Federica Onori addresses the session “From Deepfakes to ‘Nudification’: Evolving Threats of Generative AI to Information Integrity and Human Rights,” Brussels, 26 May 2026BRUSSELS, 26 May 2026 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Artificial Intelligence Federica Onori (Italy) today participated in a multistakeholder discussion organized within the framework of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process and hosted in connection with the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) in Brussels, Belgium. The event was part of the 2026 IGF Youth Track, a global initiative bringing together young stakeholders, policymakers and experts to contribute to international discussions on AI governance and digital policy issues.
The session, titled “From Deepfakes to ‘Nudification’: Evolving Threats of Generative AI to Information Integrity and Human Rights,” focused on emerging legislative and policy responses to harmful AI-generated content, including deepfakes and non-consensual intimate imagery.
Participating in her capacities as Special Representative and Vice-Chair of the OSCE PA Network of Young Parliamentarians, Onori framed the challenge as requiring simultaneous action on three levels: the individual, the platform, and the tool developer.
“None of the three alone is sufficient,” she said. “Too often, political debates focus on only one part of the problem – usually the platform – while overlooking the broader ecosystem enabling abuse.” She stressed that the most effective legislative approaches anchor the law to the person and the harm rather than to the specific technology used.
Onori also highlighted the democratic dimension of the issue, noting that, as research shows, most often women politicians, journalists and activists are deliberately targeted.
“When women can no longer participate in online spaces without risk of sexual humiliation, we are not talking about individual harm,” she said. “We are talking about exclusion from the modern public square – from political debate, from professional life, from civic participation. That is a democratic problem, and it belongs in this room.”
Drawing on examples from several jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and South Korea, discussions highlighted emerging legislative efforts to criminalize non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery, strengthen platform accountability and address gaps related to the creation, dissemination and consumption of harmful AI-generated content.
Participants also examined evolving regulatory approaches aimed at improving transparency and risk-assessment obligations, introducing safeguards-by-design measures and strengthening protections for women, minors and vulnerable individuals in digital spaces.
Turning to the international dimension, Onori underscored that fragmented legal frameworks is not a secondary technical detail but the mechanism through which harmful content and online abuse spread with limited accountability.
“Those who commit these abuses do not stop at the border between a country with strong laws and one with weak ones,” she said, highlighting the role of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly – which brings together parliamentarians from all 57 participating States – in transforming national best practices into shared standards that are hard to circumvent.
She further stressed that no single solution exists and highlighted the need for a balanced and comprehensive approach combining regulation, technical safeguards, digital literacy, democratic oversight and cross-border co-operation, while safeguarding freedom of expression and democratic debate.
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