CA SB981

Requires social media platforms to provide a reporting mechanism accessible to California resident users to report sexually explicit digital identity theft (non-consensual deepfake intimate images or videos).

Defines "covered material" as digitally created or altered images/videos depicting an identifiable person's intimate body parts or sexual acts, where the depicted person did not consent to use of their likeness.

Mandates social media platforms confirm receipt of reports within 48 hours and provide status updates within 7 days.

Requires platforms to determine within 30 days (extendable to 60 days) whether reported material qualifies as sexually explicit digital identity theft and immediately remove confirmed violations from public view.

Temporarily blocks reported content from public visibility pending the platform's determination of whether it constitutes illegal deepfake pornography.