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4	3		STSESSION S. 146
5		-	To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual
6		-	depictions, and for other purposes.
7		-	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8		-	JANUARY16, 2025
9		-	Mr. C
10		-	RUZ(for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL,
11		-	Mr. C
12		-	ASSIDY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. LUMMIS,
13		-	Mr. H
14		-	ICKENLOOPER, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WICKER, Mr.
15		-	Y
16		-	OUNG, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. HEINRICH, and
17		-	Mr. P
18		-	ETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
19		-	ferred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
20		-	A BILL
	4	+	AN ACT
21	5		To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual
22	6		intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.
23	7		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tools to Address 4
27		-	Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological 5
28		-	Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act’’ or the ‘‘TAKE 6
29		-	IT DOWN Act’’. 7
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33		-	SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON INTENTIONAL DISCLO-1
34		-	SURE OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE VISUAL 2
35		-	DEPICTIONS. 3
	8	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
	9	+	†S 146 ES
	10	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	11	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tools to Address 2
	12	+	Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological 3
	13	+	Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act’’ or the ‘‘TAKE 4
	14	+	IT DOWN Act’’. 5
	15	+	SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON INTENTIONAL DISCLO-6
	16	+	SURE OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE VISUAL 7
	17	+	DEPICTIONS. 8
36	18		(a) I
37		-	NGENERAL.—Section 223 of the Communica-4
38		-	tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended— 5
39		-	(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-6
40		-	section (i); and 7
41		-	(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-8
42		-	lowing: 9
	19	+	NGENERAL.—Section 223 of the Communica-9
	20	+	tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended— 10
	21	+	(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-11
	22	+	section (i); and 12
	23	+	(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-13
	24	+	lowing: 14
43	25		‘‘(h) I
44		-	NTENTIONALDISCLOSURE OF NONCONSEN-10
45		-	SUALINTIMATEVISUALDEPICTIONS.— 11
	26	+	NTENTIONALDISCLOSURE OF NONCONSEN-15
	27	+	SUALINTIMATEVISUALDEPICTIONS.— 16
46	28		‘‘(1) D
47		-	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 12
	29	+	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 17
48	30		‘‘(A) C
49		-	ONSENT.—The term ‘consent’ 13
50		-	means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary 14
51		-	authorization made by an individual free from 15
52		-	force, fraud, duress, misrepresentation, or coer-16
53		-	cion. 17
	31	+	ONSENT.—The term ‘consent’ 18
	32	+	means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary 19
	33	+	authorization made by an individual free from 20
	34	+	force, fraud, duress, misrepresentation, or coer-21
	35	+	cion. 22
54	36		‘‘(B) D
55		-	IGITAL FORGERY.—The term ‘dig-18
56		-	ital forgery’ means any intimate visual depic-19
57		-	tion of an identifiable individual created 20
58		-	through the use of software, machine learning, 21
59		-	artificial intelligence, or any other computer- 22
60		-	generated or technological means, including by 23
61		-	adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering 24
62		-	an authentic visual depiction, that, when viewed 25
63		-	as a whole by a reasonable person, is indistin-26
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67		-	guishable from an authentic visual depiction of 1
68		-	the individual. 2
	37	+	IGITAL FORGERY.—The term ‘dig-23
	38	+	ital forgery’ means any intimate visual depic-24
	39	+	tion of an identifiable individual created 25
	40	+	through the use of software, machine learning, 26 3
	41	+	†S 146 ES
	42	+	artificial intelligence, or any other computer- 1
	43	+	generated or technological means, including by 2
	44	+	adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering 3
	45	+	an authentic visual depiction, that, when viewed 4
	46	+	as a whole by a reasonable person, is indistin-5
	47	+	guishable from an authentic visual depiction of 6
	48	+	the individual. 7
69	49		‘‘(C) I
70		-	DENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL .—The 3
71		-	term ‘identifiable individual’ means an indi-4
72		-	vidual— 5
73		-	‘‘(i) who appears in whole or in part 6
74		-	in an intimate visual depiction; and 7
75		-	‘‘(ii) whose face, likeness, or other dis-8
76		-	tinguishing characteristic (including a 9
77		-	unique birthmark or other recognizable 10
78		-	feature) is displayed in connection with 11
79		-	such intimate visual depiction. 12
	50	+	DENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL .—The 8
	51	+	term ‘identifiable individual’ means an indi-9
	52	+	vidual— 10
	53	+	‘‘(i) who appears in whole or in part 11
	54	+	in an intimate visual depiction; and 12
	55	+	‘‘(ii) whose face, likeness, or other dis-13
	56	+	tinguishing characteristic (including a 14
	57	+	unique birthmark or other recognizable 15
	58	+	feature) is displayed in connection with 16
	59	+	such intimate visual depiction. 17
80	60		‘‘(D) I
81		-	NTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE .— 13
82		-	The term ‘interactive computer service’ has the 14
83		-	meaning given the term in section 230. 15
	61	+	NTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE .— 18
	62	+	The term ‘interactive computer service’ has the 19
	63	+	meaning given the term in section 230. 20
84	64		‘‘(E) I
85		-	NTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .—The 16
86		-	term ‘intimate visual depiction’ has the mean-17
87		-	ing given such term in section 1309 of the Con-18
88		-	solidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (15 U.S.C. 19
89		-	6851). 20
90		-	~~‘‘(F) M~~
91		-	~~INOR~~.—The term ‘minor’ means 21
92		-	any individual under the age of 18 years. 22
	65	+	NTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .—The 21
	66	+	term ‘intimate visual depiction’ has the mean-22
	67	+	ing given such term in section 1309 of the Con-23
	68	+	solidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (15 U.S.C. 24
