Overview
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted Tuesday that several AI‑generated photos of her were falsely presented as real, sharing one image labeled as a fake to show how it spread.
- The forged photo, which showed her in lingerie on a bed, circulated widely online and drew angry comments from users who believed it was authentic.
- Meloni called deepfakes a dangerous tool that can deceive and harm people, urging users to verify before believing and to think before sharing.
- Earlier cases set the backdrop, including her 2024 complaint over deepfake pornography that led investigators to identify two suspects accused of defamation.
- A 2025 scandal on the Phica forum targeted Meloni and other prominent women and was followed by a national AI law adopted in September that introduces prison terms for harmful deepfakes.