Overview
- The AEPD imposed a €2,000 penalty on the perpetrator, reduced to €1,200 for prompt payment, in a publicly released but redacted resolution.
- The regulator opened proceedings on September 20, 2023 after press reports and admitted a victim’s complaint filed on October 2, 2023.
- Investigators sought information from the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Tax Agency to identify and locate the person behind the manipulation.
- The decision has been linked by media to the 2023 Almendralejo case involving minors who previously received one year of supervised liberty and educational measures.
- The move is presented as Europe’s first administrative monetary sanction for a nude deepfake, complementing a 2024 Berlin court order that halted distribution of a Scholz deepfake.