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119-hr-2564119th CongressWALLET

Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a new federal crime that bans producing or sharing nonconsensual digital forgeries of intimate images.

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  • Gives people whose intimate images are faked a criminal remedy when those images are produced or distributed without affirmative, conscious, competent, and voluntary consent.
  • Makes producing or distributing such forgeries with reckless disregard a federal offense punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine, or both.
  • Protects online platforms from liability for content provided by others unless the communications service itself recklessly distributes the forged images.
  • Carves out exceptions for good-faith law enforcement actions, legal proceedings, medical education or treatment, and reporting or investigating unlawful content. The rule applies when the conduct uses interstate or foreign commerce and can reach cases involving U.S. nationals abroad.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New federal crime for fake intimate images

If enacted, this would make it a federal crime to make or share a fake intimate image of a real person without consent. Someone who acts with reckless disregard could face a fine, up to 5 years in prison, or both. It would apply when the image used interstate or foreign commerce, and abroad if the person or the victim is a U.S. national. The bill defines consent as affirmative and voluntary, and it explains what images and people are covered.

Limits on platform liability and safe sharing

If enacted, the bill would allow good‑faith sharing to police, in court, for medical use, or to report wrongdoing. Online platforms and carriers would not be liable for user content from others. But a platform that recklessly distributes a violating image could face criminal liability.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

SC • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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