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The newly signed Take It Down Act makes it illegal to publish nonconsensual explicit images.

It gives platforms just 48 hours to comply with a victim’s takedown request or face liability.

Advocates say the law could pave the way for overreach and censorship of legitimate content.

Hive’s model is a software-as-a-service, so the startup doesn’t control how platforms use its product to flag or remove content.

A Reddit spokesperson said the platform uses “sophisticated internal tools, processes, and teams to address and remove” NCII .

McKinney warns this kind of monitoring could extend into encrypted messages in the future.