Washington, April 8 -- Representative Maria Elvira Salazar issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), original sponsor of the TAKE IT DOWN (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/633) Act in the House, marked the first-ever conviction secured by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the law, a major milestone in protecting Americans from online exploitation and AI-generated abuse.
The DOJ announced the guilty plea of a 37-year-old Ohio man who used more than 100 artificial intelligence models to create and distribute sexually explicit images of women and minors without their consent as part of a sustained harassment campaign.
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