Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2025 (Title IX "Take It Down Act")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• 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 primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), privacy compromise (2.1), exposure to toxic content (1.2), and AI system security (2.2). It focuses specifically on the misuse of AI-generated digital forgeries and nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, with strong coverage of fraud/manipulation, privacy violations, and content moderation requirements.

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 online platforms, websites, and interactive computer services that host user-generated content. It does not target specific industry verticals but rather regulates platform operators across all sectors that meet the 'covered platform' definition.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with explicit criminal penalties, enforcement mechanisms through the Federal Trade Commission, and mandatory compliance obligations for covered platforms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a Congressional Act (Title IX of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2025), indicating it was proposed and enacted by the United States Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Entities: covered platforms (websites, online services, online applications, mobile applications); any person using interactive computer services
• Summary: The Act targets two primary groups: (1) covered platforms that must establish removal processes, and (2) any person who publishes nonconsensual intimate visual depictions or digital forgeries via interactive computer services.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal Trade Commission; United States courts; law enforcement agencies
• Summary: The FTC is explicitly designated to enforce the notice and takedown obligations, while criminal violations are enforced through the federal court system and law enforcement agencies.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal Trade Commission
• Summary: The FTC is responsible for monitoring compliance with the notice and takedown obligations under the Act, treating failures as violations of unfair or deceptive practices.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on AI development lifecycle stages but rather on the deployment and operational use of AI-generated content (digital forgeries). It primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages through requirements for platform removal processes and ongoing content moderation.

Technical Scope

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

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly addresses AI-generated content through its definition of 'digital forgery' created using machine learning and artificial intelligence. It does not distinguish between different AI model types (foundation, generative, etc.) or mention compute thresholds, focusing instead on the output (intimate visual depictions) regardless of the AI system used to create them.