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PA SB568

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tracy Pennycuick

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires covered online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of notification from affected Pennsylvania residents, their legal representatives, or parents/guardians

  • Covers both actual visual depictions and artificially generated (AI/deepfake) sexual images of individuals shown nude, undressed, or engaged in sexual conduct

  • Mandates platforms maintain a dedicated website for removal requests and display clear, conspicuous notice of this reporting mechanism to users

  • Provides liability protection for platforms that remove content in good faith, with a defense available if reasonable removal attempts were made using available technology

  • Excludes email providers, direct messaging services, and cloud computing services from the definition of covered platforms; takes effect 90 days after enactment

Legislative Description

Providing for the removal of nonconsenting intimate depictions from social media platforms.

Last Action

Referred to Communications & Technology

4/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Communications & Technology4/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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