A bipartisan group of representatives in the House overwhelmingly passed an anti-revenge porn bill backed by first lady Melania Trump.
“We are just beginning, but this is a huge victory!” Joshua Broome, a former porn star turned Christian minister and influencer, wrote in an Instagram post celebrating the news. “Do it, Lord!”
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The Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks, known as the TAKE IT DOWN Act, was approved by a 409-2 vote. It now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
If enacted, the bill “generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence,” according to a summary of the act.
The proposed law states offenders will be subjected to prison time, fines — or both — for posting “intimate visual depictions,” both real and computer-generated, of adults or minors, without their consent or with harmful intent, NPR reported.
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