	69	+	6851). 25 4
	70	+	†S 146 ES
	71	+	‘‘(F) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means 1
	72	+	any individual under the age of 18 years. 2
93	73		‘‘(2) O
94		-	FFENSE INVOLVING AUTHENTIC INTI -23
95		-	MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .— 24
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99		-	‘‘(A) INVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-1
100		-	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 2
101		-	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-3
102		-	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 4
103		-	knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 5
104		-	of an identifiable individual who is not a minor 6
105		-	if— 7
106		-	‘‘(i) the intimate visual depiction was 8
107		-	obtained or created under circumstances in 9
108		-	which the person knew or reasonably 10
109		-	should have known the identifiable indi-11
110		-	vidual had a reasonable expectation of pri-12
111		-	vacy; 13
112		-	‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-14
113		-	tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 15
114		-	in a public or commercial setting; 16
115		-	‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 17
116		-	of public concern; and 18
117		-	‘‘(iv) publication of the intimate visual 19
118		-	depiction— 20
119		-	‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 21
120		-	or 22
121		-	‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-23
122		-	chological, financial, or reputational 24
123		-	harm, to the identifiable individual. 25
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127		-	‘‘(B) INVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-1
128		-	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 2
129		-	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-3
130		-	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 4
131		-	knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 5
132		-	of an identifiable individual who is a minor with 6
133		-	intent to— 7
134		-	‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-8
135		-	grade the minor; or 9
136		-	‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-10
137		-	sire of any person. 11
	74	+	FFENSE INVOLVING AUTHENTIC INTI -3
	75	+	MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .— 4
	76	+	‘‘(A) I
	77	+	NVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-5
	78	+	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 6
	79	+	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-7
	80	+	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 8
	81	+	knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 9
	82	+	of an identifiable individual who is not a minor 10
	83	+	if— 11
	84	+	‘‘(i) the intimate visual depiction was 12
	85	+	obtained or created under circumstances in 13
	86	+	which the person knew or reasonably 14
	87	+	should have known the identifiable indi-15
	88	+	vidual had a reasonable expectation of pri-16
	89	+	vacy; 17
	90	+	‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-18
	91	+	tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 19
	92	+	in a public or commercial setting; 20
	93	+	‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 21
	94	+	of public concern; and 22
	95	+	‘‘(iv) publication of the intimate visual 23
	96	+	depiction— 24 5
	97	+	†S 146 ES
	98	+	‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 1
	99	+	or 2
	100	+	‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-3
	101	+	chological, financial, or reputational 4
	102	+	harm, to the identifiable individual. 5
	103	+	‘‘(B) I
	104	+	NVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-6
	105	+	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 7
	106	+	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-8
	107	+	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 9
	108	+	knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 10
	109	+	of an identifiable individual who is a minor with 11
	110	+	intent to— 12
	111	+	‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-13
	112	+	grade the minor; or 14
	113	+	‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-15
	114	+	sire of any person. 16
138	115		‘‘(C) E
139		-	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 12
140		-	and (B) shall not apply to— 13
141		-	‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-14
142		-	tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 15
143		-	‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 16
144		-	the United States, a State, or a polit-17
145		-	ical subdivision of a State; or 18
146		-	‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 19
147		-	the United States; 20
148		-	‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 21
149		-	in good faith— 22
150		-	‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 23
151		-	or agency; 24
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155		-	‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-1
156		-	duction or filing associated with a 2
157		-	legal proceeding; 3
158		-	‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-4
159		-	cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 5
160		-	a legitimate medical, scientific, or 6
161		-	education purpose; 7
162		-	‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-8
163		-	ful content or unsolicited or unwel-9
164		-	come conduct or in pursuance of a 10
165		-	legal, professional, or other lawful ob-11
166		-	ligation; or 12
167		-	‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 13
168		-	respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 14
169		-	intimate visual depiction; 15
170		-	‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 16
171		-	to assist the identifiable individual; 17
172		-	‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-18
173		-	lishes an intimate visual depiction of him-19
174		-	self or herself engaged in nudity or sexu-20
175		-	ally explicit conduct (as that term is de-21
176		-	fined in section 2256(2)(A) of title 18, 22
177		-	United States Code); or 23
178		-	‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 24
179		-	visual depiction that constitutes— 25
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183		-	‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 1
184		-	term is defined in section 2256 of title 2
185		-	18, United States Code); or 3
186		-	‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 4
187		-	in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5
188		-	1466A of title 18, United States Code 6
