by S.E. Gunn PhD, All News Pipeline:
On May 19, 2025 First Lady Melania Trump Joins President Trump for Signing of the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act that
focuses on protecting children and families from online extortion and exploitation through the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and deepfake abuse.
S. 146, the “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act”, or the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act provides for
criminal prohibition on intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions and requires covered platforms to remove such depictions, and for other purposes.
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The following is First Lady Melania Trump’s speech about the bill:
It’s an honor to join you here today for the signing of the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act—a national victory that will help parents and families protect children from online exploitation.
This legislation is a powerful step forward in our efforts to ensure that every American—especially our young people—can feel better protected from their image or identity being abused through non-consensual intimate imagery or NCII.
Artificial Intelligence and social media are the digital candy of the next generation—sweet, addictive, and engineered to have an impact on the cognitive development of our children. But unlike sugar, these new technologies can be weaponized, shape beliefs, and sadly, affect emotions and even be deadly.
Over the past few months, I have met with brave survivors, deeply-loving families, and caring advocates who know firsthand the emotional and psychological toll of NCII and deepfake abuse.
Elliston Berry stood boldly for change—despite the risks posed to her and her family by speaking out and making her voice heard. Elliston, your voice—and the voices of so many like you—made this bill a national priority.
Many thanks to Members of Congress from both parties for passing this legislation, including Speaker Johnson, Senator Cruz, Senator Klobuchar, Congresswoman Salazar, Congresswoman Dean, and Congressman Guthrie. Thank you all for coming together to prioritize people over politics.
As First Lady, my BE BEST initiative is focused on improving children’s well-being, encouraging kindness, and creating a safer online environment for our youth. Today, I am proud to say that the values of BE BEST will be reflected in the law of the land.
I want to thank my husband, President Trump, for standing with us in this effort. His signature on this new law is not where our work ends on this issue. Now, we look to the Federal Trade Commission and the private sector to do their part.
Today, through the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act, we affirm that the well-being of our children is central to the future of our families and America. Now it is my pleasure to introduce the President. Thank you.
Director Kratsios, later presented a speech at the National Academy of Sciences May 18, 2025, stating:
I speak to you this morning as the President’s Science and Technology Advisor, who has been given three interconnected tasks in pursuit of a Golden Age of Innovation: to maintain American technological leadership; to ensure all Americans enjoy the fruit of transformative advances in science and technology; and, a mission I believe we all share, to revitalize America’s scientific enterprise.
In a speech last month, I explained how America’s dominant position in technology can only be maintained through a strategy of both promotion and protection. Today, I’d like to speak a little bit about our shared mission of furthering scientific advancement.
To empower America’s researchers to achieve groundbreaking discoveries and to reinvigorate our national science enterprise, we must scrutinize our existing approach and recommit ourselves to best practices. That is my commitment to you, but also what I ask of you, to ensure America sets the Gold Standard for science in this century and the next.
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