Trump signs anti-deepfake revenge porn bill into law.
It's now a federal crime to publish AI deepfake porn
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Trump signed the Take It Down Act, while campaigning against state power to regulate AI. Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty Images News via Getty Images |
The Take It Down Act, a controversial bipartisan bill recently hailed by First Lady Melania Trump as a tool to build a safer internet, is officially law, as President Donald Trump took to the White House Rose Garden today to put ink to legislative paper. It's the first high-profile tech legislation to pass under the new administration.
"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, so horribly wrong, and it’s a very abusive situation,” said Trump at the time of signing. "This will be the first ever federal law to combat the distribution of explicit, imaginary, posted without subject's consent... We've all heard about deepfakes. I have them all the time, but nobody does anything. I ask Pam [Bondi], 'Can you help me Pam?' She says, 'No I'm too busy doing other things. Don't worry you'll survive.' But a lot of people don't survive, that's true and so horrible... Today, we're making it totally illegal."
The bill, which criminalizes publishing or threatening to publish nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes and pornography, was passed by the House of Representatives in April, following a successful run through the Senate. It requires social media platforms to remove offending content within 48 hours and prevent users from posting duplicates, and allows the Federal Trade Commission to sue non-compliant platforms. The law also adds protections for victims and clarifies prosecution guidelines for police, according to CNN.
Victims of nonconsensual intimate imagery previously had little legal recourse against perpetrators, and lawmakers have been slow to agree on how to address revenge porn broadly, even as it is increasingly exacerbated by advancing tech like AI — previous attempts to create criminal or civil pathways for victims, like the DEFIANCE Act, have failed.
Digital rights organizations have been extremely critical of the new legislation, warning lawmakers that the act's broad takedown provisions and tight timeline may lead online service providers to more actively monitor users' speech and fuel censorship of legal content.
Topics Artificial Intelligence Social Good Donald Trump Politics
Despite free speech concerns, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law. But American law doesn't detour anything posted outside of the USA.
ReplyDeleteLike Russian footage of golden showers
ReplyDeleteHow do people know if they are publishing AI generated footage?
ReplyDeleteit is because he (the first felon) was made fun of using AI footage of Trimp licking Musks feet.
DeleteHis fragile ego can’t have anyone have the ability to do anything but pledge fealty to him.
this is part of project 2025 to ban porn.
DeleteHow a federal crime to publish deepfake “news” law?
ReplyDelete"Donald Trump has been found guilty of falsifying business records, becoming the first former US president to be convicted of a crime... Trump
ReplyDeletewas accused of concealing a payment to buy the former adult-film star’s silence in the final days of his 2016 election campaign." 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Poor fragile psychopath is tired of people making fun of him. It may be easier to not act like a jackass then it will be to get people to stop posting stuff.
ReplyDeleteSaid nothing bout making it
ReplyDeleteit "leaked".
DeleteIs that Stormy Daniels???
ReplyDeleteI feel like people are going through difficult Rn!! Im legitimately paying “5” grand to the first “6” people to message me “FAITH” let's rack it up before the end of the month. God bless y’all.
ReplyDeletedoubt your legit.
DeleteCashapp: $cookiest4
why are “5” and “6” in quotes? 🤔
DeleteGood news
ReplyDeleteI don't see anyone making this news go viral.
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge step forward for protecting people’s privacy and dignity in the digital age.
ReplyDeleteAbout time—AI should not be used to exploit people without their consent.
ReplyDeleteI support the law, but I hope it’s written carefully so it doesn’t unintentionally restrict free expression or satire.
ReplyDeleteThis sets an important precedent. Deepfakes can ruin lives, and there’s been almost no accountability until now.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how enforcement will work—AI content is hard to trace, and bad actors are often overseas.
ReplyDeleteThis is necessary legislation, but we need to make sure it also covers victims' ability to seek civil damages.
ReplyDeleteThe law should also provide protections for journalists or whistleblowers using synthetic media responsibly.
ReplyDeleteCriminalizing deepfake porn is a win for consent culture. Consent should never be optional.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad lawmakers are finally catching up with technology, but I worry about overreach—where do we draw the line?
ReplyDeleteAI tech is moving fast, and regulation like this is essential if we want to prevent serious psychological harm.
ReplyDeleteBetter tell that to the Felon in the White house along with his cabinet like MAGA Mike Johnson on Grinder.
ReplyDeleteHe only signed this into law because so many images of him and his cabinet has been popping out.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought as well. What does he not want to be seen?
Deleteit's not that he doesn't want something to be seen it's that his masters who run the industry they will lose a lot of money if people could just start making deep pics of things you know what I mean.
DeleteThose are real.