189		-	(relating to obscene visual representa-7
190		-	tions of the sexual abuse of children). 8
	116	+	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 17
	117	+	and (B) shall not apply to— 18
	118	+	‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-19
	119	+	tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 20
	120	+	‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 21
	121	+	the United States, a State, or a polit-22
	122	+	ical subdivision of a State; or 23
	123	+	‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 24
	124	+	the United States; 25 6
	125	+	†S 146 ES
	126	+	‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 1
	127	+	in good faith— 2
	128	+	‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 3
	129	+	or agency; 4
	130	+	‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-5
	131	+	duction or filing associated with a 6
	132	+	legal proceeding; 7
	133	+	‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-8
	134	+	cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 9
	135	+	a legitimate medical, scientific, or 10
	136	+	education purpose; 11
	137	+	‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-12
	138	+	ful content or unsolicited or unwel-13
	139	+	come conduct or in pursuance of a 14
	140	+	legal, professional, or other lawful ob-15
	141	+	ligation; or 16
	142	+	‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 17
	143	+	respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 18
	144	+	intimate visual depiction; 19
	145	+	‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 20
	146	+	to assist the identifiable individual; 21
	147	+	‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-22
	148	+	lishes an intimate visual depiction of him-23
	149	+	self or herself engaged in nudity or sexu-24
	150	+	ally explicit conduct (as that term is de-25 7
	151	+	†S 146 ES
	152	+	fined in section 2256(2)(A) of title 18, 1
	153	+	United States Code); or 2
	154	+	‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 3
	155	+	visual depiction that constitutes— 4
	156	+	‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 5
	157	+	term is defined in section 2256 of title 6
	158	+	18, United States Code); or 7
	159	+	‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 8
	160	+	in subsection (a) or (b) of section 9
	161	+	1466A of title 18, United States Code 10
	162	+	(relating to obscene visual representa-11
	163	+	tions of the sexual abuse of children). 12
191	164		‘‘(3) O
192		-	FFENSE INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -9
193		-	GERIES.— 10
	165	+	FFENSE INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -13
	166	+	GERIES.— 14
194	167		‘‘(A) I
195		-	NVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-11
196		-	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 12
197		-	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-13
198		-	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 14
199		-	knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-15
200		-	fiable individual who is not a minor if— 16
201		-	‘‘(i) the digital forgery was published 17
202		-	without the consent of the identifiable indi-18
203		-	vidual; 19
204		-	‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-20
205		-	tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 21
206		-	in a public or commercial setting; 22
207		-	‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 23
208		-	of public concern; and 24
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212		-	‘‘(iv) publication of the digital for-1
213		-	gery— 2
214		-	‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 3
215		-	or 4
216		-	‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-5
217		-	chological, financial, or reputational 6
218		-	harm, to the identifiable individual. 7
	168	+	NVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-15
	169	+	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 16
	170	+	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-17
	171	+	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 18
	172	+	knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-19
	173	+	fiable individual who is not a minor if— 20
	174	+	‘‘(i) the digital forgery was published 21
	175	+	without the consent of the identifiable indi-22
	176	+	vidual; 23 8
	177	+	†S 146 ES
	178	+	‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-1
	179	+	tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 2
	180	+	in a public or commercial setting; 3
	181	+	‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 4
	182	+	of public concern; and 5
	183	+	‘‘(iv) publication of the digital for-6
	184	+	gery— 7
	185	+	‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 8
	186	+	or 9
	187	+	‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-10
	188	+	chological, financial, or reputational 11
	189	+	harm, to the identifiable individual. 12
219	190		‘‘(B) I
220		-	NVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-8
221		-	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 9
222		-	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-10
223		-	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 11
224		-	knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-12
225		-	fiable individual who is a minor with intent 13
226		-	to— 14
227		-	‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-15
228		-	grade the minor; or 16
229		-	‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-17
230		-	sire of any person. 18
	191	+	NVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-13
	192	+	vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 14
	193	+	for any person, in interstate or foreign com-15
	194	+	merce, to use an interactive computer service to 16
	195	+	knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-17
	196	+	fiable individual who is a minor with intent 18
	197	+	to— 19
	198	+	‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-20
	199	+	grade the minor; or 21
	200	+	‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-22
	201	+	sire of any person. 23
231	202		‘‘(C) E
232		-	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 19
233		-	and (B) shall not apply to— 20
234		-	‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-21
235		-	tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 22
236		-	‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 23
237		-	the United States, a State, or a polit-24
238		-	ical subdivision of a State; or 25
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242		-	‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 1
