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Lawmakers Advance DEFIANCE Act Protecting Victims
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Paris Hilton joined Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Capitol Hill Thursday to support the bipartisan DEFIANCE Act, which would allow victims of deepfake pornography to sue creators and distributors. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Laura Lee and building on last year’s TAKE IT DOWN Act, passed the Senate on January 13 and aims to pair removal obligations with legal recourse.
Key Points
- 1Establishes bipartisan DEFIANCE Act allowing victims to sue creators and distributors of deepfake pornography.
- 2Highlights growing harms and scale, citing 23,000 sexualized child images after Grok's image-generation launch.
- 3Prompts platforms and policymakers to adopt rapid removal, legal recourse, and stronger moderation practices.
Scoring Rationale
Legislative advancement and strong platform relevance; limited novelty and scope constrained to sexual deepfake policy and platform practices.
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