House Approves ‘Take It

The vote wasn’t close. It was a political thunderclap. In a rare moment of near-total unity, Congress moved to crush a dark industry built on stolen faces and synthetic bodies. Backed by President Trump, driven by victims’ rage, the Take It Down Act doesn’t just condemn deepfake porn – it criminalizes it and hands the powe… Continues…

The Take It Down Act marks one of the most decisive federal responses yet to the weaponization of AI. Passed 409–2 in the House, it makes nonconsensual AI-generated sexual content a criminal offense, targeting the exploding trade in deepfake pornography that has humiliated students, teachers, journalists, and even children. Platforms will now be legally required to remove flagged content within 72 hours, or face serious consequences. Victims, long told there was “nothing anyone could do,” gain the power to sue those who create, share, or host these images.