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PublishedMay 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here

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A law requiring social networks to quickly remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual imagery is now fully in force. But experts warn the policy could do little to help victims - and at worst could facilitate censorship online. Last May, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act, a law
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