Melania Trump advocates against ‘mean-spirited and hurtful online behavior’ in first public remarks of new term
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Melania Trump used her first public remarks of her husband’s second term to lend her support to an effort to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography, renewing a commitment to her first-term “Be Best platform.”
Melania Trump used her first public remarks of her husband’s second term to lend her support to an effort to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography, renewing a commitment to her first-term “Be Best platform.” “I am here with you today with a common goal: to protect our youth from online harm. The widespread presence of abusive behavior in the digital domain affects the daily lives of our children, families, and communities,” Trump said at an event on Capitol Hill on Monday, which comes as she has so far spent limited time in Washington. “In an era where digital interactions are integral to daily life, it is imperative that we safeguard children from mean-spirited and hurtful online behavior,” Trump added – expressing sentiments seemingly at odds with some of President Donald Trump’s social media posts that often use personal attacks and name-calling for political opponents and perceived enemies. Speaking at a roundtable with lawmakers and advocates against and survivors of revenge porn, the first lady reaffirmed the “Be Best” platform established during the first Trump administration, which included a focus on online safety, as she urged House lawmakers to pass the “TAKE IT DOWN” Act, which is aimed at protecting Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography. The bill — first introduced by GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and passed in the Senate last month with bipartisan support — “would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or ‘deepfake pornography’), and require social media and similar websites to have in place procedures to remove such content upon notification from a victim,” according to Cruz’s office. Trump offered a dig at Democrats, who were largely absent from the roundtable discussion.
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