Publishing a digital forgery of an adult is made unlawful
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Publishing a digital forgery of an adult is made unlawful
The document says “shall not”Who acts: any personHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“it shall be unlawful for any person, in interstate or foreign commerce, to use an interactive computer service to knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identifiable individual who is not a minor if-- ``(i) the digital forgery was published without the consent of the identifiable individual;”
The third offense. Using an interactive computer service in interstate or foreign commerce to knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identifiable adult is unlawful where it was published without that individual's consent. The three further conditions match those on the adult offense in paragraph (2)(A): what is depicted must not have been voluntarily exposed in a public or commercial setting, must not be a matter of public concern, and publication must be intended to cause harm or must cause it.
What the document actually says
“it shall be unlawful for any person, in interstate or foreign commerce, to use an interactive computer service to knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identifiable individual who is not a minor if-- ``(i) the digital forgery was published without the consent of the identifiable individual;”
That sentence, in plain words
You cannot post a fake nude image of an adult. Not if they never said yes.
What this is about
The tests here match the ones for real images. Only the first test is new. It turns on the yes.
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Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, Public Law 119-12, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 55 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm
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“Publishing a digital forgery of an adult is made unlawful,” Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/tools-address-known-exploitation-by-immobilizing/proposal/sec02-offense-forgery-adults/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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