Germany plans to criminalize rape videos and sexual deepfakes

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2026-10-07

Berlin (dpa) - Germany plans to criminalize the possession, production and distribution of videos depicting rape as part of proposed legislation targeting digital violence. The bill, due to be considered by the Cabinet on Wednesday, also includes new offences covering identity misuse and the unauthorized creation and distribution of sexual deepfakes. Such deepfakes are manipulated images or videos that falsely appear to show a real person naked o......

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