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.

Susanna Gibson joins NewsNation to discuss her nonprofit, My Own Image, which fights the spread of nonconsensual intimate images, including AI deepfakes. The issue gained attention after 14-year-old Elliston Berry became a victim of AI-generated explicit content, which stayed online until Sen. Ted Cruz intervened. Now, Berry, Cruz, and First Lady Melania Trump are backing the "Take It Down" Act, requiring platforms to remove such content within 48 hours. For Gibson, the fight is personal — her own intimate images were leaked during her 2023 Virginia political campaign.

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).

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.”

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.”

Susanna Gibson is tirelessly fighting back against all forms of gender-based and sexual violence. She is the Founder and Executive Director of MyOwn. MyOwn believes in the right to intimate privacy, autonomy, and agency over one's own body, and will fight back against the weaponization of our bodies and sexuality.

Susanna Gibson, who ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 57th District last year, explains her new PAC, My Own, which she started to help elect candidates who will prioritize legislative change around gender-based and sexual violence with emphasis on nonconsensual distribution of intimate images. Intimate videos of Gibson and her husband were weaponized by her opponent during her campaign.

The effort to curb the dissemination of non-consensual images, whether AI-generated or not, has become a focal point for Susanna Gibson who participated in one of Virginia's most competitive elections last year. Gibson joins "NewsNation Prime" to talk about the formation of a new PAC called "My-Own" which aims to support candidates dedicated to legislative reform surrounding the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, including AI deepfakes.

Susanna Gibson, the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 57th House District in 2023 who lost the general election to Republican David Owen, has announced the formation of a new political action committee named MyOwn.

Henrico, VA. - Today Susanna Gibson, the former Democratic nominee for Virginia’s House District 57 in 2023, announced the formation of a new Political Action Committee (PAC) named MyOwn. Susanna started this PAC to support candidates dedicated to legislative reform pertaining to gender-based and sexual violence, especially Nonconsensual Pornography (NCP), Nonconsensual Distribution of Intimate Images (NDII), Synthetic NDII (“deepfakes”), Intimate Privacy violations, and Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA).

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A bill that cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in the Virginia House of Delegates would broaden the state’s revenge porn law by adding a new category of “sexual” images that would be unlawful to disseminate.

The circulation of explicit and pornographic pictures of megastar Taylor Swift this week shined a light on artificial intelligence’s ability to create convincingly real, damaging – and fake – images.

Susanna Gibson, who fell short in her bid for the Virginia House, wants to advocate for digital privacy and consent to protect other women running for office.

It’s a chilly afternoon in the Far West End, and I’m going to meet Susanna Gibson. Just last month, she came within a hair’s breadth of winning a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Her narrow loss was fueled by controversy, ignited by the morality police we endure for reasons beyond me. Unlike the recent scandal surrounding a founder of Moms For Liberty, nothing about Susanna’s predicament screamed “hypocrisy.” All of it screamed breach of privacy.

Democrat Susanna Gibson was running in one of the most competitive elections in Virginia when an article by the Washington Post revealed she had previously been captured in a video performing sex acts online with her husband for tips. The legislative candidate later lost by less than 1,000 votes.

Gibson, who is running for the Virginia House of Delegates, has become mired in a scandal over her alleged performance of sex acts on a pornographic website.

I think she’s right that there is a very real, sustained effort to silence and diminish the voices and experiences of women