No one expects to be the victim of an obscene deepfake image. But as artificial intelligence gains capability and prominence, the odds of this happening only increase.

Today, an alarming 98 percent of deepfake videos are pornographic. And few of these videos remain private. Rather, the vast majority are plastered all over the internet. In some cases, they’re even used to extort teenagers — sometimes with the effect of pushing those teens to commit suicide.

This cannot be allowed to continue. That’s why the Senate recently passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a bill that would criminalize sharing, hosting or threatening to publicize non-consensual intimate images.

In his joint address to Congress, President Trump recognized that anyone, including himself, could fall victim. “I’m going to use this bill for myself,” referring to TAKE IT DOWN’s enforcement mechanisms. It would criminalize the publishing of real or deepfake intimate images without the image bearer’s........

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