CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Maria Salazar (R-FL)

TAKE IT DOWN Act

H.R. 633 · House bill Science, Technology, Communications

A Republican bill with 11 Democratic cosponsors · See all 41 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

The TAKE IT DOWN Act aims to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions. It establishes criminal prohibitions against the intentional disclosure of such depictions and digital forgeries of identifiable individuals. The bill differentiates between offenses involving adults and those involving minors, with stricter penalties for the latter. Additionally, it mandates that covered platforms implement a specific notice and removal process for victims. The Federal Trade Commission is granted authority to enforce these notice and removal obligations.

Yes· 3 of 9

  • Scored +8

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill establishes stricter criminal penalties for the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images of minors.

  • Scored +6

    Does this put more rules on large technology companies?

    The bill mandates that covered digital platforms implement specific notice and removal processes for harmful content.

  • Scored +5

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    The bill protects young adults from the digital harm and reputational damage of nonconsensual imagery.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.