(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 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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.