Updated Wed, May 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM UTC
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni slammed “fake photos” of her by posting an apparently fake lingerie photo of herself online.
Meloni published the image on her social media Tuesday. The image appeared to show the prime minister in scanty underclothes. Meloni paired her post with a screenshot of a social media user who had allegedly shared the image and declared her appearance “shameful and unworthy of the institutional role she holds,” according to a translation from Euronews.
“Several fake photos of me — generated using artificial intelligence and passed off as real by some overzealous opponent — are currently circulating,” Meloni wrote on X, according to a translation viewed by the Daily Caller. “I must admit that whomever created them — at least in the case attached here — actually improved my appearance quite a bit.”
Meloni told followers, “Deepfakes are a dangerous tool, as they have the power to deceive, manipulate and target anyone. I am able to defend myself. Many others are not.” (RELATED: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Flooded Her Nation With Migrants When No One Was Looking)
People responding to her Facebook post reportedly pressed her to bring the matter to law enforcement, though it remained unclear whether she would do so, The Associated Press (AP) reported. A February church-state scandal involving a Roman cherub bearing an apparent likeness to the prime minister was an episode she brushed off at the time with a laughing emoji, the outlet reported.
Meloni filed an over-$117,000 lawsuit in 2024 against two men accused of producing fabricated videos of her that ended up on an American pornographic site, according to Euronews. Her government has pushed through legislation making deepfakes that inflict “unjust harm” a crime.
The Daily Caller has reached out to Prime Minister Meloni’s office for comment.