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The digital forgery offenses carry the same exceptions

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The digital forgery offenses carry the same exceptions

The document says “shall notWho acts: any personHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“a person who possesses or publishes a digital forgery of himself or herself engaged in nudity or sexually explicit conduct (as that term is defined in section 2256(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code)”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Paragraph (3)(C) repeats for digital forgeries the list paragraph (2)(C) sets for authentic depictions: law enforcement and intelligence activity, good faith disclosures, a disclosure reasonably intended to assist the identifiable individual, self published material, and publications constituting child pornography under section 2256 of title 18, United States Code, or a depiction described in section 1466A(a) or (b) of that title.

What the document actually says

“a person who possesses or publishes a digital forgery of himself or herself engaged in nudity or sexually explicit conduct (as that term is defined in section 2256(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code)”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

You can post a fake nude image of yourself. That is not covered here.

What this is about

The list of free passes here matches the earlier list. Police work, honest reports, and help for the person are all on it.

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