Texas Border Business
WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, June 26, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will host a field hearing in Dallas, Texas titled, “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity In Revenge Porn.” Sen. Cruz will hear testimony from victims of revenge and deepfake pornography as well as from victim advocates, who will discuss efforts to stop the disturbing content’s spread, including Sen. Cruz’s recently-introduced bipartisan Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act would require social media sites and similar websites to remove non-consensual intimate imagery within 48 hours of receiving notice from the victim and would make publishing such material a federal crime. Read more about this legislation HERE.
| WHO: |
| U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) |
| Ms. Andrea Powell, Director, The Reclaim Coalition |
| Mrs. Anna McAdams, Mother of Ms. Elliston Berry, Aledo, TX |
| Ms. Elliston Berry, High School Student and Victim of AI-Generated Sexually Exploitative Imagery, Aledo, TX |
| Ms. Francesca Mani, High School Student and Victim of AI-Generated Sexually Exploitative Imagery, Westfield, NJ |
| Ms. Hollie Toups, Victim of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery, Austin, TX |
| Mr. Stefan Turkheimer, Vice President for Public Policy, Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN) |
| WHEN: Wednesday, June 26th at 1:30 P.M. (CDT) |
| WHERE: The University of North Texas at Dallas (Campus Hall) |
| 7300 University Hills Blvd |
| Dallas, TX 75241 |
RSVP: Please RSVP to Christian_McMullen@commerce.senate.gov
