Brazilian Ministry seeks to block 80 deepfake nude AI sites
Brazil's Ministry of Justice requested the blocking of 80 websites offering AI tools to generate non-consensual deepfake nude images and videos. The sites allegedly lack age verification and have been used to create sexualized content of women, children and adolescents.
What happened
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice's Digital Rights Secretariat requested that the Federal Police and National Data Protection Agency evaluate blocking 80 websites offering AI tools to create deepfake nude images and videos of women, children and adolescents.
The request was made through the National Secretary of Digital Rights, Victor Oliveira Fernandes, based on a complaint filed by Safernet Brasil identifying websites offering nudification services accessible via standard web browsers without age verification, registration requirements or identity checks.
Reported impact
The Ministry stated there are indications of grave violations of the rights of women, children and adolescents. The deepfake nude tools enable unauthorized creation of intimate or sexualized content, and some sites offer pre-manipulated archives of identifiable or identifiable women.
Impacts for victims extend beyond image exposure to include embarrassment, psychological suffering, reputational damage, harassment, stigmatization and violence. The ease of access and replication of content in the digital environment compounds these harms.
Index analysis
The Ministry characterized the mere availability of nudification services as an inherently abusive practice that enables exploitation of people's image and identity for intimate or sexualized content without authorization.
The absence of any access barriers—such as age verification, identity confirmation or registration requirements—facilitates indiscriminate use and access by minors.
Governance controls
The Digital Rights Secretariat instructed the Federal Police and National Data Protection Agency to oversee the platforms and evaluate the possibility of site suspension.
The request includes investigation of the companies offering nudification services and preservation of user access data.
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Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.