DeleteSaying that and not mentioning how none of it is good for kids is .. trump delusion syndrome
DeleteThat is what's in it for him. He does care about women.
Deleteexplicit?! thats what the law is about.
Delete🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆
DeleteOf course! What a crazy thing!
DeleteYou mean Melania
Deleteguns aren't good for children.... do you advocate as strongly for gun control?
Deletemost gun owners do. I train my children on firearms safety and proficiency all the time. Of course parents care about gun control.
DeleteWait, what’s your definition of gun control?
I am sure there is one of trump with putin...
Deletetrump devotion syndrome? And the only reason he did it was because it was affecting him and he so very thin-skinned, yet the mocking shall continue...
DeleteDiddy trial.
Deleteshe’s not anymore hem wife’s
Deletetell me what trumps done for kids?
DeleteAnd Melania 😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteHE is the one who puts all kinds of crap..AI of his self..Putin must have alot ..lol..
DeleteSays the man who circulates fake AI images.
ReplyDeletelol that Trump family are a bunch
DeleteDid u even watch the video? 😂😂
DeleteDidn’t he recently signed a bill for truck drivers who speak English because I could not understand nothing his wife say somebody needs to put that Law in effect for her
Delete*Taylor Swift, *without her consent
DeleteAll the word in the sentence are important "non consensual explicit content" is the part you overlooked.
DeleteI loathe Trump and what he stands for, but this is absolutely a good law.
Hollywood Basement 🧐
DeleteYall will find a way to hate everything.
DeleteThen arrest MTG!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow cute, he is trying to protect his wife's naked photos.
ReplyDelete💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
DeleteExactly
DeleteIt amazes me that a rapist is against porn.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he’s a “changed man”😒
DeleteMaybe he likes the real thingy😮
Delete😂😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteHe was tried in NY. He was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, not of raping a woman. I agree with your meaning :)
DeleteNo you don't just change at 78 years old.
DeleteIt's ironic trump is doing since he has been to epstien island like 30 times.
Deleteany proof or evidence to back up your claim or are you just blowing hot air
DeleteIn New York State, he wasn't found guilty of rape; he was found guilty of sexual assault. You want to argue the definition of rape, argue with the people in NY who defined it.
Deletedo you know what epstien island is?
Deletewhy are you avoiding my question
Deleteit doesn’t necessarily mean rape
Delete#afraid of "golden shower" videos...
DeleteWhat is the (legal)difference.
Deletehe did it.
Deleteand paid handsomely for that slander
Deleteprove that
DeleteSan Andreas
DeleteHe’s against photographed proof.
DeleteYou sure have lack of understanding if you think thats what this is about.
DeleteI was being sarcastic sorry!
DeleteA changed man… you mean diapers?
DeleteI was being sarcastic sorry if that wasn’t clear
DeleteAs was I. No apology needed. 👍 (PS. He HAS changed… he’s Porn Again!)
DeleteThe judge in the case made a public announcement clarifying it meant grape. Because that's how their state law defined grape. You dolts are so fkn exhausting.
DeleteOMG OLE JABBA THE TRUMP what is he doing, now he will have to get someplace alone so he can delete all of his pics on his phone that he beats off with.
Deletethen why did abc fold and settle that quickly to a defamation lawsuit? It don’t make sense.
DeleteNot commenting on the other aspects of these comments but though all rape is sexual assault, not all sexual ass is rape.
DeleteStart with him fake tattoos of MS13.
ReplyDeleteHe is trying get rid of the pictures of Melania
ReplyDeleteI believe I stuck those pages together!😂
DeleteWho can barely speak English.
DeleteHe is not trying to protect Taylor or AOC, but himself or Melania?
ReplyDeleteExactly is for themselves. But he can’t said exactly is only for them
DeleteSounds like somebody is trying to get out on front of something that's threatening
ReplyDeleteThank you, I think everyone is still acting as if this guy isn't executing a total takeover of the US executive, legal and legislative branches.
DeleteHe's probably doing this because he is so easily fooled by photos
ReplyDeletePerhaps the individual who occupies the White House should sign a bill that helps the middle class and poor and not his billionaire and millionaire buddies in Washington, D.C.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing he's signed I'd agree with but wouldn't trust the motive one bit
ReplyDeleteSomething about him or Melania is about to be released.
DeleteExactly the words I was looking for!
DeleteYup, every 2 times I've agreed with him, he went and did other worse things to back it up. SMH
DeleteOh, brother!
DeleteHas another country threatened to release his pictures. There she's done her thing to cover the next 4 years as first lady
ReplyDeleteI knew the comments wouldn't disappoint thanks
ReplyDeleteGood thing Melania speaks in subtitles.
