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TAKE IT DOWN Act: notice and removal of intimate images, incl. digital forgeries

Covered platforms run a notice-and-removal process and remove reported non-consensual intimate images, incl. AI-generated forgeries, and known identical copies within 48 hours of a valid request

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from TAKE IT DOWN Act Pub. L. 119-12, s. 3 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseTAKE IT DOWNActPub. L. 119-12,Duty holderCoveredplatformsApplies from2026-05-19In forceArtefactTakedownpipeline…LayersLayer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from TAKE IT DOWN Act Pub. L. 119-12, s. 3 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseTAKE IT DOWN Act · Pub. L. 119-12,…Duty holderCovered platformsApplies from2026-05-19 · In forceArtefactTakedown pipeline…LayersLayer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-USFED-TAKEITDOWN. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: TAKE IT DOWN Act, Pub. L. 119-12, s.….
  • Duty holder: Covered platforms.
  • Applies from: 2026-05-19, In force.
  • Artefact: Takedown pipeline….
  • Layers: Layer 04, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-USFED-TAKEITDOWN
Instrument
TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12) law
Clause
Pub. L. 119-12, s. 3
In scope
Covered platforms
Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Applies from
In force · Enacted 2025-05-19; the notice-and-removal process was due by 2026-05-19

The artefact that evidences it

Takedown pipeline with a 48-hour clock, owner and log; matching of identical copies.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Federal law that already reaches AI, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). TAKE IT DOWN Act: notice and removal of intimate images, incl. digital forgeries (AIGE-OBL-USFED-TAKEITDOWN). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usfed-takeitdown. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{TAKE IT DOWN Act: notice and removal of intimate images, incl. digital forgeries (AIGE-OBL-USFED-TAKEITDOWN)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usfed-takeitdown},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}