Laws against synthesis and other related crimes: Difference between revisions

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== US Senate Act S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (119th Congress - 2025-2026) ==
The [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 '''''S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act''''' at congress.gov], a bipartisan bill against non-consensual intimate image-based abuse, or in other words, against naked synthetic digital look-alikes and real image-based abuse, was passed by the House of Representatives on Monday 2025-04-28. It became federal law on Monday 2025-05-19. There is a one year delay on some of the requirements of the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
* [https://rainn.org/policy/take-it-down-act '''''Take It Down Act''''' summary  at rainn.org] - ''Criminalizing tech-enabled sexual abuse'' - ''Join us in celebrating this landmark victory for survivors of image-based sexual abuse!''
* [https://rainn.org/news/rainn-backed-%E2%80%9Ctake-it-down-act%E2%80%9D-passes-congress '''''RAINN-Backed “Take It Down Act” Passes Congress!''''' at rainn.org] - ''HISTORIC WIN FOR VICTIMS OF TECH-ENABLED SEXUAL ABUSE: RAINN-Backed “Take It Down Act” Passes Congress!''
* [https://apnews.com/article/take-it-down-deepfake-trump-melania-first-amendment-741a6e525e81e5e3d8843aac20de8615 '''''Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and ‘revenge porn,’ passes. What is it?''''' at apnews.com], 2025-04-28 reporting by Barbara Ortutay
'''Reporting'''
* [https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5380236/take-it-down-act-melania-trump '''''Congress approves a revenge porn bill backed by first lady Melania Trump''''' at npr.org], 2025-04-28 reporting by Ayana Archie
* [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-take-it-down-act-vote-deepfake-pornography-victims/ '''''House passes "Take it Down Act," sending revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump to president's desk''''' at cbsnews.com], 2025-04-28 reporting by Caitlin Yilek


== Law against synthesis crimes in Virginia 2019 ==
== Law against synthesis crimes in Virginia 2019 ==
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== Current bills in the USA ==
== Current bills in the USA ==
=== US Senate bill S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act  (119th Congress - 2025-2026) ===
The [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 '''''S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act''''' at congress.gov], a bipartisan bill against non-consensual intimate image-based abuse, or in other words, against naked synthetic digital look-alikes and real image-based abuse, was passed by the House of Representatives on Monday 2025-04-28. It became federal law on Monday 2025-05-19. There is a one year delay on some of the requirements of the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
* [https://rainn.org/policy/take-it-down-act '''''Take It Down Act''''' summary  at rainn.org] - ''Criminalizing tech-enabled sexual abuse'' - ''Join us in celebrating this landmark victory for survivors of image-based sexual abuse!''
* [https://rainn.org/news/rainn-backed-%E2%80%9Ctake-it-down-act%E2%80%9D-passes-congress '''''RAINN-Backed “Take It Down Act” Passes Congress!''''' at rainn.org] - ''HISTORIC WIN FOR VICTIMS OF TECH-ENABLED SEXUAL ABUSE: RAINN-Backed “Take It Down Act” Passes Congress!''
* [https://apnews.com/article/take-it-down-deepfake-trump-melania-first-amendment-741a6e525e81e5e3d8843aac20de8615 '''''Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and ‘revenge porn,’ passes. What is it?''''' at apnews.com], 2025-04-28 reporting by Barbara Ortutay
'''Reporting'''
* [https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5380236/take-it-down-act-melania-trump '''''Congress approves a revenge porn bill backed by first lady Melania Trump''''' at npr.org], 2025-04-28 reporting by Ayana Archie
* [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-take-it-down-act-vote-deepfake-pornography-victims/ '''''House passes "Take it Down Act," sending revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump to president's desk''''' at cbsnews.com], 2025-04-28 reporting by Caitlin Yilek


=== US Senate bill S. 3696 - Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act of 2024) (118th Congress - 2023-2024) ===
=== US Senate bill S. 3696 - Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act of 2024) (118th Congress - 2023-2024) ===