Washington – The House of Representatives passed a draft law from the two parties on Monday that makes a federal crime to publish clear and fake pictures on the Internet for a person without their consent, as the legislation supported by First Lady Melania Trump sent to the President’s office.
The draft law, known as “Take this verb“The lower room was wiped in a vote of 409-2. The two came“ No ”voices from the Republicans. The Senate unanimously passed this measure in February.
Legislation requires social media and other websites to remove images and videos, including Deepfakes created by artificial intelligence, within 48 hours after the victim’s request.
“If you are a victim of pornographic revenge or the explicit images created from artificial intelligence, your life changes forever,” said Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican in Texas, at a round table on March 3 and changes forever.
Cruz, who presented the bill, recalled the experience of a teenage victim, Euseon PerryUse his colleague in an application to create explicit photos and then send her to her classmate. Perry’s mother without success tried to get Snapchat to remove photos for several months before she contacted the Cruise Office for help.
“It should not take a member of the Senate or a member sitting in Congress, taking the phone to take a picture or video,” said Cruz.
The first lady, who rarely appearing in public places, attended the discussion of Mars in the Capitol in the United States to defend the passage of the bill in the House of Representatives.
She said: “It is surprising that we see young people, especially girls, who are struggling with the overwhelming challenges offered by harmful content via the Internet, such as deep falsehoods,” she said. “This toxic environment can be severely harmful.”
The first lady praised the Congress after her approval and said that the vote from the two parties made a strong statement that we are uniting in protecting the dignity of our children, privacy and safety.
“I am grateful to members of Congress-whether in the House of Representatives and the Senate-who voted to protect the welfare of our youth,” she said in a statement.
According to the Federal Investigation Office, in recent years, there have been a disturbing number of cases where the victims who ended in suicide were blackmail. The lawmakers said they hope that the draft law would save the souls by providing asylum for the victims.
“The task of this law is simple, deep and long. It stops abuse online. It prevents the bullying of one child against another, and most importantly, it prevents suicide from shame,” said Republican MP Maria Salazar of Florida, who prevents suicide in the House of Representatives.
Meta, who owns Facebook and Instagram, as well as Tiktok and Snapchat said they support legislation.
However, digital rights groups warned that legislation as written can lead to the suppression of legal speech, including legitimate pornography, and does not contain protection against requests for removing bad religions.
