DEFIANCE Act of 2025 provides relief for victims of intimate digital forgeries.
The DEFIANCE Act of 2025 aims to improve rights to relief for individuals affected by non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries. It allows identifiable individuals to bring a civil action against those who knowingly produced, possessed, or disclosed such forgeries. Victims can recover damages, including profits of the defendant, and the cost of the action. The Act also allows courts to issue protective orders, including pseudonyms and redactions, to safeguard victims' privacy.
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