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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Take it down gave us removal, and Defiance will give us…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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It is not enough to take down content. We have to give victims a civil right of action. Take it down gave us removal, and Defiance will give us recourse and restitution. Once this bill is signed into law, and it will be signed into law, survivors will have the ability to hold their abusers accountable and seek financial and reputational damage for the harm they have caused in times of extreme political poison polarization. (03:59–04:05)

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Asserts that the Defiance Act will provide recourse and restitution, unlike the Take It Down Act, which only provided removal.

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