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AI incident: sexual content (Mar 2024)

7 news reports Synced from source · record last edited 10 Sep 2026
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In brief

An AI system built by Synthetic video generation technology developers, Synthetic media generation technology developers and 2 others and deployed by Synthetic media creators, Deepfake website operators and 1 other allegedly harmed Women and girls, Women and 10 others.

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7 reportsMar 2024 - Sep 2026

What happened

Dutch reporting in March 2024 identified roughly 70–80 prominent women, including politicians, presenters, athletes, celebrities, and members of the royal family, as reportedly depicted in pornographic deepfake videos made by using AI to place their faces on performers' bodies. Some videos had more than 100,000 views. Several women said they had not known the videos existed and filed or planned police reports.

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News reports (7)

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  1. Deepfake pornovideo’s schokken medialandschap: BN’ers en politici doen aangifte
    ad.nl · Sebastiaan Quekel
  2. Vrouwelijke BN'ers overwegen aangifte vanwege deepfake pornovideo's
    nos.nl · NOS Nieuws
  3. Wel of niet zeggen dat je in een neppornovideo zit? BN'ers worstelen ermee
    nos.nl · NOS Nieuws
  4. Bekende Nederlanders doen massaal aangifte in zaak deepfakepornovideo's
    rtl.nl · ANP/RTL Boulevard
  5. Kamerleden horen al maanden niets na deepfake pornovideo's: 'Week ophef, daarna werd het stil'
    rtl.nl · RTL Nieuws
  6. Motie van het lid Beckerman over een bevoegde instantie aanwijzen om ook deepfakeporno en andere onrechtmatige seksuele beelden offline te halen
    tweedekamer.nl · Sandra Beckerman
  7. Wat vrouwen ervaren in de Tweede Kamer. ‘Je hebt geluk dat jij een vrouw bent, want ze hebben jou minder hard aangepakt’
    nrc.nl · Denise Retera

Who was involved

Alleged harmed party
Women and girls Women Victims of non-consensual deepfakes Victims of deepfake abuse Sylvana IJsselmuiden Simone Simons Sharon Dijksma Sandra Beckerman Public figures and celebrities depicted in explicit AI images Public figures Privacy Politicians in the Netherlands

AI systems implicated

Synthetic video generation technologySynthetic media generation technologyDeepfake technologyAI face-swapping technology

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Other incidents involving Synthetic media creators

Source record: incident #1684 on the AI Incident Database · all 7 reports