Cruz sought to pass his TAKE IT DOWN Act by Unanimous Consent, Booker objects WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent to pass his bipartisan Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act, legislation he introduced with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The bill would criminalize the publication of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images—including AI-generated deepfakes—and require social media to have in […]
