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House hearing spotlights Take It Down Act as tool to remove nonconsensual intimate images of minors
Summary
Witnesses and lawmakers urged Congress to pass the Take It Down Act to create notice-and-removal obligations for platforms, fill investigative gaps around non‑CSAM exploitative images, and give victims new civil and criminal remedies.
Take It Down Act supporters told the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee that existing law leaves a gap allowing exploitative but not legally defined child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and AI‑generated intimate images of minors to circulate without effective law‑enforcement or civil remedies.
Why it matters: Witnesses said the bill would let victims and their advocates seek removal and would criminalize certain exploitative publications that fall short of current CSAM definitions, while establishing reporting standards so law enforcement receives usable information.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Chief Legal Officer Yota Suras told members that platforms often submit…
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