Lena Schilling, an Austrian Green MEP, disclosed that she discovered nude deepfakes of herself circulating online last month. The images were doctored versions of photographs from one of her early press conferences, with her clothing digitally removed.
Schilling described the experience as leaving her feeling "disgusted" and characterised the deepfakes as "digital violence against women" and a threat to democracy. She has called on the EU to act.
Her disclosure comes alongside a report finding that one in six female MEPs have been targeted by sexualised AI-generated content. The specific scope, methodology and date of that report are not detailed in the source material.
The Guardian World identified this as emerging abuse targeting EU lawmakers. Schilling's case highlights a pattern of non-consensual intimate imagery created using AI tools. No information is provided about how the deepfakes were created, who created them, or what enforcement action, if any, has been taken.