“Having an intimate image – real or AI-generated – shared without consent can be devastating,” said Meta spokesman Andy Stone. “Meta developed and backs many efforts to help prevent it.”
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a tech industry-supported think tank, also applauded the bill’s passage, calling it “an important step forward that will help people pursue justice” when victimized by non-consensual intimate imagery.
Censorship and Free Speech Concerns
Despite broad support, the Take It Down Act has drawn criticism from free speech advocates, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, who argue the bill’s language is overly broad and could violate First Amendment protections.
“While the bill is meant to address a serious problem, good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy,” said the EFF in a statement. “Lawmakers should be strengthening and enforcing existing legal protections for victims, rather than inventing new takedown regimes that are ripe for abuse.”
