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Italy To Investigate The Use Of Bots To Generate Fake Nudes On Telegram

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In Italy, investigations are ongoing into the widespread use of bots that generate fake n**e images on Telegram. The Italian Data Protection Authority started investigating after security firm, Sensity, found that as of July 2020 over 100,000 faked images had been generated and shared in public Telegram channels.

 

The bots generate fake nudes with watermarks or images showing only partial n****y. Then, it asks the Telegram users in Italy to pay to reveal the entire n**e image. Users could also submit a photo of a woman to the bot and receive a n**e version of the image.

 

A report claims that some of the bot-generated images belong to victims who ‘appeared to be underage’ and were taken from social media.

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According to Sensity, whoever is behind the bots uses the DeepNude software, in generating the images. The software found its way online in 2019 but its creator took down the website saying “the probability that people will misuse it is too high”.

 

However, Sensity says that the software has been reverse-engineered. It is also now available on open source repositories and torrenting websites.

 

“The ease of use of this program makes anyone with a photo on the web potentially victims of deep fakes,” the Italian Data Protection Agency said, announcing its investigation into the issue. The agency also plans to ask Telegram to provide information to verify if it’s complying with data protection regulations.

 

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