Melania Trump will speak for the first time on the Capitol hill in a round table focused on punishing revenge pornography

First lady Melania Trump He spoke at Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time after returning to the White House, participating in a roundtable with legislators from both Congress Chamber focused on punishing Internet abuse and revenge pornography.

“Today I am here with you with a common goal – to protect our youth from internet damage,” Melania Trump said on Monday. “The widespread presence of violent behavior in the digital domain affects the daily lives of our children, families and communities.”

“Dealing with this problem is crucial to encouraging safe and support for our young people,” she said. “I hope that today’s roundtable builds an awareness of the damage caused by non -consensual intimate images and finally the approval of the Laws Law in Congress.”

The Law on Records is a bill that introduced the Senate by Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-minn., Which would be a federal crime to publish or threaten by publishing, non-sensual intimate images, including “digital forgery” made with artificial intelligence. The proposal of the law unanimously adopted the Senate earlier in 2025, and Cruz said on Monday that he believed that the home would bring it before it became a law.

Trump was joined by California Democratic Ambassador Ro Khann, along with Republicans like Cruz, President of the Mike Johnson House, a Republican President of the Republican Conference House Lisa McClain, a tail. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Kevin Hern, R-Okla.

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The draft would also demand that the companies of social media, such as Snapchat, Tictok and Instagram and similar websites, set up procedures to remove such a content within 48 hours of notification from the victim.

The draft would protect the victims of digital exploitation and hold the Internet platforms responsible, asking them to remove such images.

Tail. Maria Salazar, R-Fla, and Madeleine Dean, D-Penn., They took legislation in the House in January. This measure is considered in the Energy and Home Committees Committees before considering on the house floor.

“If you are a victim of revenge on porn or ai-gearicated explicit painting, your life changes forever,” Cruz said during a round table. “Most likely you have been targeting someone you know, and probably struggle to remove the material from the Internet. Haratitiating, many of these victims are teenagers in American high schools facing the increasing sexual images generated on AI, hundreds of teenagers, often targeted by their own classes

“The Law Law allows victims throughout the United States,” he continued. “This makes the criminal part of these deviants to publish all non -consensual intimate images, including false, colorful pornographic paintings of real people.”

The law would require penalties of up to three years in prison for sharing non-consensual intimate images of-auuthentic or generated AI-gear-rated-which they included minors and two years in prison for those images involving adults. They would also require fines up to two and a half years in prison for threats involving minors and one and a half years in prison for threats involving adults.

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Ai-gearred images known as “Deepfakes” often include editing video or photos of people to look like someone else using artistic intelligence. In 2017, Deepfakes hit the public’s radar after the Reddit user posted a real pornography of celebrities on the platform on the platform, opening floods to users who employ AI to look more convincing and widely divided in the coming years.

“In today’s world -guided AI, a threat to a privacy violation is alarmingly big,” Trump explained. “While the organizations use the power of our data, the risk of unauthorized approach and abuse of personal data escalates. We must prioritize robust security measures and support strict ethical standards for the protection of individual privacy.”

Almost every US state has a law that protects people from non -consensual violations of intimate images, but laws differ in the classification of crime and penalties.

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The event on Monday is the first where the first lady made public remarks from the President Donald Trump 20. January inauguration.

On Monday, Melania Trump joined 15-year-old girl Elliston Berry, whose high school peers used to create non-consensual images of a young girl and beyond them on social networks, explained the first lady.

“It is hearty to witness young teenagers, especially girls, confronting with the irresistible challenges represented by malicious internet content, such as Deepfakes,” Trump said. “This toxic environment can be seriously harmful. We must give their well -being, equipping them by supporting and tools needed to move in this enemy digital landscape. Every young person deserves a safe internet space for free expression, without continuing threats from exploiting or damage.”

Berry told the roundtable that she was only 14 when she realized in 2023. “Last Instagram photos with a naked body and attached with a AI face, “circulated to social media.

“Fear, shock and disgust were just some of the many emotions I felt,” Berry said. “I felt responsible and started blaming myself and ashamed to tell my parents. Despite doing anything wrong. While I was attending school, I was scared of the reaction of someone or someone could recreate these photos.”

“We need to consider the responsibility of great technology to take action,” the young woman continued. “Today I came here to not only promote this proposal of the law, but also fight for the freedom of so many survivors, millions of people, men, women, teenagers, children were affected by an increase in this sexual abuse based on the picture. This is unacceptable. The recording law will give a voice to the victims and give justice.”

During the first Trump administration, Trump hosted virtual round tables on foster care as part of his “Be Best” initiative and focused on strengthening the children’s well -being. The “Be Best” initiative also focused on the network safety.

“As the first lady, my dedication to the” Be Best “initiative emphasizes the importance of internet security,” she said. “In an era where digital interactions are an integral part of everyday life, it is necessary to protect children from vicious and harmful internet behavior.”

During the first term of her husband as president, she also collaborated with the Congress members at the legislation that ensured the financing of grants allocated to young people and young people who are currently or earlier in foster care to help in college, school in career or training school. The President ultimately signed in December 2020.

Trump nodded to the Democratic Senator Klobuchar and Republican Senar Cruz for their double -sided support of the law of the law, while noting that she was failed by the lack of additional support for Democrats.

“I have to admit, however, I expected to see more democratic leaders here today to address this serious question,” she said. “Surely as adults, we can give advantage of American children in front of partisan policy. I urge Congress that priority is passing down the Laws Law. This legislation is necessary to address growing internet security problems, protection of individual rights and promoting a healthier digital environment.”

“Congress can take an important step towards ensuring responsibility and encouraging responsible network behavior,” she continued. “The Laws Law is a strong step towards justice, healing and unity.”

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