A request must state a good faith belief that the depiction is not consensual
To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3.
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A request must state a good faith belief that the depiction is not consensual
The document says “shall”Who acts: identifiable individualsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“(iii) a brief statement that the identifiable individual has a good faith belief that any intimate visual depiction identified under clause (ii) is not consensual, including any relevant information for the covered platform to determine the intimate visual depiction was published without the consent of the identifiable individual;”
The third of the four things a request must include. The individual must give a brief statement of a good faith belief that the depiction identified is not consensual, and include any information relevant to the platform's determination that it was published without consent.
What the document actually says
“(iii) a brief statement that the identifiable individual has a good faith belief that any intimate visual depiction identified under clause (ii) is not consensual, including any relevant information for the covered platform to determine the intimate visual depiction was published without the consent of the identifiable individual;”
That sentence, in plain words
The person must say they think the image went up without a yes. They must mean it.
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Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, Public Law 119-12, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 59 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm
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“A request must state a good faith belief that the depiction is not consensual,” Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/tools-address-known-exploitation-by-immobilizing/proposal/sec03-good-faith-statement/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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