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Giorgia Meloni Reportedly Targeted by Deepfake Pornography
- Occurred
- Jan 1, 2020
- Published
- Mar 21, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In 2020, alleged deepfake pornographic videos falsely depicting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were uploaded to a U.S. website and viewed millions of times. At the time, she was leader of the Brothers of Italy but not yet PM. In 2024, now serving as PM, Meloni reportedly sued Alessio Scurosu, 40, and his father, Roberto Scurosu, 73, seeking €100,000 in damages. She testified in court, calling the act "a form of violence."
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Roberto Scurosu
- Alessio Scurosu
Harmed parties
- Giorgia Meloni
Tags
- Deepfake pornography
- Nonconsensual AI-generated content
- Defamation
- Harassment
- Deepfake abuse
- Political deepfake
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Deepfake pornography targeting a political leader led to a lawsuit and court testimony regarding harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8