Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act after it’s signed today

Jasmine Mithani

Interim Data and Technology Reporter

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On Monday, President Donald Trump is slated to sign the bipartisan Take It Down Act , which criminalizes the distribution and creation of nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes and so-called “revenge porn.”

In addition to creating federal-level criminal consequences, the new law will require online platforms to implement a request-and-removal system where victims of image-based sexual abuse can have their pictures taken down within 48 hours.

The House and Senate sent the measure to the president’s desk with nearly unanimous approval. Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, championed the bill after one of his te