Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Exposure to toxic content
• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 6-8 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), privacy compromise (2.1), toxic content exposure (1.2), AI system security (2.2), and misinformation (3.1). Coverage is concentrated in misuse prevention, privacy protection, and content moderation domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically platforms that provide user-generated content services including social media, video sharing, and online forums. It does not substantially regulate other economic sectors.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute with criminal penalties, civil enforcement mechanisms, and mandatory compliance requirements for covered platforms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is titled as an Act to be enacted by Congress and amends existing federal law (Communications Act of 1934).

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_Developer
• Summary: The Act targets both platforms that host user-generated content and individuals who create or publish nonconsensual intimate visual depictions including deepfakes.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The FTC is granted explicit enforcement authority to treat violations as unfair or deceptive practices, while federal courts handle criminal prosecutions.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The FTC is granted monitoring and enforcement authority over platform compliance with the notice and removal requirements.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Build and Use Model
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages, focusing on the publication and distribution of AI-generated deepfakes on platforms and requiring ongoing content moderation. It does not substantially cover earlier lifecycle stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions deepfakes and machine-learning techniques for generating or modifying visual content. It does not reference AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. The focus is specifically on generative AI capabilities used to create intimate visual depictions.