Overview
- Journalist Francesca Barra said she found fake nude images of herself on SocialMediaGirls and publicly denounced the forum.
- Postal Police have begun preliminary checks into the platform’s content after Barra’s complaint, according to ANSA and other outlets.
- Reporters describe a long‑running forum with roughly 7 million registered users, a paid “AI undress” tool and a section tagging Italian public figures.
- Technical analyses cite anonymity services and infrastructure tied to providers such as DDOS‑Guard with servers reported via Belize and IQWeb, frustrating takedowns.
- Politicians referenced Italy’s new deepfake offense and urged stronger enforcement, while regulators noted prior blocks of nudify apps and warned that large, cross‑border networks remain hard to police.