Senator Ted Cruz

They gave us a mandate, and we are delivering on that mandate. We are producing results. We're doing what the voters sent us here to do. I think that message is really important, and I think that message will be conveyed. I'm glad of that. I think that's really important. By the way, I'll say one of the things that I'm looking forward to, so later today –

They gave us a mandate, and we are delivering on that mandate. We are producing results. We're doing what the voters sent us here to do. I think that message is really important, and I think that message will be conveyed. I'm glad of that. I think that's really important. By the way, I'll say one of the things that I'm looking forward to, so later today –

They gave us a mandate, and we are delivering on that mandate. We are producing results. We're doing what the voters sent us here to do. I think that message is really important, and I think that message will be conveyed. I'm glad of that. I think that's really important. By the way, I'll say one of the things that I'm looking forward to, so later today –

I'm going to do an event in the Capitol with the First Lady, with Melania Trump. I'm going to do an event with the First Lady on my legislation, the Take It Down legislation. The Take It Down legislation protects... Young Girls protects women from so-called revenge porn, protects them from deep fakes. So we've seen multiple instances.

I'm going to do an event in the Capitol with the First Lady, with Melania Trump. I'm going to do an event with the First Lady on my legislation, the Take It Down legislation. The Take It Down legislation protects... Young Girls protects women from so-called revenge porn, protects them from deep fakes. So we've seen multiple instances.

I'm going to do an event in the Capitol with the First Lady, with Melania Trump. I'm going to do an event with the First Lady on my legislation, the Take It Down legislation. The Take It Down legislation protects... Young Girls protects women from so-called revenge porn, protects them from deep fakes. So we've seen multiple instances.

We've seen teenage girls who, one from Texas, Elliston Berry, who was a freshman in high school, and she woke up one morning and a classmate of hers, a boy in ninth grade, had taken a perfectly innocuous picture of her from social media. had used AI to create a deep fake to make it look like they were naked pictures of her. They were not real. They were fake.

We've seen teenage girls who, one from Texas, Elliston Berry, who was a freshman in high school, and she woke up one morning and a classmate of hers, a boy in ninth grade, had taken a perfectly innocuous picture of her from social media. had used AI to create a deep fake to make it look like they were naked pictures of her. They were not real. They were fake.

We've seen teenage girls who, one from Texas, Elliston Berry, who was a freshman in high school, and she woke up one morning and a classmate of hers, a boy in ninth grade, had taken a perfectly innocuous picture of her from social media. had used AI to create a deep fake to make it look like they were naked pictures of her. They were not real. They were fake.

But if you looked at them, you thought they were real. The AI technology is such that you can't tell. And this boy in her class had sent it to her classmates. And this poor girl woke up in tears, if you can imagine. You and I are both parents. It's hard to be a teenager any time.

But if you looked at them, you thought they were real. The AI technology is such that you can't tell. And this boy in her class had sent it to her classmates. And this poor girl woke up in tears, if you can imagine. You and I are both parents. It's hard to be a teenager any time.

But if you looked at them, you thought they were real. The AI technology is such that you can't tell. And this boy in her class had sent it to her classmates. And this poor girl woke up in tears, if you can imagine. You and I are both parents. It's hard to be a teenager any time.

But for a young girl to have all your classmates think they're looking at naked pictures of you, or in some instances you have deepfake videos where they can create pornographic videos of real people that look like they're engaged in lewd and explicit acts. And my legislation, the Take It Down Act, makes it, number one, a crime to post nonconsensual intimate images.

But for a young girl to have all your classmates think they're looking at naked pictures of you, or in some instances you have deepfake videos where they can create pornographic videos of real people that look like they're engaged in lewd and explicit acts. And my legislation, the Take It Down Act, makes it, number one, a crime to post nonconsensual intimate images.

But for a young girl to have all your classmates think they're looking at naked pictures of you, or in some instances you have deepfake videos where they can create pornographic videos of real people that look like they're engaged in lewd and explicit acts. And my legislation, the Take It Down Act, makes it, number one, a crime to post nonconsensual intimate images.

And number two, whether real or deep fakes made using AI. And number two, it puts an obligation on social media platforms and tech platforms to take this garbage down when the victims notify them. In Elliston's situation, I met with her. She reached out to me as her senator. and raised this. And it's actually how I encountered the issue, because it was a concern raised by a constituent.

And number two, whether real or deep fakes made using AI. And number two, it puts an obligation on social media platforms and tech platforms to take this garbage down when the victims notify them. In Elliston's situation, I met with her. She reached out to me as her senator. and raised this. And it's actually how I encountered the issue, because it was a concern raised by a constituent.

And number two, whether real or deep fakes made using AI. And number two, it puts an obligation on social media platforms and tech platforms to take this garbage down when the victims notify them. In Elliston's situation, I met with her. She reached out to me as her senator. and raised this. And it's actually how I encountered the issue, because it was a concern raised by a constituent.

And I drafted this legislation in response to her concerns. I met with her and her mom. At the time, the pictures had been up on Snapchat for nine months. And I asked her and her mom, I said, well, what's the story with the pictures now? And her mom said, they're still up. And they said... Her mom said, I've called Snapchat. I've emailed them. I've gone round and round and round.

And I drafted this legislation in response to her concerns. I met with her and her mom. At the time, the pictures had been up on Snapchat for nine months. And I asked her and her mom, I said, well, what's the story with the pictures now? And her mom said, they're still up. And they said... Her mom said, I've called Snapchat. I've emailed them. I've gone round and round and round.