# 119-hr-2564: Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2025

119-hr-2564, Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2564
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

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

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal crime for fake intimate images: benefit, low. 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…
- Limits on platform liability and safe sharing: mixed, low. 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.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-3756: FISH Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5457: Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2564 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2564)

## Related
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-3756: FISH Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3756)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-5457: Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5457)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2564 (as of 2025-12-21).