Overview
- An Olympic pre-broadcast animation depicted Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man without male genitalia.
- The opposition Partito Democratico filed a parliamentary question to Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli seeking clarity on authorization and any alteration of the image.
- RAI officially denied editing the artwork, calling the uproar “fake news” and citing a standardized package produced by Olympic Broadcasting Services for all broadcasters.
- The Five-Star Movement criticized the omission as retrograde censorship that treats a canonical drawing as potentially offensive.
- Reports suggest IOC content rules restricting sexual material may explain the change, though this has not been confirmed.