DEFIANCE Act
Definition
Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act, passed by the US Senate in July 2024 but not enacted into law (the 118th Congress ended without House passage). Creates a proposed civil cause of action for victims of non-consensual intimate deepfakes.
- Full name
- Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act
- Status
- Passed Senate, not enacted (118th Congress)
- Year passed Senate
- July 2024
- Subject
- Non-consensual intimate deepfakes
Common questions
Did the DEFIANCE Act become law?+
No. It passed the US Senate in July 2024 but the House did not pass it before the 118th Congress ended, so it did not become federal law.
What remedy did the DEFIANCE Act propose to create?+
A federal civil cause of action letting victims of non-consensual intimate deepfake images sue the people who produced or distributed them for damages.
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