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|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act] | |[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act] | ||
|U.S | |U.S | ||
|The Take It Down Act(stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be | |The Take It Down Act (stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be and shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.<ref>{{Cite web | ||
|last=Kelley | |||
|first=Jason | |||
|title=Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws | |||
|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws | |||
|website=Electronic Frontier Foundation | |||
|date=28 Apr 2026 | |||
|access-date=22 May 2026 | |||
|url-status=live | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260501063231/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws | |||
|archive-date=1 May 2026 | |||
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|Anti-Encryption/Censorship | |Anti-Encryption/Censorship | ||
|Approved | |Approved | ||
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|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208124027/https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |archive-date=2025-12-08 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website= | |Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208124027/https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |archive-date=2025-12-08 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ShIek |archive-date=2026-01-17 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Comparitech}}</ref> | ||
|Many countries. | |Many countries. | ||
|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet. | |People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet. | ||