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The bipartisan bill, which has passed the Senate, would require internet platforms to have measures in place to get the posts taken down within two days.

Melania Trump gets behind deepfakes bill

Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s “anxious” to move the Take It Down Act, a bill to deal with explicit deepfakes online that First Lady Melania Trump endorsed today in a visit to Capitol Hill.

The event was also an opportunity to catch up on the fate of other online safety bills for kids.

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