ReplyDeleteBut wait, he doesn't make laws. It's not how it works.
ReplyDeleteself protection? early self pardons? it is always about him.
ReplyDeleteLook there’s gonna be a lot of horrible laws these next 4 years just take the W
DeleteWow one good law he has signed 😂❤
Deletebelieve me there's a motive behind it, give it a week or two and see what comes out
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ReplyDeleteThe first actually useful thing he's passed / signed since he took office. Took him long enough
ReplyDeleteSo will the one of him dressed as a pope come down. Or him dressed as a superhero holding a m249. Or him in a astronaut suit😅😅
ReplyDeleteLol...isnt this the pot calling kettle black?
ReplyDeleteFinally did something I can approve
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that it wasn't his idea. He just agreed to sign it.
DeleteYou don’t approve of him stopping the funding to the Taliban? Why do you support the Taliban?
DeleteI don’t think it was his idea, it’s got Melania written all over it
DeleteTaliban dislikes liberals (hence why I like them) anymore question little boy!
Deletesomething not good is coming in the back of that’s
Delete“I like the Taliban”. That’s a VERY impressive flex! 🫣
DeleteThat's just to protect him and his mates from the impact of it happening to them. He's not done it for the public's benefit.
ReplyDeleteIt’s still a good law there’s so other many things to criticize him for
DeleteTDS
DeleteEpstein Files 👹🫂🎬🎞
DeleteExactly
DeleteThis is a great bill. There has been so many victims of this hideous act of revenge through “revenge p0rn” to the point an Italian woman took her own life a few years ago. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna be honest I had to do a double take when I saw Trump sign a bill that would actually help Americans.
DeleteI think it is a great goal to have, yes. I'm wondering how it will be enforced. It'll need to be put into law and there will be a whole lot of questions that need to be answered. I imagine there is a lot of gray areas.
DeleteWhat about one of the person's body but with an AI face? How are we going to prove it is the person's body? What about AI that slightly changes the person's face so it still mostly looks like them but has some obvious changes features to make it still different? What if the image clearly states that it is not the person even if it kind of looks like the person? What if people make claims that someone is them when it is not?
the penalties are a deterrent and enforcement will be strict
DeleteThe bill helps him too, hence why he signed it.
DeleteA better way of doing so is combating AI deepfakes as a whole, but he loves to invent and circulate misinformation via AI content, as well as do his best to ensure they’re allowed to commit copyright infringement.
Since he won’t target the source, do not expect things to get better.
LOL. If it were only that simple. It won't be, I guarantee it. And I 1000% back the goal of this bill, it's just not going to be that simple to determine what is and is not covered by the rule. I know Trump supporters in particular think the world can be solved by simplistic ideas that fit on a bumper sticker but that isn't how the world actually works.
DeleteProtecting himself from the Inevitable "golden shower" videos... Lol
ReplyDeleteHappens in Moscow with the Miss Univers girls in a Hotel and the KGB and Putin has photos apparently.
DeleteTaylor Swift wanted this Law interesting
ReplyDeleteShe’s not the only one
DeleteWho is that lady Melania?
ReplyDeleteIs potato
DeleteI thought that was illegal already and had been for a long time at least people have been sued over and over and again
ReplyDeleteHe lowered prescription medication costs. No tax on tips or overtime. Banning a porn that denies consent and so on and all you people can do is complain about him. You truly are deranged and brainwashed.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sure that none of his or Melania's pictures will come out. 😂
ReplyDelete😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteHaha they had the "first lady" support this and SHE DID PRN HERSELF hahahahaha. This country is a joke.
ReplyDeleteAlso, her accent sounds so ridiculous.
He can make the act but the enforcement arm is extremely limited in their ability to enforce this. It's another imposition on freedom of thought and it's rapid criminalization.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s he doing about the price of eggs again??? ‘Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I hate the guy
ReplyDeleteThis has been a problem
It’s good that it gets restriction
Even though there’s other reasons probably for him signing this order tho
But overall benefit to young girls, women, and everyone
How can he just make laws without going through Congress
ReplyDeleteExactly. Especially to supreme court
DeleteYou are clearly clueless. It was passed through the Senate, the House, then the President. This is an ACT, not an Executive Order. As I expected from the rats, clueless always.
DeleteIt always surprises me when he does a good thing.
ReplyDeleteNot me.
DeleteHow is this a good thing, wouldn't a good thing be him fixing what he fugged up?
DeleteSince we can't reasonably expect him to fix himself, at least he has done something that can be applauded in a non-partisan way.