243		-	the United States; 2
244		-	‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 3
245		-	in good faith— 4
246		-	‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 5
247		-	or agency; 6
248		-	‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-7
249		-	duction or filing associated with a 8
250		-	legal proceeding; 9
251		-	‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-10
252		-	cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 11
253		-	a legitimate medical, scientific, or 12
254		-	education purpose; 13
255		-	‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-14
256		-	ful content or unsolicited or unwel-15
257		-	come conduct or in pursuance of a 16
258		-	legal, professional, or other lawful ob-17
259		-	ligation; or 18
260		-	‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 19
261		-	respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 20
262		-	intimate visual depiction; 21
263		-	‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 22
264		-	to assist the identifiable individual; 23
265		-	‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-24
266		-	lishes a digital forgery of himself or herself 25
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270		-	engaged in nudity or sexually explicit con-1
271		-	duct (as that term is defined in section 2
272		-	2256(2)(A) of title 18, United States 3
273		-	Code); or 4
274		-	‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 5
275		-	visual depiction that constitutes— 6
276		-	‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 7
277		-	term is defined in section 2256 of title 8
278		-	18, United States Code); or 9
279		-	‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 10
280		-	in subsection (a) or (b) of section 11
281		-	1466A of title 18, United States Code 12
282		-	(relating to obscene visual representa-13
283		-	tions of the sexual abuse of children). 14
	203	+	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 24
	204	+	and (B) shall not apply to— 25 9
	205	+	†S 146 ES
	206	+	‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-1
	207	+	tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 2
	208	+	‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 3
	209	+	the United States, a State, or a polit-4
	210	+	ical subdivision of a State; or 5
	211	+	‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 6
	212	+	the United States; 7
	213	+	‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 8
	214	+	in good faith— 9
	215	+	‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 10
	216	+	or agency; 11
	217	+	‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-12
	218	+	duction or filing associated with a 13
	219	+	legal proceeding; 14
	220	+	‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-15
	221	+	cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 16
	222	+	a legitimate medical, scientific, or 17
	223	+	education purpose; 18
	224	+	‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-19
	225	+	ful content or unsolicited or unwel-20
	226	+	come conduct or in pursuance of a 21
	227	+	legal, professional, or other lawful ob-22
	228	+	ligation; or 23 10
	229	+	†S 146 ES
	230	+	‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 1
	231	+	respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 2
	232	+	intimate visual depiction; 3
	233	+	‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 4
	234	+	to assist the identifiable individual; 5
	235	+	‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-6
	236	+	lishes a digital forgery of himself or herself 7
	237	+	engaged in nudity or sexually explicit con-8
	238	+	duct (as that term is defined in section 9
	239	+	2256(2)(A) of title 18, United States 10
	240	+	Code); or 11
	241	+	‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 12
	242	+	visual depiction that constitutes— 13
	243	+	‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 14
	244	+	term is defined in section 2256 of title 15
	245	+	18, United States Code); or 16
	246	+	‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 17
	247	+	in subsection (a) or (b) of section 18
	248	+	1466A of title 18, United States Code 19
	249	+	(relating to obscene visual representa-20
	250	+	tions of the sexual abuse of children). 21
284	251		‘‘(4) P
285		-	ENALTIES.— 15
	252	+	ENALTIES.— 22
286	253		‘‘(A) O
287		-	FFENSES INVOLVING ADULTS .—Any 16
288		-	person who violates paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(A) 17
289		-	shall be fined under title 18, United States 18
290		-	Code, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 19
291		-	both. 20
	254	+	FFENSES INVOLVING ADULTS .—Any 23
	255	+	person who violates paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(A) 24
	256	+	shall be fined under title 18, United States 25 11
	257	+	†S 146 ES
	258	+	Code, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 1
	259	+	both. 2
292	260		‘‘(B) O
293		-	FFENSES INVOLVING MINORS .—Any 21
294		-	person who violates paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(B) 22
295		-	shall be fined under title 18, United States 23
296		-	Code, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or 24
297		-	both. 25
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301		-	‘‘(5) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—For purposes 1
302		-	of paragraphs (2) and (3)— 2
303		-	‘‘(A) the fact that the identifiable indi-3
304		-	vidual provided consent for the creation of the 4
305		-	intimate visual depiction shall not establish that 5
306		-	the individual provided consent for the publica-6
307		-	tion of the intimate visual depiction; and 7
308		-	‘‘(B) the fact that the identifiable indi-8
309		-	vidual disclosed the intimate visual depiction to 9
310		-	another individual shall not establish that the 10
311		-	identifiable individual provided consent for the 11
312		-	publication of the intimate visual depiction by 12
313		-	the person alleged to have violated paragraph 13
314		-	(2) or (3), respectively. 14
	261	+	FFENSES INVOLVING MINORS .—Any 3
	262	+	person who violates paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(B) 4
	263	+	shall be fined under title 18, United States 5
	264	+	Code, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or 6
	265	+	both. 7
	266	+	‘‘(5) R
	267	+	ULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—For purposes 8
	268	+	of paragraphs (2) and (3)— 9
	269	+	‘‘(A) the fact that the identifiable indi-10
	270	+	vidual provided consent for the creation of the 11
	271	+	intimate visual depiction shall not establish that 12
