THE CRUNCH

Lena Schilling, an Austrian Green MEP, has spoken out after discovering nude deepfakes of herself circulating online, and is urging the EU to act. She learned last month that images from one of her first ever press conferences had been digitally altered to remove her clothing, and described the experience of being "stripped naked" online without her consent as disgusting.

Schilling called the images "digital violence against women" and argued they pose a threat to democracy. Her intervention comes alongside a report finding that one in six female MEPs has been targeted by sexualised AI-generated content, suggesting her experience is far from isolated.