SThere are dozens, hundreds and perhaps there will always be more. Sites that publish photos of famous, but also unknown, women, showing their faces and naked bodies. Images processed with artificial intelligence which are a new form of disfigurement and violence against people.
But there are those who managed to do worse. Those are the ones husbands, boyfriends, friends who shared photos and videos of their partners in moments of intimacy. The disfigurement and violence in this case are even more serious, because they are carried out by those who should instead have an interest in protecting and protecting. This is why it is important to reportuse all the necessary tools to stop this barbarism.
It is true, as Guido Scorza, member of the Privacy Guarantor, admitted, “that the internet is endless and the Guarantor is not in a position to actually order the preventive blocking of all existing platforms but only a certain number”. But it is also true that when faced with a complaint – in this case it is best to contact the postal police – Article 612-ter of the Criminal Code punishes anyone who disseminates sexual images without consent with imprisonment of up to six years and a fine of up to 15 thousand euros..
Fiorenza Sarzanini (photo by Carlo Furgeri Gilbert).
The request to the Guarantor to request the immediate removal of the photos or videos can be made without the assistance of a lawyer. AND the offense occurs even if «the photo or video was previously published by the interested party on another platformin different ways or for other purposes”.
However, it is necessary to “own a copy of the photo or video which it is feared may be published because only through them can the Guarantor generate the so-called hash fingerprint (a sequence of characters that identifies the contents of a file, ed) through which to order the platform managers to block the publication of the images in question”.
There is an increasing number of sites that publish nudes of famous, but also unknown, women, created with Artificial Intelligence (photo Getty Images).
There is a legal path, but there is also that of prudence. For this reason, experts agree in recommending that you pay the utmost attention when you decide to publish images on your social channels that can be captured and put into circulation, and to share them with people who could spread them.
The so-called nudify sites (which create fictitious unclothed images of real people, ed) they have now multiplied, tools allow you to manipulate any image. Defending yourself from something you helped create is often impossible. And this is a detail that should never be overlooked.
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