WASHINGTON, DC (April 28, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) called the passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act a victory for survivors and a way to confront mass-scale sexual abuse and criminality.
“We commend the U.S. House for passing the TAKE IT DOWN Act and for recognizing the harms victims of image-based sexual abuse face when sexually explicit images are shared online without consent. TAKE IT DOWN is a victory for survivors of this criminality. It will ultimately prevent mass-scale sexual abuse and reshape the online ecosystem to better prioritize combatting image-based sexual abuse. Special thanks to First Lady Melania Trump for lifting up this bill and to Senators Cruz and Klobuchar for preserving its bipartisan spirit,” said Eleanor K. Gaetan, Director of Public Policy, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the act of uploading image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and mandates that platforms remove this material within 48 hours. Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) is a broad term that includes a wide range of harmful experiences involving the weaponization of sexually explicit or sexualized images or videos.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act will now head to President Trump’s desk, where it is expected to be signed into law. For more information about Image-Based Sexual Abuse, see here.
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
