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Ted Cruz: “My legislation, the Take It Down Act, makes it a crime to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 05:04

And also we're seeing the growing proliferation of deep fakes of using AI and technology that is targeting women and young girls and sometimes young boys as well. And so My legislation, the Take It Down Act, makes it a crime to distribute non-consensual intimate images, whether real or created through deep fake AI. And it also puts a legal obligation on tech platforms to take down that content once they're notified by the victim. My legislation has already passed the Senate unanimously, 100 to nothing. (05:04–05:16)

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Asserts that the Take It Down Act criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual intimate images.

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