Trump Celebrates a Bipartisan Legislative Win With First Lady Melania

President Trump signed a bill against revenge porn into law today at a White House ceremony. It’s called the “Take It Down Act” because in addition to criminalizing revenge porn it also requires social media companies to remove images posted without consent within 48 hours.

The Take It Down Act makes publishing such content illegal, subjecting violators to mandatory restitution and criminal penalties such as prison, fines or both. The bill also establishes criminal penalties for people who make threats to publish the intimate visual depictions, some of which are created using artificial intelligence.

The measure requires websites, through enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission, to remove such imagery after they receive requests from victims within 48 hours and to make efforts to take down copies, as well.

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