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This bill, called the "Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2025," aims to criminalize the production and distribution of digital forgeries depicting individuals in intimate or sexually explicit situations without their consent. Specifically, the bill creates a new federal criminal offense that would punish individuals who recklessly create or distribute digitally manipulated images (using technologies like artificial intelligence or machine learning) showing someone's uncovered genitals, sexual acts, or other intimate body parts, without the depicted person's affirmative and voluntary consent. The law applies to digital forgeries created using interstate or foreign commerce channels and has extraterritorial reach if either the perpetrator or victim is a U.S. national. Penalties include fines and up to 5 years in prison. The bill includes important exceptions for distributions made in good faith, such as for law enforcement purposes, legal proceedings, medical education, or reporting unlawful content. The legislation also provides detailed definitions for key terms like "digital forgery," "intimate visual depiction," and "consent" to ensure precise application of the law. Service providers are generally protected unless they recklessly distribute such content. The bill includes a severability clause, meaning if any part of the law is found unconstitutional, the rest of the law remains in effect.

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