NO FAKES Act of 2025
Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025
United States · S.1367, 119th Congress (2025–2026)
- Status
- Proposed / pending
- Applies to
- Platforms hosting AI-generated digital replicas; parties producing unauthorized replicas
- Enforced by
- Private right of action; potential FTC enforcement
Creates the first federal individual right against unauthorized AI-generated digital replicas of a person's image, likeness, or voice. Provides a right to subpoena online platforms for data about unauthorized deepfakes and establishes a DMCA-style notice-and-takedown procedure. Seniors and others whose voices are cloned without consent for use in grandparent or impersonation scams would have a direct cause of action against the parties responsible.
Who is protected: All individuals whose voice or likeness is replicated without authorization, including fraud victims of AI voice-cloning scams
Legal detail
Establishes a federal right of publicity against unauthorized AI voice/likeness replicas; creates notice-and-takedown procedures and subpoena authority against hosting platforms for digital replica violations.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | United States |
|---|---|
| Level | Federal |
| Citation | S.1367, 119th Congress (2025–2026) |
| Private right of action | Yes, individuals can sue |
| Penalties | Imprisonment; fines; forfeiture of proceeds (specific amounts in bill text per press release, not confirmed by author) |
| Topics | consumer protection · deepfakes · consumer data privacy |
| Bill text | S.1367 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): NO FAKES Act of 2025 |
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