	272	+	the individual provided consent for the publica-13
	273	+	tion of the intimate visual depiction; and 14
	274	+	‘‘(B) the fact that the identifiable indi-15
	275	+	vidual disclosed the intimate visual depiction to 16
	276	+	another individual shall not establish that the 17
	277	+	identifiable individual provided consent for the 18
	278	+	publication of the intimate visual depiction by 19
	279	+	the person alleged to have violated paragraph 20
	280	+	(2) or (3), respectively. 21
315	281		‘‘(6) T
316		-	HREATS.— 15
	282	+	HREATS.— 22
317	283		‘‘(A) T
318		-	HREATS INVOLVING AUTHENTIC IN -16
319		-	TIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .—Any person who 17
320		-	intentionally threatens to commit an offense 18
321		-	under paragraph (2) for the purpose of intimi-19
322		-	dation, coercion, extortion, or to create mental 20
323		-	distress shall be punished as provided in para-21
324		-	graph (4). 22
	284	+	HREATS INVOLVING AUTHENTIC IN -23
	285	+	TIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .—Any person who 24
	286	+	intentionally threatens to commit an offense 25 12
	287	+	†S 146 ES
	288	+	under paragraph (2) for the purpose of intimi-1
	289	+	dation, coercion, extortion, or to create mental 2
	290	+	distress shall be punished as provided in para-3
	291	+	graph (4). 4
325	292		‘‘(B) T
326		-	HREATS INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -23
327		-	GERIES.— 24
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331		-	‘‘(i) THREATS INVOLVING ADULTS .— 1
332		-	Any person who intentionally threatens to 2
333		-	commit an offense under paragraph (3)(A) 3
334		-	for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 4
335		-	extortion, or to create mental distress shall 5
336		-	be fined under title 18, United States 6
337		-	Code, imprisoned not more than 18 7
338		-	months, or both. 8
	293	+	HREATS INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -5
	294	+	GERIES.— 6
	295	+	‘‘(i) T
	296	+	HREATS INVOLVING ADULTS .— 7
	297	+	Any person who intentionally threatens to 8
	298	+	commit an offense under paragraph (3)(A) 9
	299	+	for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 10
	300	+	extortion, or to create mental distress shall 11
	301	+	be fined under title 18, United States 12
	302	+	Code, imprisoned not more than 18 13
	303	+	months, or both. 14
339	304		‘‘(ii) T
340		-	HREATS INVOLVING MINORS .— 9
341		-	Any person who intentionally threatens to 10
342		-	commit an offense under paragraph (3)(B) 11
343		-	for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 12
344		-	extortion, or to create mental distress shall 13
345		-	be fined under title 18, United States 14
346		-	Code, imprisoned not more than 30 15
347		-	months, or both. 16
	305	+	HREATS INVOLVING MINORS .— 15
	306	+	Any person who intentionally threatens to 16
	307	+	commit an offense under paragraph (3)(B) 17
	308	+	for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 18
	309	+	extortion, or to create mental distress shall 19
	310	+	be fined under title 18, United States 20
	311	+	Code, imprisoned not more than 30 21
	312	+	months, or both. 22
348	313		‘‘(7) F
349		-	ORFEITURE.— 17
	314	+	ORFEITURE.— 23
350	315		‘‘(A) I
351		-	N GENERAL.—The court, in impos-18
352		-	ing a sentence on any person convicted of a vio-19
353		-	lation of paragraph (2) or (3), shall order, in 20
354		-	addition to any other sentence imposed and ir-21
355		-	respective of any provision of State law, that 22
356		-	the person forfeit to the United States— 23
357		-	‘‘(i) any material distributed in viola-24
358		-	tion of that paragraph; 25
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362		-	‘‘(ii) the person’s interest in property, 1
363		-	real or personal, constituting or derived 2
364		-	from any gross proceeds of the violation, or 3
365		-	any property traceable to such property, 4
366		-	obtained or retained directly or indirectly 5
367		-	as a result of the violation; and 6
368		-	‘‘(iii) any personal property of the 7
369		-	person used, or intended to be used, in any 8
370		-	manner or part, to commit or to facilitate 9
371		-	the commission of the violation. 10
	316	+	N GENERAL.—The court, in impos-24
	317	+	ing a sentence on any person convicted of a vio-25 13
	318	+	†S 146 ES
	319	+	lation of paragraph (2) or (3), shall order, in 1
	320	+	addition to any other sentence imposed and ir-2
	321	+	respective of any provision of State law, that 3
	322	+	the person forfeit to the United States— 4
	323	+	‘‘(i) any material distributed in viola-5
	324	+	tion of that paragraph; 6
	325	+	‘‘(ii) the person’s interest in property, 7
	326	+	real or personal, constituting or derived 8
	327	+	from any gross proceeds of the violation, or 9
	328	+	any property traceable to such property, 10
	329	+	obtained or retained directly or indirectly 11
	330	+	as a result of the violation; and 12
	331	+	‘‘(iii) any personal property of the 13
	332	+	person used, or intended to be used, in any 14
	333	+	manner or part, to commit or to facilitate 15
	334	+	the commission of the violation. 16
372	335		‘‘(B) P
373		-	ROCEDURES.—Section 413 of the 11
374		-	Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), 12
375		-	with the exception of subsections (a) and (d), 13
376		-	shall apply to the criminal forfeiture of property 14
377		-	under subparagraph (A). 15
	336	+	ROCEDURES.—Section 413 of the 17
	337	+	Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), 18
	338	+	with the exception of subsections (a) and (d), 19
	339	+	shall apply to the criminal forfeiture of property 20
	340	+	under subparagraph (A). 21
378	341		‘‘(8) R
379		-	ESTITUTION.—The court shall order res-16
380		-	titution for an offense under paragraph (2) or (3) in 17
381		-	the same manner as under section 2264 of title 18, 18
382		-	United States Code. 19
383		-	‘‘(9) R
384		-	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 20
385		-	this subsection shall be construed to limit the appli-21
386		-	cation of any other relevant law, including section 22
387		-	2252 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 23
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391		-	(b) DEFENSES.—Section 223(e)(1) of the Commu-1
392		-	nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(e)(1)) is amended 2
393		-	by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), or (h)’’. 3
	342	+	ESTITUTION.—The court shall order res-22
	343	+	titution for an offense under paragraph (2) or (3) in 23
	344	+	the same manner as under section 2264 of title 18, 24
