FTC chairman urges companies to adhere with Take It Down Act

FTC chairman urges companies to adhere with Take It Down Act

The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to over a dozen tech companies to comply with the Take It Down Act. The agency warned that failure to remove certain intimate content at the request of an individual from their platforms is treated as a violation of federal rules.

FTC sets May 19 enforcement clock for the Take It Down Act, with $53,088 per violation on the table

Editor’s Note: Federal enforcement of the Take It Down Act starts May 19, and the Federal Trade Commission spent May 11 making sure 15 prominent technology platforms know it. Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson’s compliance letters — sent to Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Automattic, Bumble, Discord, Match Group, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, Reddit, SmugMug, Snapchat, TikTok and X — warn that covered platforms leaving nonconsensual intimate images online past …

FTC Promises 'Vigorous' TAKE IT DOWN Act Enforcement

The Federal Trade Commission is warning platforms that the agency will strongly enforce the notice-and-removal requirements of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which go into effect next week on May 19.