Trump Signs Law Targeting Deepfakes and Revenge Porn—Here’s What to Know

The law makes it criminal to publish nonconsensual intimate imagery, sometimes called revenge porn, and deepfake content generated with artificial intelligence.

President Donald Trump hands a marker to first lady Melania Trump during the signing ceremony for the Take It Down Act alongside lawmakers and victims of artificial intelligence deepfakes and revenge porn in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 19, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act“ into law on May 19, criminalizing the publication of nonconsensual intimate imagery. The legislation puts a 48-hour timer on online platforms to remove explicit content at the request of the individuals featured.

Take It Down is an acronym for Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks, and is an attempt to mitigate the spread of nonconsensual imagery and deepfake content generated with artificial intelligence (AI).