The Key To Stopping Revenge Porn Just Might Be Melania Trump

The first lady is advocating for a federal bill criminalizing the online posting of intimate imagery, both real and fake, emphasizing the ‘heartbreaking’ impact on teenagers, particularly girls.

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First lady Melania Trump walks through the Capitol, where she lobbied for a bill that would make it a federal crime to post intimate imagery online, whether real or fake, March 3, 2025. AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

The locker room was supposed to be safe. A shower, a towel, the comfort of routine — until a phone clicked: teenage bickering and jealousy taken to a dangerous extreme. 

By the time the then 16-year-old school athletics star, whose family requested anonymity, stepped into the hallway, the nonconsensual shower image was already spreading. Parents, police, and lawyers were summoned. The college hopes of the perpetrators crumbled. The psychological torment lives on. 

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