Tech Policy Podcast

406: The Take It Down Act (Is a Weapon)

Episode Summary

Jess Miers (Akron Law) discusses the problems with the Take It Down Act—the federal bill that (ostensibly) targets non-consensual intimate imagery. Topics include: - What does Take It Down (claim) to do? - FFS, enforce the laws you have! - “Sexually explicit content” (in a normal world) - Brendan Carr is a preview of things to come - Amy Klobuchar is asleep - Is the “it” in Take It Down “all adult content”? - The censorship administration Links: Jess’s Bluesky thread on Take It Down (https://tinyurl.com/33ud5xsa) The Take It Down Act Isn’t a law, It’s a Weapon (https://tinyurl.com/yc32xnac) Tech Policy Podcast 403: The Constitutional Crisis (https://tinyurl.com/yujf2p9e) Tech Policy Podcast 404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption (https://tinyurl.com/bdz48xs7)

Episode Notes

Jess Miers (Akron Law) discusses the problems with the Take It Down Act—the federal bill that (ostensibly) targets non-consensual intimate imagery.

Topics include:

Links:

Jess’s Bluesky thread on Take It Down

The Take It Down Act Isn’t a law, It’s a Weapon

Tech Policy Podcast 403: The Constitutional Crisis

Tech Policy Podcast 404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption