Donald Trump has signed into law the Take It Down Act, aimed at criminalising the sharing of intimate images without consent, including fake images created using AI.
The Act imposes fines and a three-year prison sentence for offenders, while social media companies will have to remove the content within 48 hours of being notified.
Tech companies, parent and youth advocates and First Lady Melania Trump supported the law.
Critics, however, warn it could hamper privacy and backfire, leading to potential harm to survivors.
The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, for example, said the law may give survivors “false hope”.
The initiative’s president added the takedown provision could actually hurt victims.