President Donald Trump signed The The The It Down Act on Monday, a measure that imposed a punishment for linear exploitation, where First Lady Melania Trump helped him through Congress, and although it sounded like a slight objection, he also signed her signature.

The president told his wife: "Come on, anyway, sign it." "She should sign it."

After she added her signature, the president showed the audience the documents that brought their two names to them at the signing ceremony at the White House Rose Garden.

Melania Trump’s signature is merely symbolic, as the first lady was not elected and has no formal role in signing legislation.

In March, Melania Trump made his first public appearance since he resumed his role as the First Lady to Capitol Hill to pass the bill after the Senate approval.

At the signing ceremony, she called the new law a “national victory” and would help protect children from online exploitation, including through the use of artificial intelligence to create fake images.

“AI and social media are next-generation digital candies, sweet addiction and design that can influence the cognitive development of our children,” she said. “But unlike sugar, these new technologies can be weaponized, shape beliefs, sadly affect emotions, and even deadly.”

The president said the spread of images using AI means “numerous women are harassed by deep harassment and other explicit images distributed against their will.” What happened was a "terrible mistake", he said.

"Today, we're making it totally illegal," Trump said.

The bill makes it a federal crime to "intentionally publish" or threaten to publish private images, including AI-Created "Deepfakes," without permission. Within 48 hours of request, the website and social media companies will be required to delete such materials within 48 hours. The platform must also take steps to remove duplicate content.

Many states have banned the spread of explicitly deep smoke or “revenge porn”, but Take It Down Act is a rare example of federal regulators imposed on Internet companies.

The bill was sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, both Republicans received overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress and passed the House in April with a 409-2 vote, and passed unanimously.

But the measure is not without critics. Advocates of free speech and the Digital Rights Group said the bill was too broad and could lead to censorship of legal images, including legal pornography and LGBTQ content. Others say this could allow the government to monitor private communications and undermine due process.

The First Lady appeared at the Capitol Hill roundtable, along with lawmakers and young women who were explicitly placed online and said it was “heartbreaking” to see these teenagers, especially girls, experienced. She also included a victim among the guests to attend the address of the Joint Congress the day after that meeting.

After the House passed the bill, Melania Trump said the bipartisan vote was a “strong statement that we immediately unify the dignity, privacy and security of our children.”

Her advocacy for the bill is a continuation of her best campaign to begin her first term in the president, focusing on child well-being, social media use and opioid abuse.

Speaking to Congress in March, the president said he was looking forward to signing the bill.

“I would use the bill for myself if you don’t mind,” he said.