AUSTIN, Texas - State lawmakers are trying to stay ahead of child predators and cyberbullies who use artificial intelligence.

That means closing loopholes in state law where deepfake profiles and manipulated photos are a big problem.

"This …

Elliston Berry woke up on a Monday morning last October to some alarming text messages. Friends were asking if she had seen nude photos of herself that were circulating among students at her Texas high school.

One sent a screenshot. She was…

WASHINGTON --- Aledo High School student Elliston Berry's freshman year turned into a nightmare in October when a classmate used an artificial intelligence program to turn innocent photos of her and her friends into "deepfake" nudes, then b…

A sinister cyber exploitation scheme turned Texas 14-year-old Elliston Berry's life upside down last October after she discovered deepfake nude images of herself circulating across social media one morning.

To make matters worse, many of he…

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Elliston Berry, who was a victim of deepfake revenge porn, and her mom, Anna McAdams, on how explicit AI images target young women. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, explains a bipartisan bill to m…

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, A.I. cyber exploitation victim Elliston Berry and her mother Anna McAdams discuss the dangers of artificial intelligence as cyber exploitation schemes become a gro…

WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, a North Texas mother and her 15-year-old daughter lobbied for legislation protecting against deepfake revenge porn, which is sexually explicit images created by artificial intelligence to harm or embarrass some…

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A Texas teenager was a victim of AI porn after a classmate made nude deepfake pictures of her and shared them on social media. Now, she’s backing a bill that would make that a crime and s…

A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to address the type of terrible situation that a high school girl from Texas experienced when she said a fellow student created deepfake images from some of her photos that made it ap…

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Elliston Berry from Aledo was 14 when a classmate created fake pornographic images of her that spread on social media. She's pushing for the "Take it Down Act".

DALLAS --- Going into her sophomore year at Aledo High School, Elliston Berry is healing from what happened to her last year.

In October 2023, a student took her Instagram photos and plugged them into artificial intelligence, creating fake …

Last October, 14-year-old Elliston Berry woke up to a nightmare.

The teen’s phone was flooded with calls and texts telling her that someone had shared fake nude images of her on Snapchat and other social media platforms.

“I was told it went…

DALLAS - Artificial intelligence opened the floodgates for the creation of fake pornographic images made without consent.

A U.S. Senate committee held a hearing Wednesday in Dallas to address the growing problem.

Senator Ted Cruz is proposi…

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Victims of A.I. deepfake pornography Elliston Berry and Francesca Mani speak out about how they were victims of fake images circulated online and how this impacted their personal lives, i…

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Elliston Berry was 14 when a classmate created fake porn images of her that spread on social media. Berry and her mom discuss the odyssey they’ve endured since then.

Artificial intelligence was not something Elliston Berry was thinking about, beyond a vague understanding that students were not allowed to use it to cheat in exams.

She had just started her first year at high school in Texas and was throwi…

In February, students in Beverly Vista Middle School were investigated by the Beverly Hills police department for creating fake nude pictures of their classmates. School and district officials expressed their awareness of the "AI-generated …

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Elliston Berry, a teen victim of deepfake pornography, discuss the rise of using AI to create pornographic images of women on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday challenged the House to quickly pass his bill cracking down on deepfake nudes before time runs out at the end of the year.

At a news conference aimed at getting the attention of House leaders, C…

Deepfake pornography is thriving in the age of artificial intelligence, "and it is wrong," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who proposed a bill to shut down publication of non-consensual deepfake pornography and intimate images.

The "Take it Do…

In October 2023, when Texas high school student Elliston Berry was 14 years old, a male classmate used artificial intelligence to turn innocent photos of her and her friends into "deepfake" pornography. Then, he shared the realistic-looking…

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High school student Elliston Berry discusses the Take It Down Act, a measure that would force social media companies to remove graphic deepfakes, prevent them from being posted and crimin…

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Wednesday, congressional lawmakers and victims of sexual exploitation pushed for the passage of bill that would criminalize the publication of non-consensual deepfake pornography.

“The legislation, the Take It Down…

Senate lawmakers unanimously passed the bipartisan-led Take It Down Act that would force social media companies to speedily remove sexually explicit deepfakes, prevent them from being posted and criminalize the act. 

For deepfake pornograph…

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Elliston Berry, a 15-year-old high school student from Aledo, Texas, and a victim of deepfake pornography, …

Anna McAdams has always kept a close eye on her 15-year-old daughter Elliston Berry's life online. So it was hard to come to terms with what happened 15 months ago on the Monday morning after Homecoming in Aledo, Texas.

A classmate took a p…