Melania Trump to shore up Hill support for deepfake regulations in first act of second term – Washington Examiner
First Lady Melania Trump is set to advocate for new legislation aimed at regulating deepfakes during an upcoming meeting on Capitol Hill—the first solo engagement since her return to the White House. The focus will be on the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act, which has garnered bipartisan support, lead by Senator Ted Cruz. This legislation seeks to criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery and mandates the removal of such content from websites and social media platforms to combat deepfake pornography. Although the bill recently passed a Senate vote, it has yet to proceed in the House of Representatives.Since resuming her role, Melania has made limited public appearances, emphasizing a commitment to serving the country. Furthermore, she has announced the upcoming annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is scheduled to address Congress shortly after her advocacy effort.
Melania Trump to shore up Hill support for deepfake regulations in first act of second term
First lady Melania Trump will advocate for legislation to regulate deepfakes during a meeting on Capitol Hill Monday, her first solo engagement since returning to the White House.
The bill Trump will highlight, the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act, was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), in the last Congress and reintroduced at the beginning of the current Congress. The legislation would make it a crime to publish “non-consensual intimate imagery” and require websites and social media platforms to remove offending content as part of an effort to curb so-called “deepfake pornography.”
The “TAKE IT DOWN” Act passed a Senate vote last month but has yet to be taken up by the House of Representatives.
The first lady’s trip will mark her second appearance on Capitol Hill in recent months, the other time being when her husband, President Donald Trump, was sworn back into office in the Capitol Rotunda in January.
Since returning to the office of first lady, Trump has made few appearances outside of the first few days in office. She joined the president on his trip to visit victims of natural disasters in North Carolina and California during the first week of her husband’s second term after attending all the usual Inauguration Day festivities.
Trump has reportedly spent most of her time away from the White House since the early days of the term, before returning to Washington, D.C., for the National Governors Association Evening Dinner late last month.
Prior to returning to office, Trump said her “first priority” would be to “serve the country” and indicated she would spend most of her time at the White House, despite reports suggesting otherwise.
Last week, the first lady’s office announced the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which is scheduled for April 21, the Monday after Easter.
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