Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe
Summary
Nearly 150 European politicians, overwhelmingly women, have been targeted by deepfake pornography websites (fake videos created using AI to show people in sexual situations without consent), with women MPs being 33 times more likely to be targeted than male MPs. These sites host explicit deepfake videos, databases with politicians' photos and information, and links to tools that can create new deepfakes, creating a chilling effect that discourages women from entering politics.
Solution / Mitigation
The researcher, Benjamin Shultz, alerted all affected MPs individually and provided guidance on how the content may be removed from the websites.
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Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/sexually-explicit-deepfake-sites-target-100-plus-politicians-in-europe/
First tracked: September 14, 2026 at 08:01 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 72%