President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan “Take it Down Act” into law on Monday, surrounded by First Lady Melania Trump and lawmakers who helped advance the bill.
The “Take is Down Act” makes publishing non-consensual intimate imagery, real or AI-generated, a federal crime. It requires social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, X, and Facebook to remove content that features explicit images or videos of minors, known as “child sexual abuse material,” or CSAM, or “revenge porn,” within 48 hours of the content being flagged.
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in the Rose Garden for the signing of the Take It Down Act. 🌹🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lHYAVO5xTS
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Mrs. Trump has been a fierce advocate for the “Take it Down Act,” encouraging lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to push the legislation…