“This isn’t about just technology. It’s about power. It’s about . . . using someone’s likeness to humiliate, silence, and strip them of their dignity.”

Paris Hilton, reality TV star and socialite, urging the House to take up the Senate-passed DEFIANCE Act, which would allow individuals to sue over nonconsensual intimate images generated by artificial intelligence. Speaking alongside a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Hilton said her own experience with nonconsensual imagery underscores the need to give victims legal recourse beyond takedown requests. (Roll Call)