Compliance

covered platform

Platforms meeting revenue or user thresholds subject to obligations.

How the laws define this

Regulatory frameworks consistently define a covered platform as an online service, website, or interactive computer application that hosts or facilitates the distribution of digital content and is bound by statutory oversight. Where these instruments diverge most significantly is in how they establish applicability. The Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (S. 1396, 2025) imposes strict quantitative criteria, requiring a United States presence along with either $50,000,000 in annual revenue or 25,000,000 monthly active users over three of the prior 12 months to trigger provenance and anti-tampering rules. Conversely, the TAKE IT DOWN Act ties its definition to service type rather than size, encompassing any interactive computer service or social media site hosting user-generated content. Taking a qualitative approach, Artificial Intelligence Modifications targets significant platforms facilitating digital content distribution, subjecting them to obligations like AI detection, provenance disclosure, and data preservation without specifying concrete numeric thresholds.

Synthesised from the 3 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.

How jurisdictions differ

What is distinctive in each definition, binding law in force first.

Jurisdiction	Instrument	Status	What is distinctive
United States	Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN Act	In Force	Broadly covers online platforms, social media websites, and interactive computer services hosting user-generated content without specifying revenue or user thresholds.
Utah, United States	Artificial Intelligence Modifications	Awaiting Entry	Limits to significant online platforms facilitating digital content distribution, adding obligations for AI detection, provenance disclosure, and data preservation.
United States	Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (S. 1396, 2025)	Proposed	Precisely defines by financial threshold of $50,000,000 annual revenue or 25,000,000 monthly active users for three of prior 12 months.

What it triggers

Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, covered platforms must remove reported non-consensual AI deepfakes within 48 hours.source
In Utah, covered platforms must implement mechanisms for detecting AI-generated content, disclosing its provenance, and preserving relevant data.
Under the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act, covered platforms would become subject to provenance and anti-tampering obligations.source

Definitions (3)

A website or application available in the United States that meets financial or usage thresholds—either $50,000,000 in annual revenue or 25,000,000 monthly active users for at least three of the prior 12 months—and thereby becomes subject to the Act’s provenance and anti-tampering obligations.

Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (S. 1396, 2025)Definition 1 of 3

Refers to significant online platforms that facilitate the distribution of digital content and are subject to specific regulatory obligations under the Act. These obligations include implementing mechanisms for detecting AI-generated or altered content, disclosing its provenance, and preserving relevant data to ensure transparency and accountability.

Artificial Intelligence ModificationsDefinition 2 of 3

Online platforms, social media websites, and other interactive computer services that host user-generated content, subject to the Act's requirements.

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN ActDefinition 3 of 3

Not to be confused with

online platform

Covered platform under these definitions imposes specific regulatory obligations, while online platform is any commercial service hosting user-generated content.

Large online platform

Covered platform definitions vary by instrument and do not tie to California user thresholds like large online platform's ≥1,000,000 yearly users.

interactive computer service

Covered platform applies to platforms with obligations under specific acts, whereas interactive computer service is any service enabling multi-user content access.

Questions and answers

What platforms are covered by the TAKE IT DOWN Act?

Covered platforms include online platforms, social media websites, and other interactive computer services that host user-generated content. They must remove reported non-consensual AI deepfakes within 48 hours.

What obligations do covered platforms have in Utah?

Significant online platforms facilitating digital content distribution must detect AI-generated or altered content, disclose its provenance, and preserve relevant data.

What thresholds define a covered platform under S. 1396?

A website or application available in the United States qualifies if it has $50,000,000 in annual revenue or 25,000,000 monthly active users for at least three of the prior 12 months.