US Senate Targets Sexual Deepfakes Amid Furor Over Grok Images

The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images in response to a widening uproar over a flood of graphic content on billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform.

Under the measure, known as the Defiance Act, victims would gain the federal civil right to sue perpetrators responsible for creating the pornographic images. It builds on a law enacted last year that requires social media companies to remove such content within 48 hours of a victim’s request.

The bill seeks to address a growing global controversy over the thousands of images ...