Leaders in Bexar County are feeling motivated after a new federal law was signed that would add a layer of protection to help the most vulnerable in the community fight against revenge porn.

The law, referred to as the Take It Down Act, was signed by President Donald Trump alongside his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, on May 19, 2025.

It is actually an acronym for “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks.”

Sheriff Javier Salazar with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said it is a crime perpetrators commit on a local level every other week.

“I am either demanding money in exchange for this or I am demanding more explicit pictures or videos, and in exchange, I will be putting this out to your friends your family, your friends,

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