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For the last year, South Carolina has stood alone as the only state without laws protecting victims of nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, or NDII. That’s finally changing.

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Susanna Gibson joins NewsNation to discuss her nonprofit, My Own Image, which fights the spread of nonconsensual intimate images, including AI deepfakes.

A bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Jessica Ramirez (D-32) would make posting sexually explicit images of a candidate, whether real or created with AI technology, during their election cycle a third-degree crime.

The former candidate for Virginia House of Delegates Susanna Gibson on how she went from full-time nurse, to running for office, to being targeted by non-consensual intimate imagery and harassment, and how her new model legislation and nonprofit are focused on helping other victims of NCII.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Virginia and other states want to strengthen privacy laws regarding the non-consensual distribution of intimate images.

Lawmakers hope a new policy will curb the rise in nonconsensual image sharing on pornography sites.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC): After becoming victim to what is referred to as the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, former Henrico House of Delegates candidate Susanna Gibson is pushing for changes.

(Virginia) - Today, MyOwn Image announced a significant multi-state, bipartisan legislative campaign to combat Nonconsensual Disclosure of Intimate Images (NDII) informed by the organization’s model policy that strengthens penalties for NDII and supports victims of image based sexual abuse (IBSA).

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Susanna Gibson, a Democrat who recently ran for a House seat in Virginia, was the subject of online abuse after someone leaked explicit videos of her and her husband. Gibson discusses the sexually abusive comments she receives and what needs to change on “NewsNation Prime.”