FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies About Compliance with the TAKE IT DOWN Act
The FTC sent warning letters to roughly a dozen websites reminding them they are now legally required under the TAKE IT DOWN Act to provide a removal request mechanism for non-consensual intimate images and to take down qualifying content within 48 hours. The letters signal the agency intends to enforce the law actively.
Why this matters: Non-consensual intimate image abuse causes real harm, fast. Victims have had almost no legal leverage to force platforms to act, and many platforms have moved slowly or not at all. The TAKE IT DOWN Act changes that math, and the FTC is telling companies the clock is running. The 48-hour removal window is the teeth here. Whether it holds in practice depends entirely on how the FTC follows through when platforms miss it. Warning letters are a first step, not a result.
Who should care: Lawyers · Compliance · General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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