TAKE IT DOWN Act Policy

This policy describes how SpicyGen receives, validates, and removes non-consensual intimate visual depictions (NCII), including realistic computer-generated or AI-altered depictions (commonly called “deepfakes”) of identifiable individuals, in accordance with the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (47 U.S.C. § 223a; Public Law 119-12; enforcement effective 19 May 2026).

Copyright-only complaints are handled separately under our DMCA process. See DMCA Copyright Notice for the correct intake form.

A valid TAKE IT DOWN Act request must include each of the following statutory elements. Our intake form collects these directly:

• A physical or electronic signature of the depicted individual or their authorized representative.
• Identification of the specific intimate visual depiction, including a URL or other information sufficient to locate it on the service.
• A good-faith statement that the depiction was published without the depicted individual’s consent.
• Information sufficient for SpicyGen to contact the requester (email address).
• An affirmation that the requester is the depicted individual or is authorized to act on their behalf.

Submit requests at spicygen.com/report-abuse (select “Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII)” or “Deepfake of a Real Individual”). You do not need an account. The form currently asks for a link (URL) to the content for these requests; reports of suspected child sexual abuse material can be made without a link. Designated contact email: legal@spicygen.com.

Knowingly making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement to SpicyGen.com or to the United States may be punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and other applicable laws.

Upon receipt of a valid request, SpicyGen will remove or disable access to the reported depiction as soon as possible and in any event within 48 hours. Each submission is timestamped on ingestion and an internal removal deadline (removeBy) is recorded automatically.

An automated check runs every 15 minutes. If a deadline is approaching or has been missed, it emails an alert to our team.

After removing the reported depiction, SpicyGen takes reasonable efforts to identify and remove identical copies of the same depiction elsewhere on the service. This includes:

• Review of related content from the same account.
• A face sweep: we may ask for a photo of the person shown and compare that face with photos uploaded to SpicyGen in up to the previous 31 days (using AWS Rekognition). Our staff review any matches.
• If the requester ticks the optional face-blocking consent on our form, adding the face to a block list so that future uploads showing that person are refused.

Separately, every upload is checked against hash lists (the NCMEC Take It Down hashes we hold and images we have banned). Hash checks match exact copies of a file only. These steps cannot find every edited copy, and they cannot reach copies downloaded and posted elsewhere.

Every request is logged to an append-only audit trail at the moment of submission and on every subsequent admin action (review, removal, resolution). Audit records are immutable and accessible only to authorized SpicyGen staff. Reports and audit records are retained for a minimum of one (1) year after resolution to support potential legal process and good-faith dispute review.

We do not log Personally Identifiable Information in operational telemetry; internal references use opaque report identifiers.

Any reported non-consensual intimate visual depiction (real or computer-generated, including AI-altered “deepfakes”) that depicts or appears to depict a minor is treated as the highest-priority class of report. In addition to the standard 48-hour TAKE IT DOWN Act removal SLA, SpicyGen:

• Aims to handle the report first, ahead of other reports, and removes the content as soon as the report has been checked.
• Preserves the content and associated account data and reports it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A and the REPORT Act when the depiction meets the definition of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) at 18 U.S.C. § 2256.
• Checks uploads against the NCMEC Take It Down hashes we hold. This blocks re-uploads of exact copies of a file only.
• When our staff confirm the material and report it to NCMEC, closes the uploading account permanently and blocks new sign-ups with the same email address, Discord account, or Telegram account.

Separately, our upload checks refuse photos in which anyone may be under 18. When a second check confirms that an uploaded photo appears to show someone under 16, the account receives a warning the first time and is suspended the next time.

Reports involving minors do not require the same identity-of-the -depicted-individual affirmation as adult NCII reports; any person may report on behalf of a minor.

If you believe content uploaded by you was removed in error, you may submit a formal good-faith dispute through our counter-notice form (select “TAKE IT DOWN Act”). You will be asked to identify the removed material, the URL it appeared at, and to affirm under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the removal was a mistake or misidentification. You may also email legal@spicygen.com with the request ID. Good-faith removals based on a facially valid request do not give rise to liability under the TAKE IT DOWN Act.

SpicyGen may update this policy to reflect changes in law, FTC guidance, or our operational practices. Material changes will be noted on this page.

Last updated: 6 October 2026.