50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says

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1. Mon, 5 October 2026

   2 reports
   • Politico Europe16:54first to report
     50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says

     Fifty European Union lawmakers, including 46 women, have been the targets of deepfake pornography, according to new research released Monday. The number of women targeted by deepfake pornography — when generative AI is used to create sexually explicit depictions of people, often without their consent — means roughly one in six female members of the […]

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     50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says - politico.eu

     50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says politico.eu

2. Tue, 6 October 2026

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   • ABC (Spain)08:58
     Los 'deepfakes' acosan al Europarlamento: falsas imágenes de casi 60 diputadas aparecen en webs de pornografía

     Alrededor de 60 miembros del parlamento Europeo, principalmente eurodiputadas, han sido víctimas de la publicación de falsas imágenes sexuales manipuladas con inteligencia artificial ('deepfakes') en páginas web de pornografía. La presidenta del Parlamento Europeo, Roberta Metsola, ha calificado este tipo de violencia como «intolerable» tras la publicación de una investigación por parte de un 'think tank' alemán.«Quiero ser categórica. La violencia contra las mujeres, tanto fuera como dentro de...

   • El País (Spain)09:34
     La presidenta del Parlamento Europeo denuncia el “intolerable” acoso con pornografía ‘deepfake’ a decenas de eurodiputadas

     Metsola urge a actuar contra las aplicaciones capaces de generar desnudos falsos y su rápida difusión

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)16:59
     1 in 6 women in European Parliament targeted by deepfake pornography: Report

     Researchers examine hundreds of websites known to host or produce AI-generated sexual content, including sites associated with deepfake pornography, ‘celebrity leaks’ and inappropriate candid images of women in public life

3. Wed, 7 October 2026

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   • N1 Info (Croatia)04:17
     Alarmantno istraživanje: 50 europarlamentaraca bilo meta deepfake pornografije

     Pedeset zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu, među kojima je 46 žena, bilo je meta deepfake pornografije, pokazuje novo istraživanje objavljeno u ponedje

   • tportal (Croatia)07:02
     Šokantni podaci: Čak 50 europarlamentaraca na meti deepfake pornografije

     Oko 50 zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu, među kojima je čak 46 žena, bilo je meta pornografskih deepfake sadržaja, pokazalo je novo istraživanje njemačke organizacije Agora Digitale Transformation. To znači da je takvim sadržajima pogođena otprilike svaka šesta zastupnica u Europskom parlamentu

4. Sun, 18 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World04:00
     ‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action

     Lena Schilling of Austrian Greens says images are ‘digital violence against women’ and a threat to democracy An Austrian MEP has spoken out about her experience of being “stripped naked” online without her consent and has urged the EU to take action, as a report found that one in six female MEPs had been targeted by sexualised AI-generated content. Lena Schilling of the Green party said she had learned last month about nude deepfakes of herself circulating online. When she opened the links, she...