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US: Circulating explicit pics that are non-consensual now illegal

In addition to making it to illegal to share online nonconsensual, explicit images, the law requires tech platforms to remove such images within 48 hours of being notified

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US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania seen prior to the signing. Pic/AFP

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania seen prior to the signing. Pic/AFP

US President Donald Trump signed the ‘Take It Down Act’ into law, a legislation championed by US First Lady Melania Trump. In addition to making it to illegal to share online nonconsensual, explicit images, the law requires tech platforms to remove such images within 48 hours of being notified.

Several people, ranging from Taylor Swift and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to high school girls around the US, have been victims of non-consensual, explicit deepfakes — images where a person’s face is superimposed on a nude body using artificial intelligence.

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