Overview

• Polizia Postale has delivered an informativa to the Rome prosecutor and is preparing searches and seizures, with servers traced to other European countries that may require rogatory requests.
• The Garante’s vice president urged victims to file formal complaints, noting the authority’s power to act swiftly and confirming inquiries initiated on Phica.eu and the Facebook group.
• Investigators report that Phica.eu’s servers were hosted abroad but its administrator is Italian, a finding that could ease action against site management.
• Parliamentary momentum is building, with the femicide inquiry commission set to meet on September 9 and Forza Italia pressing bill 1505 to strengthen digital investigations and platform liability.
• Lawyers are organizing potential class actions as journalists, influencers and politicians publicly denounce harms, and authorities assess possible offenses by users including defamation, threats and incitement.