Melania Trump hails first conviction under Take It Down Act

First lady Melania Trump lauded the first conviction under the Take It Down Act against nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes, thanking federal prosecutors for “protecting Americans from cybercrimes in this new digital age.”

A Columbus, Ohio, man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated sexually explicit images, along with violent threats, according to the Justice Department (DOJ).

“Today marks the first conviction under the Take It Down Act – protecting victims from non-consensual AI-generated sexually explicit images, cyberstalking, and threats of violence,” the first lady wrote in an X post. “Thank you U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II for protecting Americans from cybercrimes in this new digital age.”

It comes just under a year after President Trump signed the Take It Down Act, which criminalized........

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