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On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow victims to sue the creators of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes for a minimum of $150,000. The DEFIANCE Act is now headed to the House, where leadership failed to bring it to the floor last session. But there’s new momentum …

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law the Take It Down Act, landmark legislation that makes it a federal crime to post sexually explicit content online — whether real or AI-generated — without consent. The bill aims to combat the rise of deepfake harassment and ensure swift removal of …

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the “Take It Down Act” on Monday, a landmark bipartisan bill that makes it a federal crime to post real or fake sexually explicit images of individuals without their consent. The measure now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature. The bill cleared …