1 in 6 Female European Parliament Members Falls Victim to Deepfake Pornography

About 1 in 6 female members of the European Parliament has reportedly become a victim of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake pornography.

Citing a report by the German civil society organization Agora Digital Transformation, political outlet Politico reported on the 5th local time that 46 female European Parliament members have been targeted by deepfakes.

In addition, 4 male lawmakers were also victims of deepfake pornography.

Deepfake pornography refers to sexually explicit images or videos created using AI without the consent of the individuals involved.

The civic group pointed out that politicians, whose faces and appearances are inevitably exposed online, are particularly vulnerable to becoming targets of deepfakes.

Previously, the European Parliament passed a legislative amendment banning apps used to generate deepfake pornography.

Accordingly, such apps will be completely banned across the European Union (EU) starting December 2.

On September 30, 119 members of the European Parliament sent a letter to EU leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, urging them to effectively enforce the ban.

They also urged a swift conclusion to investigations into claims that Grok, a service provided on the social media platform X, may have been used to generate deepfakes.

Meanwhile, the civic group that released the report argued that to effectively enforce the ban on apps used to generate pornography, accountability must also be extended to payment service providers and domain registrars.

They further suggested that it is necessary to consider mandating search engines to exclude deepfake generation sites from their search results.
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