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Trump, alongside first lady, to sign bill criminalizing revenge porn and AI deepfakes
President Donald Trump is set to sign the Take It Down Act — a bill that punishes internet abuse involving nonconsensual, explicit imagery.
The president is scheduled to sign the bill from the White House Monday afternoon, joined by first lady Melania Trump, who has been championing the issue since her husband’s inauguration.
The Take It Down Act is a bill introduced in the Senate by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., that would make it a federal crime to publish, or threaten to publish, nonconsensual intimate imagery, including «digital forgeries» crafted by artificial intelligence. The bill unanimously passed the Senate in February, and passed in the House of Representatives in April with a vote of 409–2.
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The law would require penalties of up to three years in prison for sharing nonconsensual intimate images — authentic or AI-generated — involving minors and two years in prison for those images involving adults. It also would require penalties of up to two and a half years in prison for threat offenses involving minors, and one and a half years in prison for threats involving adults.
First lady Melania Trump speaks on Capitol Hill to advocate for the passage of the Take it Down Act March 3, 2025. (Fox News )
The bill would require social media companies, like Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and similar platforms, to put procedures in place to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from the victim.
AI-generated images known as «deepfakes» often involve editing videos or photos of people to make them look like someone else by using artificial intelligence. Deepfakes hit the public’s radar in 2017 after a Reddit user posted realistic-looking pornography of celebrities to the platform, opening the floodgates to users employing AI to make images look more convincing and widely shared in the following years.
Right now, nearly every U.S. state has a law protecting people from nonconsensual intimate image violations, but the laws vary in classification of crime and penalty.
In March, the first lady spoke on Capitol Hill for the first time since returning to the White House to participate in a roundtable with lawmakers and victims of revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes.
The first lady invited 15-year-old Elliston Berry, whose high school peers used AI to create nonconsensual imagery of her and spread them across social media.
U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the «Take It Down Act» in the Mike Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol on March 03, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
«It’s heartbreaking to witness young teens, especially girls, grappling with the overwhelming challenges posed by malicious online content, like deepfakes,» Trump said. «This toxic environment can be severely damaging. We must prioritize their well-being by equipping them with the support and tools necessary to navigate this hostile digital landscape. Every young person deserves a safe online space to express themselves freely, without the looming threat of exploitation or harm.»
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Berry, a Texas native, told the roundtable she was just 14 years old when she realized in 2023 that «a past Instagram photo with a nude body and my face attached made from AI,» was circulating on social media.
«Fear, shock and disgust were just some of the many emotions I felt,» Berry said. «I felt responsible and began to blame myself and was ashamed to tell my parents. Despite doing nothing wrong. As I attended school, I was scared of the reactions of someone or someone could recreate these photos.»
«We need to hold big tech accountable to take action,» the young woman continued. «I came here today to not only promote this bill, but to fight for the freedom of so many survivors, millions of people, male, female, teenage children, kids all are affected by the rise of this image-based sexual abuse. This is unacceptable. The Take It Down act will give a voice to the victims and provide justice.»
Another young girl, Francesca Mani of New Jersey, recounted that she also was just 14 when she and other peers found deepfake images on themselves online.
«Teenagers might not know all the laws, but they do know when something is wrong,» Mani said. «Schools need to take immediate, serious action to ensure that AI exploitation, harassment and deepfake abuse are met with real consequences.»
First Lady of the U.S. Melania Trump reacts on the day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
The first lady invited the young women as her special guests for Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress in March.
Sharing nonconsensual and AI-generated explicit images on social media and the internet has not just affected young girls, as young boys and adults also face similar crimes. A woman named Breeze Liu told the roundtable that she worked tirelessly to remove AI-generated images of herself that landed on a pornography site in 2020 when she was 24 years old.
And Republican South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey also joined the group of lawmakers and the first lady in March, recounting how his 17-year-old son committed suicide in 2022 after he was caught up in a sextortion scam.
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«I lost my oldest son, Gavin Guffey, to suicide,» he shared. «We quickly found out that he was being extorted online. That someone pretending to be a young female at another college requested images to be shared back and forth. And as soon as he shared those images, he took his life. It was an hour and 40 minutes from the time that he was contacted until the time that he took his life.»
Meanwhile, during the first Trump administration, Melania Trump hosted virtual roundtables on foster care as part of her «Be Best» initiative and focused on strengthening the child welfare system. The «Be Best» initiative also focused on online safety.
«As first lady, my commitment to the ‘Be Best’ initiative underscores the importance of online safety,» she said. «In an era where digital interactions are integral to daily life, it is imperative that we safeguard children from mean-spirited and hurtful online behavior.»
The first lady, in March, said the bill «represents a powerful step toward justice, healing and unity.»
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Dem senator fumes that GOP’s foreign funding claim ‘delegitimizes’ anger of anti-ICE agitators in US
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Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., lamented during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that allegations about foreign funding and coordination among anti-ICE agitators are «delegitimizing» people’s justified «anger» and «fear» caused by federal immigration officers.
Kim also called the questioning «dangerous» during the Tuesday hearing, which was about fraud and touched on concerns that foreign adversaries were financing anti-ICE efforts in the U.S. to create a strategic smokescreen meant to deter accountability away from their massive criminal fraud enterprises.
