The Take It Down Act, co-sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), would make it a crime to publish non-consensual intimate images, even if they’re AI-generated deepfakes. It would also force social media sites to have processes quickly remove these images when reported. The bill passed the Senate last year, too, but now has another chance to be taken up in the House.
Elon Musk sent a somewhat cryptic message on X hours after Wired reported that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) entered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where DOGE staffers were set to gain read-only access to its systems. The CFPB has long been a Republican target so it’s unsurprising it’s been on the chopping block for DOGE along with the US Agency for International Development and Department of Education.
Firings, unfirings, forks, and lawsuits.
‘We have got to tell Elon Musk, nobody elected your ass.’
The top Senate and House Democrats are introducing a new bill seeking to bar access to the Treasury Department’s payment system to “special government employees,” or those with conflicts of interest or who lack the appropriate security clearance. While it’s likely an uphill battle to pass in a Republican-controlled Congress, it would perhaps theoretically rid the Treasury of the 25-year-old engineer reportedly poking around that system.
