The Take It Down Act, recently enacted in the U.S., criminalizes the sharing of nonconsensual explicit images and mandates quick compliance from online platforms. While the law is hailed as a triumph for victim protection, experts caution that its imprecise language and minimal verification requirements for takedown requests might lead to censorship and abuse. Critics fear this could disproportionately affect marginalized communities and legitimate online expression. Advocates worry the law's implementation could stifle free speech and ignite unnecessary surveillance, particularly regarding content related to queer and trans individuals.
Content moderation at scale is widely problematic and always ends up with important and necessary speech being censored," India McKinney, director of federal affairs at Electronic Frontier Foundation, told TechCrunch.
I really want to be wrong about this, but I think there are going to be more requests to take down images depicting queer and trans people in relationships, and even more than that, I think it's gonna be consensual porn," McKinney said.
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