Take It Down Act 48-Hour Removal Compliance Record

PROBLEM: The TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12, enacted May 19, 2025) does two things: Section 2 criminalizes knowing publication of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, including AI-generated digital forgeries (up to 2 years for adult victims, up to 3 years for minors); Section 3 requires covered platforms to run a notice-and-removal process and remove a reported depiction and make reasonable efforts to remove known identical copies within 48 hours of a valid request. FTC enforcement of the platform requirements began May 19, 2026, with warning letters to at least 15 companies and civil penalties up to $53,088 per violation. The 48-hour clock is the law's teeth — but there is no standing record of whether platforms actually meet it.

SOLUTION: A 48-hour removal compliance record: every takedown request logged with its platform, its submission time, its removal time, and whether identical copies were also removed — so the 48-hour duty is measured per platform, not assumed.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Pub. L. 119-12, May 19, 2025 (S. 146; Senate unanimous consent Feb 13, 2025; House 409–2 Apr 28, 2025); 47 U.S.C. § 223(h) criminal prohibition; 47 U.S.C. § 223a platform duty, 48-hour removal; FTC enforcement from May 19, 2026. Sources: Congress.gov; recordinglaw.com (fact-checked against primary sources, Aug 2026); takeitdownact.org.