India, May 20 -- United States President Donald Trump signed the 'Take It Down Act' on Monday during a signing ceremony at the Rose Garden of the White House alongside his wife, Melania Trump. The act makes it a federal crime to share intimate or explicit images of someone without their consent, whether real or generated with the help of artificial intelligence.

The landmark act, which comes into effect at a time when making deepfakes videos has become easier than ever, was championed by the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, who also signed the act, albeit symbolically.

"With the rise of AI image generation, countless women have been harassed with deepfakes and other explicit images distributed against their will," Trump s...