Melania Trump provides public support for Take It Down Act

First Mrs. Melania Trump will make his first public comments against the publication of sexually explicit unconsessual images at a round table on Capitol Hill on Monday, the day before joining President Donald Trump for his first common congress address of the second presidents.

The observations will be in support Take it on the actionwhich was unanimously passed by the Senate earlier this month. The draft law, which includes “digital falsification” created with AI software, requires technological platforms to eliminate the reported content after receiving a valid request.

The draft law entered in August by Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, And co-author of Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Crime the publication “unconsessual images, sexually operating, including Deepfakes generated by AI”.

The largest organization of nation’s anti-sexual violence, Rainn (national network of rape, abuse and incest), issued a letter With 23 additional groups requested the rapid passing of the legislation.

“While popular celebrities like Taylor Swift have been victimized, there are also countless stories about adult victims, as well as teenagers at high schools in your community,” the letter shows. “Currently, no federal law requires online platforms to eliminate intimate images on request.”

On January 24, 2024, users created sexually explicit images depicting SWIFT at a football game. These images spread like the “wild fire”, despite the very clear violation of the platform policies, according to the Resource Center for Sexual Violence. The images generated by AI obtained over 45 million views, along with hundreds of thousands of likes, markings and repositories for a period of 17 hours before being eliminated, the organization said.

The round table, which will take place in Capitol Hill, Monday, at 2:00 pm, will also survive survivors of intimate unconsessive images and will support online safety, along with parliamentarians.

During his first first lady mandate, Trump pleaded against cyberbullying with her The campaign “Be the best”. The campaign focused on the “social, emotional and physical health” of the children, divided into three pillars: well -being, social media and abuse of opioids.

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a correspondent of the White House for USA Today. You can follow it on x @swapnavenugopal