DeleteI got your sarcasm. 😂
DeleteYou must be surprised every day then
Deletenot surprised once
DeleteWhat we really need is stronger privacy laws and curtailing unlimited surveillance.
ReplyDeletePeople just gotta get used to this, there is no way to stop it.
ReplyDeleteJust say "it's not me" whether it is or not.
I hope facebooks sorts it self out then. Cause they will have to scrub through everything! The amount of times we reported explicit images and clips to face book team and they did nothing.
ReplyDeleteWow this is one thing I definitely agree with that he has actually signed!
ReplyDeleteWow rare W for trump.
ReplyDeleteFor 3 lawsy years is not a win at all
DeleteWhat's wrong with porn? How much porn is shown without someone's consent? Where AI is a danger is manipulating and deleting proof of police brutality
ReplyDeleteIf he really felt that way, should he turn himself in for that rape case he lost?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he’s a “changed man”😒
DeleteThe court said abuse, not rape.
DeleteSo Abuse is better than rape and what Trump is acceptable??
DeleteLook, I'm not a big fan, but logically as you said "He lost" and therefore he paid I think $89 million dollars. And that's was his punishment, so what would he turn himself for?. He already paid the price for his crime "kinda".
DeleteMy response was erased.
DeleteI only wrote what court said. SA is absolutely wrong.
🤦♂️
DeleteIf it were your mum, you’d understand.
Logically, SA isn’t punished with a fine that doesn’t even inconvenience the perpetrator.
He has paid Carroll nothing and continues to defame her. He also owes more than 500 million in NewYork
DeleteThe jury used the words abused, but the court used the R word because that is what was proven to have happened.
DeleteEspecially when trump the predator has paid $0.00 to his victim.
DeleteI truly understand where you are coming from, but as we agree we all have to be subject to the law and the court, and they conclude that he is a guilty and that was his sentence, for her or for the society to forgive him or not it's totally different matter, which I'm not saying she should or we should.
Deletein other words, you don’t know the difference between a civil and criminal trial 😂
DeleteNow that he’s been convicted in civil court, it should be much easier to also convict him in criminal court as it’s been established that the event took place.
Try not to espouse opinions if you don’t know what you’re talking about
Holy macaroni this commentfield is curated
ReplyDeleteGlad he’s doing something good, although I’m sure he’s doing it selfishly.
ReplyDeleteDumb law. You can’t stop AI or porn.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this help catch the people who are sharing child porn
ReplyDeleteWho said anything about child pron? Its about deep fakes, adults are victims as well. Be careful someone might think you are projecting....
DeleteExcellent, this needed to be done, it's getting out of hand
ReplyDeleteCondemn MTG for showing porn during a session in Congress.
ReplyDeleteWhatever he's looking for any excuse for when Diddy post him with his daughter
ReplyDeleteThis won't be abused in any way and was just it won't stop it. 80 year old senior citizen leadership cannot keep up, young people just do it smarter.
ReplyDeleteHe did this first of all for his own benefit.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't he do something like this this during his first term??? This has been going on for as long as there has been internet. Does this include texting as well?
ReplyDeleteThank your state representatives and senators for passing the act for him to sign.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely against this one
ReplyDeleteMe to. Something is coming in the back
DeleteCuz u probably choke ur chicken lol that’s why ur against it man up already bud
Deletei sure do. If you've seen Tay Tay's AI albums, you'd understand.
DeleteBut also, it should be first amendment protected.
Liberal sheep will still criticize him for doing this.
ReplyDeleteHis PR team must have advised him to do something about his brand, so not credible!! And the speaker is so very clean and polite. Stinks.
ReplyDeleteThis man is the epitome of a walking paradox
ReplyDeleteSo he signed something that has already been in laws for years.
ReplyDeleteSeveral laws and legal avenues address the sharing of non-consensual photos, including criminal penalties and civil lawsuits. The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 added a provision allowing for civil action against those who share intimate images without consent. Many states also have laws specifically addressing the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, often referred to as "revenge porn" laws. These laws can result in criminal charges and/or civil lawsuits for emotional distress and invasion of privacy.
This reporting should focus on congress creating and passing the law, not Trump singing it -- his only contribution was not vetoing it. For instance: who introduced the bill, when was it introduced, was there wide bipartisan support. I feel like CNN is giving as much credit to Teump as he is trying to take. Maybe this is an attempt to stay on his good side?
ReplyDeleteIts important. This and other laws are imperative concerning the future avenues of protection for the citizens of the United States.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he’s a “changed man” and his disgusting past is erased from his memory 😒
ReplyDelete"changed man" is not likely for 🦓 can't change their stripes
DeleteHe can’t even change his own diapers.
DeleteEpstein Files 🎞👹🎬🫣👹
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