I would just like to remind you all that the Take It Down Act didn’t disappear; it passed. And it WILL be implemented as soon as 2026 comes around.
”Ferguson and Commissioners Mark Meador and Melissa Holyoak said they plan to vociferously enforce the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a recently signed law that requires tech companies to remove nonconsensual sexual imagery within 48 hours of being alerted.” - Politico
If you care about LGBTQ rights and safety, contact orgs.
If you care about trans rights and safety, contact orgs.
If you care about women’s rights and free speech, contact orgs.
If you care about YOUR rights and free speech, contact orgs.
Hell, if you care about keeping the Internet open to anything at all, YOU CONTACT ORGS.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT PROTESTING AT ALL AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR GOVERNMENT, FULL STOP, YOU NEED TO CONTACT ORGS.
Trump has LITERALLY SAID THAT HE PLANS ON USING THIS TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE AND CENSOR HIS CRITICS. The language of this bill is TOO BROAD to ONLY target ai deepfakes. THAT IS INTENTIONAL. THEY WANT TO GIVE HIM MORE UNCHECKED POWER.
Where is the backlash that happened right after he signed it into law?? Where did it go? WE NEED THAT ENERGY AGAIN. WE NEED TO ALL URGE ORGS TO SUE AND TAKE THIS BILL TO COURT. IT HAS NO SAFEGUARDS IN ITS TEXT THAT SPECIFY IT TO ONLY AFFECT AI DEEPFAKES. IT WILL BE USED TO CENSOR LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE SAFE FROM THIS, YOU. AREN’T. THIS WILL AFFECT EVERYONE.
CALL THE ELECTRIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION.
CALL THE ACLU.
TELL FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE.
IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE AT STAKE, WHERE SO MANY LIVES ARE BEING THREATENED, THE AFFECTS OF THIS BILL WILL BE DRASTIC. IT WILL ISOLATE THE VULNERABLE, IT WILL KEEP US UNINFORMED, AND IT. WILL. SILENCE. US. OUR PROTESTS, EVERYTHING.
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH 2025.
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH JULY ALREADY.
WE HAVE LESS THAN 6 MONTHS TO GET THESE POLICIES CHALLENGED AND TAKEN DOWN.
SO HELP US! PLEASE!
HERE IS A BASELINE SCRIPT TO USE WHEN EMAILING ORGS. YOU CAN EDIT IT AS NEEDED TO VOICE YOUR OWN CONCERNS.
“Hello [insert org name here], I'm emailing you to call attention to the Take it Down Act, also known as TIDA.
TIDA is intended as a way to crack down on deepfake content, which often includes generated images of non-consenting individuals. In reality, this bill can and will be used by the Trump Administration as yet another overreach of government power, and to remove any content the President doesn't like from the Internet.
I urge you to please help us by challenging this bill in court as it directly goes against our 1st amendment rights.”
Get loud.
We've opposed the Take It Down Act because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don't like
I’d just like to return back to this, so far it’s been almost a month since the criminal provisions of this law went into effect (May 19) and so far there hasn’t been any noticeable affects on free speech or the sharing of information. I advise just staying vigilant and reading more about it if you’re still curious.
