Trump Signs Bill Cracking Down on Deepfake Revenge Porn

While protecting victims of these heinous privacy invasions is a legitimate goal, good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy,

the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a statement to the BBC

Anyone who intentionally distributes explicit images without the subject's consent will face up to three years in prison,

Trump said

Lawful content – including satire, journalism, and political speech – could be wrongly censored,

the group said in a statement in February

Donald Trumppresident

With the rise of AI image generation, countless women have been harassed with deepfakes and other explicit images distributed against their will. This is ... wrong, and it's just so horribly wrong,

Trump said at an afternoon signing ceremony in the White House Rose Garden

And I’m going to use that bill for myself, too, if you don’t mind,

he said, adding

AI and social media are the digital candy for the next generation, sweet addictive and engineered to have an impact on the cognitive development of our children,

she said

Its effectiveness will depend on swift and sure enforcement, severe punishment for perpetrators and real-time adaptability to emerging digital threats,

Cummings told AFP

And today we're making it totally illegal,

the president said

It's a very important first step,

Dorota Mani told AFP on Monday, calling it at "very powerful bill."

I want to thank Melania for your leadership in this very important issue,

the president declared during a White House Rose Garden signing ceremony

Ted Cruzsenator

This victory belongs first and foremost to the heroic survivors who shared their stories and the advocates who never gave up. By requiring social media companies to take down this abusive content quickly, we are sparing victims from repeated trauma and holding predators accountable,

Cruz declared after the bill's passage

Karoline Leavittwhite House press secretary

We are grateful for the First Lady's hard work and dedication to this issue, and moving forward, she will continue to champion the well-being of our nation's children through her Be Best agenda,

Leavitt said

I'm not even sure you realize, honey, you know a lot of the Democrats and Republicans don't get along,

Trump told Melania

It is truly so amazing how this awful situation has turned to good,

she added

Vladimir Putinrussian President

Putin just said they respect your wife a lot

And he noted when he talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier Monday

Honey, you've done amazing, ... I said, it sounds like a tough one, and yet a very important one, and you got it done

he said, adding

Thank you all for coming together to prioritize people over politics

she said

We will not tolerate online sexual exploitation, and especially it's gone on at levels that nobody has ever seen before. It's getting worse and worse, and I think this is going to hopefully stop it,

he added later

But unlike sugar, these new technologies can be weaponized shaped beliefs and sadly, affect emotions and even be deadly,

she said

Fear, shock and disgust were just some of the many emotions I felt,

Berry said