«People all over this country are frustrated and concerned and upset. They’re scared and they’re worried about things because they just saw two American citizens get killed in the street by federal agents,» Kim said Tuesday.
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Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., arrives on the Senate subway in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«The idea that people would be saying that this type of anger and this type of of outrage – whether in New Jersey or in Minnesota – is being predominantly coordinated in this type of way,» he continued. «I just have to say it is delegitimizing the anger and the fear that people are facing right now … The way in which it’s been described … I just think is very dangerous right now. And I hope that we can still say and recognize that there are a lot of people, a lot of people that are furious right now and worried.»
The Senator’s arguments, such as that the violence from anti-ICE agitators stems from justified anger and that the questioning of how this violence is being organized «delegitimizes» protesting, have been frequently touted by Democrats in the past, and not just as it pertains to the ongoing anti-ICE sentiment.
During a separate congressional hearing in December, Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, described attacks against ICE agents – which are up 12,000%, according to the Trump administration – as the result of people «channeling [their] frustration.»
«You’re seeing an overwhelming frustration of the American people in this country that the lack of respect and regard for the rule of law from this administration, and in particular by this Secretary, is at a level we have never seen and violates all of the constitutional norms and all of the principles of legal fairness in this country,» Johnson said. «And you’re seeing that manifest itself in threats to law enforcement, in bubbling over, because people are frustrated, and they are channeling that frustration because the administration is not listening.»
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Representative Julie Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, speaks during a New Democrat Coalition news conference on health care at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, in 2024, amid ongoing protests regarding the situation in Gaza and other civil unrest, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) described former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s calls for the FBI to investigate Gaza ceasefire protests for connections to Russia as «incredibly dangerous.»
«From Martin Luther King Jr. to Black Lives Matter protesters, the FBI has long used ‘foreign influence’ as an excuse to conduct illegal surveillance on Americans exercising free speech rights,» the ACLU said in a post on X in 2024.
Despite claims that foreign funding accusations act as a smokescreen to «legitimize» lawful First Amendment activity, Republican-aligned witnesses during the Tuesday hearing argued billionaires, including some with ties to foreign adversaries, such as Neville Roy Singham and Hansjorg Wyss, pumped $60 million into the agitation efforts aimed at disrupting federal immigration efforts.
As unrest escalates in Minneapolis, investigators are uncovering a network of far-left activist groups allegedly bankrolled by a wealthy U.S. expat in China with reported ties to Chinese Communist Party–aligned propaganda efforts. (Roberto Schmidt/ AFP via Getty Images; Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for V-Day)
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«It comes in the form of a check, a six-figure check,» said Government Accountability Institute VP Seamus Bruner. «We’ve built a database that contains hundreds of thousands of rows from grants from networks like the Soros Network, the Arabella funding network – as mentioned – the Neville Roy Singham funding network, many others, Tides, the Ford Foundation network, the Rockefeller Funding network, these massive NGOs that have billions of dollars to spend on all kinds of coordinated protest, or in this case, riot activity.»
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Rescuers in Italy reported Monday that at least a dozen skiers, climbers and hikers died over the past week in a record-setting tragedy in the country’s mountainous terrain.
While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed backcountry slopes, The Associated Press reported a total of 13 deaths.
The incidents occurred just as the Winter Olympics began in the region last Friday. Authorities stressed that the game sites — located in Lombardy on the Swiss border, Cortina d’Ampezzo in Veneto and Val di Fiemme in Trentino — remain safe, well-maintained and closely monitored.
Italy’s specialist mountain rescue organization revealed the fatal disasters were caused by weak layers of fresh snow, unstable enough that the passage of a single person could trigger an avalanche.
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Vigili del Fuoco crew members dig through heavy snow while conducting a mountain search and rescue operation. (Vigili del Fuoco)
The main issue is caused by «persistent weak layers in the snowy cloak, often covered by fresh snow or wind, conditions that make detachments unpredictable and easily triggered even by the passing of a single skier or alpinist,» the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps said. «The dangerous points are many and difficult to identify, even for an expert.»
The country’s Alpine Rescue Corps spokesperson, Federico Catania, added that recent snowstorms have prompted visitors to take advantage of the fresh slopes, «and as a result, the number of accidents, and therefore fatalities, has increased proportionally,» the AP reported.
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Two Vigili del Fuoco crew members stand inside a helicopter next to an open door during a snowy mountain operation. (Vigili del Fuoco)
Italy’s national fire and rescue service, Vigili del Fuoco, reported that, over the weekend, two people died and one was seriously injured in Alpe Meriggio in Valtellina after being caught in an avalanche that fatally buried at least one of the victims.
The Associated Press also reported that three people died in avalanches in Trentino and one in neighboring South Tyrol.
Another two were reportedly killed in separate avalanches near the Marmolada glacier, two hikers along the Apennine range and an ice climber in Valle d’Aosta.
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Vigili del Fuoco crew members conduct a helicopter rescue over a mountain area. (Vigili del Fuoco)
Outside such regions, Catania said people skiing in managed areas should not face any significant risks, the AP reported.
