Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking damages over AI-generated deepfake pornography that superimposes her face onto the body of a naked woman.
A father, 73, and son, 40, from the Sardinian city have been accused of defamation and manipulating videos by replacing a porn actress’ face with the face of Meloni, and then publishing the content to a U.S. website.The father and son allegedly created the deepfake pornography in 2020, before Meloni was prime minister, but a complaint was filed after her staff recently found the videos online.
Police said they were able to track down the two men with the nickname they used on the website, as well as the phone number from which the deepfake porn videos had been distributed. The 40-year-old man’s house was then raided by authorities.