US EditionHow Deepfake Porn Scandal Surrounding TV Star Rocked Germany
Germany reopened an investigation into Fernandes' accusation of AI-generated pornographic deepfakes amid calls for criminalizing such acts with up to two years imprisonment.
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A well-known German TV presenter divorced her husband in 2025, but until now it was not known why. The woman's life was completely ruined by someone spreading deepfake sex videos of her online for years. "It was like hearing the news of a death, I couldn't speak, I couldn't cry. They stole my body for years," she said, after the man confessed to what he did to her.
Deepfake porn row rocks Germany as TV presenter accuses ex-husband
A deepfake scandal in Germany has sparked protests after TV presenter Collien Fernandes accused her ex-husband of sharing explicit AI-generated content, claims he denies, while the case fuels debate over legal gaps and rising online abuse against women.
Digital violence has reached a new dimension with pornographic deepfakes, as the current case from Germany shows. This poses challenges for justice and politics – also in Switzerland.
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