	345	+	United States Code. 25 14
	346	+	†S 146 ES
	347	+	‘‘(9) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 1
	348	+	this subsection shall be construed to limit the appli-2
	349	+	cation of any other relevant law, including section 3
	350	+	2252 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 4
	351	+	(b) D
	352	+	EFENSES.—Section 223(e)(1) of the Commu-5
	353	+	nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(e)(1)) is amended 6
	354	+	by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), or (h)’’. 7
394	355		(c) T
395		-	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 4
396		-	Subsection (i) of section 223 of the Communications Act 5
397		-	of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223), as so redesignated by subsection 6
	356	+	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 8
	357	+	Subsection (i) of section 223 of the Communications Act 9
	358	+	of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223), as so redesignated by subsection 10
398	359		(a), is amended by inserting ‘‘D
399		-	EFINITIONS.—’’ before 7
400		-	‘‘For purposes of this section’’. 8
401		-	SEC. 3. NOTICE AND REMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTI-9
402		-	MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS. 10
	360	+	EFINITIONS.—’’ before 11
	361	+	‘‘For purposes of this section’’. 12
	362	+	SEC. 3. NOTICE AND REMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTI-13
	363	+	MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS. 14
403	364		(a) I
404		-	NGENERAL.— 11
	365	+	NGENERAL.— 15
405	366		(1) N
406		-	OTICE AND REMOVAL PROCESS .— 12
	367	+	OTICE AND REMOVAL PROCESS .— 16
407	368		(A) E
408		-	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 13
409		-	year after the date of enactment of this Act, a 14
410		-	covered platform shall establish a process 15
411		-	whereby an identifiable individual (or an au-16
412		-	thorized person acting on behalf of such indi-17
413		-	vidual) may— 18
414		-	(i) notify the covered platform of an 19
415		-	intimate visual depiction published on the 20
416		-	covered platform that— 21
417		-	(I) includes a depiction of the 22
418		-	identifiable individual; and 23
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422		-	(II) was published without the 1
423		-	consent of the identifiable individual; 2
424		-	and 3
425		-	(ii) submit a request for the covered 4
426		-	platform to remove such intimate visual 5
427		-	depiction. 6
	369	+	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 17
	370	+	year after the date of enactment of this Act, a 18
	371	+	covered platform shall establish a process 19
	372	+	whereby an identifiable individual (or an au-20
	373	+	thorized person acting on behalf of such indi-21
	374	+	vidual) may— 22
	375	+	(i) notify the covered platform of an 23
	376	+	intimate visual depiction published on the 24
	377	+	covered platform that— 25 15
	378	+	†S 146 ES
	379	+	(I) includes a depiction of the 1
	380	+	identifiable individual; and 2
	381	+	(II) was published without the 3
	382	+	consent of the identifiable individual; 4
	383	+	and 5
	384	+	(ii) submit a request for the covered 6
	385	+	platform to remove such intimate visual 7
	386	+	depiction. 8
428	387		(B) R
429		-	EQUIREMENTS.—A notification and 7
430		-	request for removal of an intimate visual depic-8
431		-	tion submitted under the process established 9
432		-	under subparagraph (A) shall include, in writ-10
433		-	ing— 11
434		-	(i) a physical or electronic signature 12
435		-	of the identifiable individual (or an author-13
436		-	ized person acting on behalf of such indi-14
437		-	vidual); 15
438		-	(ii) an identification of, and informa-16
439		-	tion reasonably sufficient for the covered 17
440		-	platform to locate, the intimate visual de-18
441		-	piction of the identifiable individual; 19
442		-	(iii) a brief statement that the identi-20
443		-	fiable individual has a good faith belief 21
444		-	that any intimate visual depiction identi-22
445		-	fied under clause (ii) is not consensual, in-23
446		-	cluding any relevant information for the 24
447		-	covered platform to determine the intimate 25
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451		-	visual depiction was published without the 1
452		-	consent of the identifiable individual; and 2
453		-	(iv) information sufficient to enable 3
454		-	the covered platform to contact the identi-4
455		-	fiable individual (or an authorized person 5
456		-	acting on behalf of such individual). 6
	388	+	EQUIREMENTS.—A notification and 9
	389	+	request for removal of an intimate visual depic-10
	390	+	tion submitted under the process established 11
	391	+	under subparagraph (A) shall include, in writ-12
	392	+	ing— 13
	393	+	(i) a physical or electronic signature 14
	394	+	of the identifiable individual (or an author-15
	395	+	ized person acting on behalf of such indi-16
	396	+	vidual); 17
	397	+	(ii) an identification of, and informa-18
	398	+	tion reasonably sufficient for the covered 19
	399	+	platform to locate, the intimate visual de-20
	400	+	piction of the identifiable individual; 21
	401	+	(iii) a brief statement that the identi-22
	402	+	fiable individual has a good faith belief 23
	403	+	that any intimate visual depiction identi-24
	404	+	fied under clause (ii) is not consensual, in-25 16
	405	+	†S 146 ES
	406	+	cluding any relevant information for the 1
	407	+	covered platform to determine the intimate 2
	408	+	visual depiction was published without the 3
	409	+	consent of the identifiable individual; and 4
	410	+	(iv) information sufficient to enable 5
	411	+	the covered platform to contact the identi-6
	412	+	fiable individual (or an authorized person 7
	413	+	acting on behalf of such individual). 8
457	414		(2) N
458		-	OTICE OF PROCESS.—A covered platform 7
459		-	shall provide on the platform a clear and con-8
460		-	spicuous notice, which may be provided through a 9
461		-	clear and conspicuous link to another web page or 10
462		-	disclosure, of the notice and removal process estab-11
463		-	lished under paragraph (1)(A) that— 12
464		-	(A) is easy to read and in plain language; 13
465		-	and 14
466		-	(B) provides information regarding the re-15
467		-	sponsibilities of the covered platform under this 16
468		-	section, including a description of how an indi-17
469		-	vidual can submit a notification and request for 18
470		-	removal. 19
	415	+	OTICE OF PROCESS.—A covered platform 9
	416	+	shall provide on the platform a clear and con-10
	417	+	spicuous notice, which may be provided through a 11
