PRESS RELEASE: Take It Down Act Empowers Victims of Non-Consensual Intimate Images

2025-06-15T23:41:21+00:00

Duluth, MN, May 23, 2025 - Mending the Sacred Hoop (MSH) is pleased to announce the Take It Down Act (Public Law No. 119-12) has been signed into law on May 19, 2025. The new law criminalizes the distribution of AI images, pornography, and non-consensual intimate images (NCII), making it a federal offense with penalties of up to three years in prison. This action connects to the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (Section 1309) which made "revenge porn" and "non-consensual porn" a federal offense. TIDA obligates websites, monitored by the Federal Trade Commission, to take down all non-consensual [...]