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Noa Vahle Files Complaint Against 74-Year-Old Dutch Man Over Deepfake Videos: 'A Very Nasty Development'
Sports reporter Noa Vahle and talkshow host Hélène Hendriks have filed criminal complaints against a 74-year-old man from North Holland who used AI to create sexually abusive deepfake videos of numerous celebrities. The Public Prosecution Service is prosecuting the man following an investigation into MrDeepFakes, a website that attracted over 200,000 monthly visitors from the Netherlands. While 21 victims reported the crimes, dozens of other affected public figures attempted to remove the content through legal channels. The suspect's computer contained images of approximately sixty well-known Dutch individuals and politicians. David D., the 37-year-old Canadian founder of the site, was not prosecuted because his actions were not illegal in Canada at the time, though he lost his job as a hospital pharmacist in Toronto.
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