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Senate moves to let victims of sexually explicit deepfakes sue for damages
The bill goes to the House amid controversy over images created by X’s Grok.
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Women and children are being digitally undressed on social media
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images before new legal protections take effect.
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Dating app rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge, Tinder of 'accommodating rapists'
The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists, but don’t.
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Age verification on porn sites is putting queer adult industry workers at risk
The laws requiring digital age checks — sold as child protection — are tanking the income of adult industry workers, risking their safety and even forcing them out of business.
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Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up
Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.
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States can still pass AI regulations, a ‘big, beautiful bill’ win for child safety advocates
The Senate stripped a controversial provision from the bill — a move praised by those who say tech companies shouldn't be shielded from accountability.
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Supreme Court clears the way for increased age verification for porn sites
The decision ultimately means that laws can restrict the free speech of adults in service of protecting children.
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This third-generation civil rights lawyer wants to pave the way for humanity-focused tech
Michele Jawando has taken the reins as the president of the Omidyar Network as it works to respond to the moment in tech and politics.
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Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act
The 19th explains how the new law on nonconsensual intimate imagery will be implemented — and how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.
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House approves Take It Down Act, sending bill on intimate images to Trump’s desk
The bill requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery, including sexually explicit deepfakes and so-called “revenge porn."