To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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The rest of the Act survives if a provision falls
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Federal courtsHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be affected.”
Section 5 is a severability clause. If a provision of the Act, or an amendment the Act makes, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions and amendments are not affected.
What the document actually says
“If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be affected.”
That sentence, in plain words
If one part of this law is struck down, the rest keeps working.
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Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, Public Law 119-12, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 62 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm
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“The rest of the Act survives if a provision falls,” Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/tools-address-known-exploitation-by-immobilizing/proposal/sec05-severability/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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