- home
- article
- Trump signs Take It Down Act to combat fake images and online exploitation
Trump signs Take It Down Act to combat fake images and online exploitation
ai generated text
The Take It Down Act is a measure that makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish or threaten to publish intimate images without a person's consent. The legislation was signed into law by Melania Trump, with her husband President Donald Trump urging her to sign it despite the fact that first ladies have no formal role in the process. The law obligates social media platforms to remove such images within 48 hours.
There's nobody who gets treated worse than I do online. Nobody.
With the rise of AI image generation, countless women have been harassed with deepfakes and other explicit images distributed against their will. This is … wrong … just so horribly wrong.
It's a very abusive situation … And today we're making it totally illegal.
Lawful content – including satire, journalism, and political speech – could be wrongly censored.
AI and social media are the digital candy for the next generation, sweet addictive and engineered to have an impact on the cognitive development of our children.
But unlike sugar, these new technologies can be weaponised, shape beliefs and, sadly, affect emotions and even be deadly.
