2 minors arrested in Lavrio over alleged deepfake-style images of children

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Police person arrested a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old successful the coastal town of Lavrio connected charges related to kid pornography and privateness violations aft they allegedly created and shared manipulated images of minors, authorities said.

A 52-year-old genitor was besides arrested connected suspicion of neglecting the supervision of a minor.

According to police, the two minors – who are related – are accused of digitally altering photographs of underage girls by extracting their faces from images posted online and inserting them into different pictures, efficaciously creating deepfake-style content. The altered images were then allegedly shared connected a κοινωνικά media platform, successful some cases with violative oregon degrading context.

Authorities said the probe began aft complaints from underage victims regarding the misuse and manipulation of their images connected a fashionable κοινωνικά media app.

All three suspects were taken earlier a authoritative for further proceedings.