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Deepfake nude images of Slovenian activist published online Fake nude images and videos of Nika Kovač, a Slovenian women's rights activist, were published on the internet without her consent. The Inštitut 8. marec (Institute for March 8) highlighted the incident as an example of a new form of violence against women enabled by technology.
8 March 2026 · Inštitut 8. marec · Harmful and abusive content
8 March 2026
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Quick facts
Category Harmful and abusive content
Country Slovenia
Source SiOL
Date 8 March 2026
Drafted by Raidu Incident Detection What happened Fake nude images and videos of Nika Kovač, an activist with the Inštitut 8. март (Institute for March 8), were published online without her consent.
The Inštitut 8. marec used the incident to release a manifest warning about new forms of violence against women.
Reported impact The incident was described as an example of the exceptional danger posed by the use of technology to create false intimate content.
The institute highlighted this as a concerning trend of technology-enabled abuse targeting women.
Classification
Category Harmful and abusive content
Industry Media, social platforms and marketing
Country Slovenia
Harm status Actual harm
Intent Unknown
Timing Unknown
Harm types Human or fundamental rights, Psychological, Reputational
Harmed Women
Failure modes Deepfake image, Deepfake video Sources and evidence This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.
SiOL
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