The new law requires the platform to remove “nonconsensual and sexually exploitative images” reported within 48 hours of receiving a valid request.
Melania Trump pushes “Take It Down Act”
Melania Trump has spoken out in favor of laws criminalizing the publication of unconsensual deepfake sexual images.
- This scale includes “deepfakes” and actual images.
- The bill was passed in both chambers of Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Two months after First Lady Melania Trump spoke up in support of banning the publication of sexually explicit images and videos without human consent, President Donald Trump signed the Land Act on May 19.
The president walked along with his wife to the Rose Garden in the White House on a warm spring afternoon, fined for illegalising and penalising of unconsensual reality and computer-generated images known as “deepfakes,” often used as revenge pornography.
He then turned his eyes to the First Lady, sitting next to her outdoor desk to sign legislation, asking if she wanted to sign her name in the document. She quickly signed a leather paper.
Speaking to an audience consisting of victims of revenge porn, members of parliament and members of the Cabinet Secretary, the First Lady called the new law a “national victory.”
“Artificial intelligence and social media are the next generation of digital candies, sweet, addictive and designed to influence the development of connectivity in children,” she said. “But unlike sugar, these new technologies can shape beliefs, sadly affect emotions, and weaponize them to be even deadly.”
In particular, she thanked Elliston Berry for speaking up and defending on behalf of the survivors after being targeted by revenge porn. Berry was 14 years old when her classmates used an AI app to attach her nude body to Instagram photos of her face before they circulate on social media.
The new law requires technology platforms to remove “sonsensensual, non-consensual, exploitative images” reported within 48 hours of receiving a valid request. Ted CruzSens from R-Texas. Amy Klobuchar of D-Minnesota introduced the law in August.
Berry said when she reported the incident to a school in North Texas, authorities responded that it was out of their control. This is after Cruz’s Senate office heard about her and contacted Snapchat that her photo had been deleted.
“The president said. “And today we make it completely illegal.”
The president joked with 99 senators and 408 members of the House of Representatives who voted in favor of the bill, speaking out about widespread support in Congress for the bill.
During her husband’s first term, Melania Trump insisted on cyberbullying in her “Be Best” campaign.
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA Today. x You can follow her at @swapnavenugopal
