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Creates a federal civil right to sue when someone’s sexually intimate image—or an AI-generated/other synthetic intimate image that appears to show them—is disclosed without their consent. It defines “intimate digital forgery” and “identifiable individual,” sets available remedies (statutory/liquidated damages, actual damages, attorney’s fees, injunctive relief), protects privacy in court, gives a 10-year statute of limitations measured from discovery or from the victim turning 18, and preserves State and Tribal authority to provide equal-or-greater protections.
DEFIANCE Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced May 21, 2025 by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Last progress May 21, 2025