Trump signs bill cracking down on deepfake revenge porn

President Trump signed a bill on Monday criminalizing the publication of nonconsensual sexually explicit “deepfake” images and videos online, marking the first major technology safety bill signed during his second term.

The president touted the bill as the “first ever federal law to combat the distribution of explicit imagery posted without subjects’ consent.”

“With the rise of AI image generation, countless women have been harassed with deepfakes and other explicit images distributed against their will,” Trump said. “It’s just so horribly wrong, and it’s a very abusive situation, like in some cases, people have never seen before. And today, we’re making it totally illegal.”