«There is no danger for people skiing within managed ski resorts, and, in particular, no risks to the Olympic sites,» Catania said. «All of these areas are constantly monitored and are generally safe regardless of Olympic events.»
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Prior to the start of the Winter Olympics, Vigili del Fuoco said that crews would maintain safety measures for all visitors to the sites.
«For the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Italian National Fire Brigade has implemented an enhanced rescue structure to ensure the safety of athletes, delegations, spectators, and citizens, while also ensuring the continuity of the regular service,» the organization said.
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“No hay nada como la crudeza y la emotividad”: el día que Robert Plant hizo un llamado a preservar la esencia del rock
Robert Plant se encontraba en una sala de entrevistas en agosto de 2002. Frente a él, el periodista Dean Goodman le preguntaba sobre la evolución del rock. La radio sonaba en el fondo, mientras el exvocalista de Led Zeppelin escuchaba atentamente el panorama musical del momento. Plant tenía una opinión definida sobre la nueva ola de bandas.
El músico británico, conocido por su camino junto a Led Zeppelin, no dudó en expresar su descontento. Observó que la mayor parte de la música que dominaba las radios carecía de la autenticidad y energía que caracterizaron al género en décadas pasadas. Plant sentía que algo fundamental en el rock se había perdido en la transición hacia el nuevo milenio.
De acuerdo con Far Out Magazine, Robert Plant afirmó que el 75% de la música que se emitía en la radio resultaba “impecable e insustancial”, grabada de manera digital y alejada del espíritu rebelde y espontáneo que, según él, definía al rock. En su análisis, Plant destacó que solo algunas bandas como Flaming Lips y White Stripes lograban ofrecer algo destacado y diferente en ese contexto.
Durante la entrevista, Dean Goodman consultó a Plant si alguna de las bandas emergentes tenía su aprobación. El cantante respondió que valoraba los intentos de innovación, siempre que evitaran caer en una propuesta débil y carente de sustancia. Plant señaló directamente a Linkin Park como ejemplo de la dirección que, a su juicio, no beneficiaba al género.
“Linkin Park, ¿en eso se convirtió realmente el rock?”, preguntó Plant. La frase resonó en la prensa musical, ya que señalaba un desencanto con la tendencia predominante en ese momento. Según el cantante, la búsqueda de un sonido pulido y digital restaba fuerza y autenticidad a la música que, históricamente, se caracterizó por su crudeza y emotividad.
Sin embargo, Plant no desconoció completamente el aporte de la banda estadounidense. Reconoció que, aunque el estilo de Linkin Park difería de sus expectativas, detectaba una honestidad emocional en la propuesta de la banda que merecía respeto.
Chester Bennington, exvocalista de Linkin Park, fallecido en 2017, se destacó por su capacidad para transmitir dolor y tristeza a través de su voz.
Plant advirtió esta cualidad y la consideró una rareza en la generación de músicos. El líder de Led Zeppelin señaló que, pese a sus reparos sobre el sonido de la banda, resultaba innegable la sinceridad emocional que Bennington llevaba al escenario.
Según Far Out Magazine, este matiz marcó la diferencia en la opinión de Plant. Aunque rechazó el estilo digital y pulido, reconoció la autenticidad de los sentimientos que Linkin Park transmitía. Para Plant, esa honestidad constituía un valor esencial, a pesar de los cambios en la producción musical y las tendencias de la industria.
El debate sobre la autenticidad y la evolución del rock no es nuevo. Plant representa a una generación que vivió el auge de la música en vivo, con errores y aciertos espontáneos que, en su opinión, enriquecían la experiencia. Las nuevas bandas, en cambio, enfrentan una industria que prioriza la perfección técnica y la producción digital.
La opinión de Robert Plant generó discusiones en el ambiente musical. Muchos seguidores del género compartieron su preocupación sobre la pérdida de la esencia original del rock. Otros, en cambio, defendieron la evolución y adaptación a los nuevos tiempos, considerando que la música debe reflejar los cambios tecnológicos y culturales de cada época.
De acuerdo con Far Out Magazine, la crítica de Plant sirvió para abrir un debate más amplio sobre la autenticidad en el arte. Para algunos, la perfección técnica nunca podrá reemplazar la emoción genuina. Para otros, la innovación es parte fundamental del desarrollo musical.
La música continúa evolucionando, y las nuevas generaciones seguirán interpretando el rock a su manera. Sin embargo, la discusión sobre la autenticidad, la innovación y la emoción sigue vigente. Plant, al señalar sus diferencias con el sonido contemporáneo, reafirmó la importancia de la honestidad artística.
El músic propuso una reflexión sobre la dirección que toma el rock, el papel de la producción digital y la necesidad de preservar la esencia emocional en la música. La historia de su crítica a Linkin Park permanece como un ejemplo de cómo los géneros musicales se transforman, pero también de cómo ciertos valores atraviesan el tiempo.
El debate sobre la autenticidad y la evolución del rock continúa abierto, tanto para músicos como para oyentes, en un mundo donde la tecnología y la emoción compiten por definir el sonido de cada generación.
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