Design It For Us Endorses the TAKE IT DOWN Act
Design It For Us Co-Chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement after the coalition voted to endorse the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146), introduced by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN):
“The spread of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII), aided by social media platforms, continues to be a deeply disturbing form of harassment for my generation and is particularly used as a weapon against young women like myself. With the proliferation of NCII across the internet, my generation is growing up in an environment where Big Tech profits off of young people’s minds, bodies, and likenesses. The reprehensible nature of Big Tech’s business model is benefiting from the harassment, intimidation, and violation of the bodily autonomy of young people.
Design It For Us is proud to endorse the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which seeks long-overdue recourse for victims of NCII and addresses the willful ignorance Big Tech has shown in addressing this issue. This is an important step towards holding these companies and bad actors accountable – we can no longer afford to allow a largely unregulated industry to profit from our pain.”
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