	418	+	clear and conspicuous link to another web page or 12
	419	+	disclosure, of the notice and removal process estab-13
	420	+	lished under paragraph (1)(A) that— 14
	421	+	(A) is easy to read and in plain language; 15
	422	+	and 16
	423	+	(B) provides information regarding the re-17
	424	+	sponsibilities of the covered platform under this 18
	425	+	section, including a description of how an indi-19
	426	+	vidual can submit a notification and request for 20
	427	+	removal. 21
471	428		(3) R
472		-	EMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE 20
473		-	VISUAL DEPICTIONS.—Upon receiving a valid re-21
474		-	moval request from an identifiable individual (or an 22
475		-	authorized person acting on behalf of such indi-23
476		-	vidual) using the process described in paragraph 24
477		-	(1)(A)(ii), a covered platform shall, as soon as pos-25
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481		-	sible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving 1
482		-	such request— 2
483		-	(A) remove the intimate visual depiction; 3
484		-	and 4
485		-	(B) make reasonable efforts to identify and 5
486		-	remove any known identical copies of such de-6
487		-	piction. 7
	429	+	EMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE 22
	430	+	VISUAL DEPICTIONS.—Upon receiving a valid re-23
	431	+	moval request from an identifiable individual (or an 24
	432	+	authorized person acting on behalf of such indi-25 17
	433	+	†S 146 ES
	434	+	vidual) using the process described in paragraph 1
	435	+	(1)(A)(ii), a covered platform shall, as soon as pos-2
	436	+	sible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving 3
	437	+	such request— 4
	438	+	(A) remove the intimate visual depiction; 5
	439	+	and 6
	440	+	(B) make reasonable efforts to identify and 7
	441	+	remove any known identical copies of such de-8
	442	+	piction. 9
488	443		(4) L
489		-	IMITATION ON LIABILITY.—A covered plat-8
490		-	form shall not be liable for any claim based on the 9
491		-	covered platform’s good faith disabling of access to, 10
492		-	or removal of, material claimed to be a nonconsen-11
493		-	sual intimate visual depiction based on facts or cir-12
494		-	cumstances from which the unlawful publishing of 13
495		-	an intimate visual depiction is apparent, regardless 14
496		-	of whether the intimate visual depiction is ultimately 15
497		-	determined to be unlawful or not. 16
	444	+	IMITATION ON LIABILITY.—A covered plat-10
	445	+	form shall not be liable for any claim based on the 11
	446	+	covered platform’s good faith disabling of access to, 12
	447	+	or removal of, material claimed to be a nonconsen-13
	448	+	sual intimate visual depiction based on facts or cir-14
	449	+	cumstances from which the unlawful publishing of 15
	450	+	an intimate visual depiction is apparent, regardless 16
	451	+	of whether the intimate visual depiction is ultimately 17
	452	+	determined to be unlawful or not. 18
498	453		(b) E
499		-	NFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 17
	454	+	NFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 19
500	455		(1) U
501		-	NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -18
502		-	TICES.—A failure to reasonably comply with the no-19
503		-	tice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) 20
504		-	shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an 21
505		-	unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 22
506		-	18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 23
507		-	(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 24
	456	+	NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -20
	457	+	TICES.—A failure to reasonably comply with the no-21
	458	+	tice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) 22
	459	+	shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an 23
	460	+	unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 24 18
	461	+	†S 146 ES
	462	+	18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 1
	463	+	(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 2
508	464		(2) P
509		-	OWERS OF THE COMMISSION .— 25
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513		-	(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1
514		-	subparagraph (D), the Commission shall en-2
515		-	force this section in the same manner, by the 3
516		-	same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 4
517		-	powers, and duties as though all applicable 5
518		-	terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 6
519		-	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-7
520		-	corporated into and made a part of this section. 8
	465	+	OWERS OF THE COMMISSION .— 3
	466	+	(A) I
	467	+	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 4
	468	+	subparagraph (D), the Commission shall en-5
	469	+	force this section in the same manner, by the 6
	470	+	same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 7
	471	+	powers, and duties as though all applicable 8
	472	+	terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 9
	473	+	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-10
	474	+	corporated into and made a part of this section. 11
521	475		(B) P
522		-	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 9
523		-	person who violates this section shall be subject 10
524		-	to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 11
525		-	and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 12
526		-	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 13
	476	+	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 12
	477	+	person who violates this section shall be subject 13
	478	+	to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 14
	479	+	and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 15
	480	+	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 16
527	481		(C) A
528		-	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in 14
529		-	this Act shall be construed to limit the author-15
530		-	ity of the Federal Trade Commission under any 16
531		-	other provision of law. 17
	482	+	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in 17
	483	+	this Act shall be construed to limit the author-18
	484	+	ity of the Federal Trade Commission under any 19
	485	+	other provision of law. 20
532	486		(D) S
533		-	COPE OF JURISDICTION .—Notwith-18
534		-	standing sections 4, 5(a)(2), or 6 of the Federal 19
535		-	Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44, 45(a)(2), 20
536		-	46), or any jurisdictional limitation of the Com-21
537		-	mission, the Commission shall also enforce this 22
