(Washington, DC) - Several big tech companies have responded to
letters led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH),
Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and Rick Scott (R-FL)
urging their participation in two voluntary programs - Stop NCII and Take It Down - to better locate and take down non-consensual intimate imagery (NII) on their online platforms. In their responses, Amazon, Discord, Google, Match, Microsoft, Patreon, Pinterest, Twitch and Zoom outlined steps being taken to combat the rise in NII, including support for Stop NCII and Take It Down. The Senators did not receive written responses from X or OpenAI.