart Foundation, National Consumer League, National Organization for Women (NOW), Public Citizen, Survivors & Tech Solving Image-Based Sexual Abuse (STISA), and the Tech Oversight Project.
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Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to policy advocacy in the public interest, focused on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). Learn more at ARI.us.