538		-	section in the same manner provided in sub-23
539		-	paragraph (A), with respect to organizations 24
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543		-	that are not organized to carry on business for 1
544		-	their own profit or that of their members. 2
545		-	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 3
546		-	In this Act: 4
	487	+	COPE OF JURISDICTION .—Notwith-21
	488	+	standing sections 4, 5(a)(2), or 6 of the Federal 22
	489	+	Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44, 45(a)(2), 23
	490	+	46), or any jurisdictional limitation of the Com-24
	491	+	mission, the Commission shall also enforce this 25 19
	492	+	†S 146 ES
	493	+	section in the same manner provided in sub-1
	494	+	paragraph (A), with respect to organizations 2
	495	+	that are not organized to carry on business for 3
	496	+	their own profit or that of their members. 4
	497	+	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 5
	498	+	In this Act: 6
547	499		(1) C
548		-	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 5
549		-	means the Federal Trade Commission. 6
	500	+	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 7
	501	+	means the Federal Trade Commission. 8
550	502		(2) C
551		-	ONSENT; DIGITAL FORGERY; IDENTIFI-7
552		-	ABLE INDIVIDUAL; INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .— 8
553		-	The terms ‘‘consent’’, ‘‘digital forgery’’, ‘‘identifiable 9
554		-	individual’’, ‘‘intimate visual depiction’’, and 10
555		-	‘‘minor’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-11
556		-	tion 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 12
557		-	U.S.C. 223), as added by section 2. 13
	503	+	ONSENT; DIGITAL FORGERY; IDENTIFI-9
	504	+	ABLE INDIVIDUAL; INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .— 10
	505	+	The terms ‘‘consent’’, ‘‘digital forgery’’, ‘‘identifiable 11
	506	+	individual’’, ‘‘intimate visual depiction’’, and 12
	507	+	‘‘minor’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-13
	508	+	tion 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 14
	509	+	U.S.C. 223), as added by section 2. 15
558	510		(3) C
559		-	OVERED PLATFORM .— 14
	511	+	OVERED PLATFORM .— 16
560	512		(A) I
561		-	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 15
562		-	platform’’ means a website, online service, on-16
563		-	line application, or mobile application— 17
564		-	(i) that serves the public; and 18
565		-	(ii)(I) that primarily provides a forum 19
566		-	for user-generated content, including mes-20
567		-	sages, videos, images, games, and audio 21
568		-	files; or 22
569		-	(II) for which it is in the regular 23
570		-	course of trade or business of the website, 24
571		-	online service, online application, or mobile 25
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575		-	application to publish, curate, host, or 1
576		-	make available content of nonconsensual 2
577		-	intimate visual depictions. 3
	513	+	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 17
	514	+	platform’’ means a website, online service, on-18
	515	+	line application, or mobile application— 19
	516	+	(i) that serves the public; and 20
	517	+	(ii)(I) that primarily provides a forum 21
	518	+	for user-generated content, including mes-22
	519	+	sages, videos, images, games, and audio 23
	520	+	files; or 24 20
	521	+	†S 146 ES
	522	+	(II) for which it is in the regular 1
	523	+	course of trade or business of the website, 2
	524	+	online service, online application, or mobile 3
	525	+	application to publish, curate, host, or 4
	526	+	make available content of nonconsensual 5
	527	+	intimate visual depictions. 6
578	528		(B) E
579		-	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘covered 4
580		-	platform’’ shall not include the following: 5
581		-	(i) A provider of broadband internet 6
582		-	access service (as described in section 7
583		-	8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-8
584		-	tions, or successor regulation). 9
585		-	(ii) Electronic mail. 10
586		-	(iii) Except as provided in subpara-11
587		-	graph (A)(ii)(II), an online service, appli-12
588		-	cation, or website— 13
589		-	(I) that consists primarily of con-14
590		-	tent that is not user generated but is 15
591		-	preselected by the provider of such on-16
592		-	line service, application, or website; 17
593		-	and 18
594		-	(II) for which any chat, com-19
595		-	ment, or interactive functionality is 20
596		-	incidental to, directly related to, or 21
597		-	dependent on the provision of the con-22
598		-	tent described in subclause (I). 23
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602		-	SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY. 1
603		-	If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 2
604		-	by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, 3
605		-	the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments 4
606		-	made by this Act shall not be affected. 5
607		-	Æ
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	529	+	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘covered 7
	530	+	platform’’ shall not include the following: 8
	531	+	(i) A provider of broadband internet 9
	532	+	access service (as described in section 10
	533	+	8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-11
	534	+	tions, or successor regulation). 12
	535	+	(ii) Electronic mail. 13
	536	+	(iii) Except as provided in subpara-14
	537	+	graph (A)(ii)(II), an online service, appli-15
	538	+	cation, or website— 16
	539	+	(I) that consists primarily of con-17
	540	+	tent that is not user generated but is 18
	541	+	preselected by the provider of such on-19
	542	+	line service, application, or website; 20
	543	+	and 21
	544	+	(II) for which any chat, com-22
	545	+	ment, or interactive functionality is 23
	546	+	incidental to, directly related to, or 24 21
	547	+	†S 146 ES
	548	+	dependent on the provision of the con-1
	549	+	tent described in subclause (I). 2
	550	+	SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY. 3
	551	+	If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 4
	552	+	by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, 5
	553	+	the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments 6
	554	+	made by this Act shall not be affected. 7
	555	+	Passed the Senate February 13, 2025.
	556	+	Attest:
	557	+	Secretary. 119
	558	+	TH
	559	+	CONGRESS
	560	+	1
	561	+	ST
	562	+	S
	563	+	ESSION
	564	+
	565	+	S. 146
	566	+	AN ACT
	567	+	To require covered platforms to remove nonconsen-
	568	+	sual intimate visual depictions, and for other
	569	+	purposes.