The lawsuit is meant to “send a message to women who are victims of this kind of abuse of power not to be afraid to press charges,” the lawyer added.
A deepfake is an image or video that has been digitally manipulated to superimpose a person’s face onto another body. The technology has become increasingly common, raising concerns about its role in both political disinformation and online sexual harassment.
Italy is set to present legislation to regulate AI later this month, hot on the heels of the EU’s landmark AI Act, which the European Parliament rubber-stamped last week.
Deepfakes are not illegal in Europe under the EU’s new AI rulebook, but content creators must be transparent about their origins. The EU is also requiring large tech platforms, including TikTok, X and Facebook, to identify AI-generated content under its content moderation law, the Digital Services Act.
