Sen. Ted Cruz Says New Deepfake Bill Will Hold Tech Companies Accountable

Senator Ted Cruz is getting critical about tackling deepfake AI-generated porn together with his newest invoice … which is all about forcing tech corporations to do the proper factor, and swiftly too.

The Texas senator got here on “TMZ Live” Thursday … telling us how the “Take It Down Act” will federally cost people who publish non-consensual content material on-line — and extra importantly, mandate large tech corporations to take down such content material inside 48 hours.

TC tells us he bought the concept to suggest the invoice after leaping in to assist a Texas highschool woman whose deepfake pics ended up on Snapchat for 9 months because of a boy at her college.

Based on the senator, the child bought off simple and was simply transferred to a different college … nothing extra. However, beneath this new invoice — which Cruz desires to make the regulation of the land — pulling the identical stunt would land any person in sizzling authorized water.

If the sufferer is a minor, it may imply 3 years behind bars … and in the event that they’re an grownup, it is 2 years within the slammer — that is what Ted and different bipartisan legislators have proposed.

The deepfake pattern has additionally focused a great deal of celebs like Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion and most lately Jacob Elordi … who had his likeness used with out his consent in pornographic content material involving a minor, sparking widespread disgust on-line.