Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Pursues $108,200 in Deepfake Porn Trial

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking damages of $108,200 in a civil trial after deepfake pornographic videos of her were uploaded online, with the defendants facing criminal defamation charges. The videos, posted during her 2020 prime ministerial campaign, were viewed by millions and are still circulating online. Meloni plans to donate any financial award to a domestic violence victims' fund and hopes to set an example for other victims of revenge porn and deepfake porn.