# Public Law 119-12 (United States) — effective 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act

For Public Law 119-12 (United States), effective date is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; what it applies to is covered platforms, which must establish a process for an identifiable individual to request removal of a nonconsensual intimate visual depiction and then remove it within 48 hours of a valid request, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.

- **Jurisdiction:** United States _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** Public Law 119-12 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Short title:** TAKE IT DOWN Act _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** covered platforms, which must establish a process for an identifiable individual to request removal of a nonconsensual intimate visual depiction and then remove it within 48 hours of a valid request _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a covered platform shall establish a process

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> Public Law 119-12

### Short title

> This Act may be cited as the ``Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act'' or the ``TAKE IT DOWN Act''.

## Source

- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2026-10-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).