Democrats just figured out how to censor whatever they want online.
They're using AI-generated bikini photos as the excuse.
And Adam Schiff launched one sneak attack to throw the First Amendment under the bus.
Democrats Demand Big Tech Expand AI Censorship Beyond Explicit Content
Adam Schiff and six other Senate Democrats sent a letter to Big Tech demanding they start censoring content based on whether someone finds it "suggestive."
The letter targeted Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Snap, TikTok, and X.
Lisa Blunt Rochester led the effort alongside Schiff, Mark Kelly, Tammy Baldwin, Richard Blumenthal, Kirsten Gillibrand, Ben Ray Luján, and Brian Schatz.
They claim they're targeting AI tools that create "non-nude sexualized" images without consent.
Sounds reasonable until you read what they actually want banned.
The Democrats demand companies remove images with "altered clothing" or "body-shape edits."
They want platforms to censor anything with "suggestive visual effects."
Who decides what's "suggestive"?
Democrats do.
Schiff and his fellow Democrats are using reports of AI-generated bikini photos to establish a precedent for subjective censorship.
Once tech companies accept the principle that "suggestive" content should be removed, there's no limiting factor.
A woman in a bathing suit? Suggestive.
An edited photo that makes someone look thinner? Body-shape edit, banned.
Political satire Democrats don't like? Suggestive visual effect, gone.
Congress already passed real legislation targeting actual harm.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act became law in May 2025 after passing the House 409-2.
That law criminalized non-consensual explicit deepfakes and required platforms to remove them within 48 hours.
It emerged after Texas teenager Elliston Berry and New Jersey teen Francesca Mani became victims of AI-generated nude images in October 2023.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz championed the bill alongside Democrat Amy Klobuchar.
Everyone could agree that non-consensual nude deepfakes are harmful and should be illegal.
That's not what Schiff's letter is about.
Democrats are abandoning the clear "explicit content" standard and replacing it with "whatever we find suggestive."
They got bipartisan support for banning explicit deepfakes because it was obviously harmful.
Now they're using that success as cover to expand into subjective territory.
"We already ban some AI images," they'll say. "Why not ban suggestive ones too?"
Before you know it, anything Democrats consider "sexualized" or "problematic" gets censored.
The automated moderation systems tech companies use already struggle to tell satire from violations.
Those same systems will now be trained to remove content based on subjective interpretation.
And who trains those systems?
The same Silicon Valley programmers who donated to Kamala Harris and think Trump supporters are dangerous.
Schiff's History Of Pushing Tech Company Censorship And Free Speech Restrictions
For years he pushed the Russia collusion hoax.
When Hunter Biden's laptop surfaced, Schiff pressured tech companies to censor it as "misinformation."
Content questioning the 2020 election? He demanded platforms remove that too.
Now he's found a new angle that sounds more palatable.
"We're just protecting women from AI abuse," Schiff claims.
Except the TAKE IT DOWN Act already does that for actual explicit content.
What Schiff really wants is the power to decide what images are acceptable online.
Once that door opens, it never closes.
Democrats will expand the definition of "harmful" content until it includes anything that challenges their narrative.
Conservative memes? Those could be "suggestive" or create "unsafe" feelings.
Criticism of transgender ideology? That's "harassment" that needs removal.
Vaccine skepticism? "Misinformation" that platforms must censor.
Use an emotional issue everyone cares about to establish the precedent for subjective moderation.
Then expand that precedent to cover everything you want suppressed.
Schiff's been trying to control online speech for years.
Now he thinks he's found the perfect vehicle because who wants to defend AI-generated bikini photos?
But conservatives see through it.
This has nothing to do with protecting women and everything to do with giving Democrats veto power over online content.
The First Amendment doesn't have an exception for images someone finds "suggestive."
Sources:
- Dan Frieth, "Democratic Senators Urge Tech Platforms to Restrict AI Images, Including Altered Clothing and Body-Shape Edits," Reclaim The Net, January 15, 2026.
- Andrew R. Chow, "Congress Just Passed Its First Bill Tackling AI Harms," TIME, April 29, 2025.
- "TAKE IT DOWN Act," Wikipedia, accessed January 15, 2026.
- Amy Klobuchar, "Bipartisan Klobuchar Bill to Protect Online Privacy and Combat Explicit Deepfakes Passes Congress," U.S. Senate press release, April 28, 2025.
