Enrique Dans' article critiques the U.S. Take It Down Act, despite its stated goal of protecting victims from non-consensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes.

He argues that the law's near-unanimous passage suggests political self-interest is at play, enabling the government, particularly under leaders like Donald Trump, to demand content removal from platforms with limited safeguards for verifying claims.

Dans expresses concern that this legislation incentivizes platforms to premptively censor controversial content and potentially undermine privacy-protecting technologies like end-to-end encryption.

The comments section of the article reflects a broader discussion about the potential for such laws to be misused for censorship and political repression, highlighting fears that well-intentioned legislation can erode fundamental freedoms and restrict online discourse.

This article is also available in English on my Medium page, «Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, this article could be removed«