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TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act)
Deadline-ready summary derived from the Policy Window catalog. Every claim cites a primary source. As of 2026-06-30.
Key finding
Editorial summary pending editorial backfill (on the roadmap; see /wiki/roadmap). For now, see the full article lead paragraph.
Pull quote (operative text)
Verbatim pull quote pending editorial backfill (on the roadmap; see /wiki/roadmap) (Coverage Games provision-anchor pass). Use the primary source URL in the infobox of the full article to pull a verbatim excerpt under the article's reporting deadline.
Topics this instrument addresses
- governsDeepfakes / Synthetic Content— Pub. L. 119-12 — criminalizes nonconsensual intimate 'digital forgeries' (AI deepfakes) of adults and minors and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours; the statute names 'artificial intelligence' in its operative digital-forgery definition
- implicitIndividual Redress— Pub. L. 119-12 — the 48-hour platform notice-and-removal process plus mandatory criminal restitution and forfeiture give nonconsensual-intimate-image / deepfake victims a targeted remedy; narrow to one harm domain and FTC-enforced with no private right of action
Cite this briefing
MLA (9th edition)
Policy Window. "TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act)." Policy Window AI Governance Catalog, 2026-06-30, https://policywindow.org/wiki/take-it-down-act?asOf=2026-06-30.
AP (current style — newsroom-grade)
Policy Window AI Governance Catalog, "TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act)," accessed 2026-06-30, https://policywindow.org/wiki/take-it-down-act?asOf=2026-06-30.
Chicago (17th edition, notes-bibliography)
Policy Window, "TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act)," Policy Window AI Governance Catalog, accessed 2026-06-30, https://policywindow.org/wiki/take-it-down-act?asOf=2026-06-30.
APA (7th edition, author-date)
Policy Window. (2026). TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act) [Snapshot 2026-06-30]. Policy Window AI Governance Catalog. https://policywindow.org/wiki/take-it-down-act?asOf=2026-06-30
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What this briefing IS: a deadline-shaped slice of the typed catalog at /wiki/take-it-down-act. Key finding + pull quote + crosswalk are editor-curated when present; honest-empty when not. Charter §7.1.a holds: never advocacy framing.
What this briefing is NOT: a substitute for direct verification of primary sources before publication. Not legal advice (charter §7.4). Not real-time (editorial cadence).