Ask your Congressional Representatives to Co-Sponsor Legislation to Combat Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Ask your Congressional Representatives to Co-Sponsor Legislation to Combat Image-Based Sexual Abuse!

Image-based sexual abuse is a rapidly growing form of sexual violence in which sexual images are created and/or distributed without the depicted individual's consent. Advancements in artificial intelligence have made it terrifyingly easy for people to become victims of image-based sexual abuse, since realistic AI-generated or "deepfake" pornography can be created in a matter of seconds. All it takes is a photo of someone's face and a few clicks—it can happen to anyone.

Currently, there are NO federal laws protecting against image-based sexual abuse. Please urge your Congressional Representatives to address this urgent issue by co-sponsoring the following bills:

The PROTECT Act would require websites that allow sexually explicit material to obtain verified consent forms from individuals uploading content or appearing in uploaded content, and would also require websites to remove images uploaded without consent.
The DEFIANCE Act improves rights to relief for individuals victimized through “intimate digital forgeries”
The SHIELD Act makes it a criminal offence to knowingly distribute (or attempt or threaten to distribute) “an intimate visual depiction” of an individual without their knowledge or consent.
The Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, which was introduced in the House of Representatives, which creates a civil right of action for victims of AI/digital depiction deepfakes and establishes both the creation and distribution of deepfakes as a crime.

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Dear Rep. [First Name, Last Name],

I am a constituent in your state who is deeply concerned about the alarming prevalence of image-based sexual abuse, and the way artificial intelligence has led to an astronomical increase in this form of sexual violence.

Image-based sexual abuse is when sexual images are created and/or distributed without the depicted individual's consent. This crime, which allows criminals to destroy the lives of their victims by creating AI-generated deepfake pornography without the consent of their victims, must stop.

Advancements in artificial intelligence have made it terrifyingly easy for people to become victims of image-based sexual abuse, since realistic AI-generated or "deepfake" pornography can be created in a matter of seconds. All it takes is a photo of someone's face and a few clicks—it can happen to anyone.

According to a December 2023 research study by Home Security Heroes, the availability of deepfake pornography online has witnessed a staggering increase of 550% between 2019 and 2023.

Currently, there are NO federal laws protecting against image-based sexual abuse. This is a terrifying hole in our country’s legislation which must be urgently resolved.

Please co-sponsor the following bills, which seek to protect against and provide relief for image-based sexual abuse:

The PROTECT Act would require websites that allow sexually explicit material to obtain verified consent forms from individuals uploading content or appearing in uploaded content, and would also require websites to remove images uploaded without consent.
The DEFIANCE Act improves rights to relief for individuals victimized through “intimate digital forgeries”
The SHIELD Act makes it a criminal offence to knowingly distribute (or attempt or threaten to distribute) ‘an intimate visual depiction” of an individual without their knowledge or consent.
The Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, which was introduced in the House of Representatives, which creates a civil right of action for victims of AI/digital depiction deepfakes and establishes both the creation and distribution of deepfakes as a crime.

Please co-sponsor this legislation, and become a champion for survivors!

Sincerely,

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