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Bipartisan Take It Down Act Becomes Law

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On Monday, May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. The Act, which unanimously passed the Senate and cleared the House in a 409-2 vote, criminalizes the distribution of intimate images of...more

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Covered Platforms Face Strict Deadlines Under the Take It Down Act

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A new federal law criminalizes nonconsensual intimate imagery and gives covered websites, mobile applications, and other online platforms merely 48 hours to comply with requests to take down such materials. On May 19, 2025,...more

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The Bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act Is Now Federal Law

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President Donald Trump has signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a new federal law aimed at curbing the spread of non-consensual AI-generated pornography. The law makes it a criminal offense to create or share explicit deepfake images...more

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New Federal Law Criminalizes Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery and Mandates Swift Online Takedowns

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On May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, commonly referred to as the Take It Down Act (S.146) (the...more

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First of Its Kind Federal Legislation Addressing AI-Generated Deepfakes Signed Into Law

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On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes Act, also known by the backronym the TAKE IT DOWN Act  (the “Act”), to combat deepfake revenge...more

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Trump Signs Law Expanding Tech Platform Requirements and FTC Enforcement on Intimate AI Deepfakes and Images

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On May 19, President Trump signed into law the Take It Down Act to prevent and deter online publication of nonconsensual intimate images, including artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes and “revenge” pornographic content. In...more

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California Introduces Legislation to Curb Online Direct-to-Consumer Hemp Product Sales

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Perhaps recognizing an enforcement gap in the evolving struggle to protect consumers from what Governor Newsom has characterized as a grave threat to public health and safety, the California legislature is taking steps to...more

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UK Online Safety Act: New Obligations for Digital Service Providers Targeting the UK

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The UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is a comprehensive piece of legislation designed to regulate social media companies and search services and to increase protections for individuals online. It draws comparisons to the...more

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California Passes Flurry of Year-End AI Legislation

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In 2024, the California legislature passed 17 laws related to artificial intelligence (AI). These new laws cover various themes and industries, including but not limited to deepfakes, training data disclosures, health care,...more

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Setting Some Ground Rules: Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Regulating AI in Political Campaigns

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What would you do if you received a call from the sitting president of the United States telling you not to vote in your state’s upcoming party primary election? In January 2024, many New Hampshire voters faced this...more

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UK Online Safety Act 2023

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The Online Safety Act (the OSA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is now in force. The OSA establishes an extensive regulatory framework for providers of online user-to-user services and search services with...more

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Groundbreaking Illinois Law Protects Child Influencers from Financial Exploitation: How Could It Impact Your Business?

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Illinois is the first state to enact a law protecting the financial interests of child influencers. The law, which took effect July 1, addresses what had been gaps in child labor law in light of modern issues and targets...more

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State Social Media Law Patchwork Emerging: Florida Passes Law to Restrict Minors’ Use of Online Services

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On March 25, 2024, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s HB 3. The law requires that social media platforms prohibit users under 14 years old from creating accounts and requires these platforms to obtain parental consent for...more

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Utah Passes New Versions of Social Media Laws for Minors in Response to Challenges

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On March 13, 2024, Governor Spencer Cox signed Utah’s Social Media Amendments, SB 194 and HB 464. Utah was the first state last year to pass laws strictly limiting minors’ use of social media. These laws were challenged in...more

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New York’s New Privacy Protections for Employees’ Social Media Accounts - What Employers Should Do Now to Prepare

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“Follow me on Instagram, will you?” That may seem like a harmless question to a colleague, but starting soon, New York will ban most employer inquiries regarding an employee’s personal social media account....more

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ICYMI: 10+ Years Later, NY Limits Employers’ Access to Employees’ Social Media and Other “Personal Accounts”

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With the potential “tendency of many to ‘overshare,’ documenting everything from their breakfast to their favorite Marvel™ villain” on social media, as recognized in at least one court opinion, perhaps unsurprisingly, some...more

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UK Online Safety Act: What Does It Mean for Your Business?

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The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Bill has recently received royal assent and become law as the Online Safety Act (OSA)....more

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Alexa, What Do You Think of Florida’s New Data Privacy Act?

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Hot on the trail of the latest state privacy laws to come into effect, Florida has jumped on board to keep the momentum going. On June 6, 2023, Florida Senate Bill 262 (“SB 262,”) was signed into law, meaning a new set of...more

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Federal Court Blocks Florida Law Aimed at Social Media Giants

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A federal judge recently blocked a Florida law that would have penalized social media companies for removing, or refusing to publish, posts by politicians. Florida legislators approved the legislation after Facebook, Twitter...more

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UK Government Publishes Draft Online Safety Bill to Tackle Illegal and Harmful Content Online

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The proposals includes fines for non-compliance of up to the greater of £18 million or 10% of a provider’s annual global revenue. On 12 May 2021, the UK government published the Online Safety Bill (the Bill), which aims...more

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Industry Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Florida Social Media Law

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On May 24, 2021, Florida’s governor signed into law legislation prohibiting social media companies from blocking political candidates seeking to use those companies’ websites to communicate with the sites’ users. Almost...more

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Not Even Bots Are Safe From California Law Makers

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In October 2018, California passed the Bolstering Online Transparency Act (BOT Act), which prohibits online bots from hiding their identities in order to appear as a human user. The human-like persona is used to deceive...more

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Alert: New California Privacy Law for Minors Has Taken Effect as of January 2015

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California S.B. 568, titled "Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World," (the "Privacy Law") took effect January 1, 2015. The new Privacy Law includes a provision known as the "Eraser Law" that gives...more

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