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The policy of the month is a chapter dedicated to who is inter step in researching current policies without necessarily providing an in depth analysis and critical review. This is a chapter which will be published on the IE IPR blog and requires writers to produce two small pieces of writing (500 words) per semester on a current policy under discussion.
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OLIVIA MORSE
The Deepfake Dilemma: Where the Digital Services Act Fails
In March 2026, German television presenter Collien Fernandes stood in front of thousands of protesters in Hamburg wearing a bulletproof vest. For nearly a decade, hundreds of AI-generated pornographic images of her had circulated on the internet, stealing her likeness and dignity. She alleged that it was her husband, Christian Ulmen, who had been the creator of the false images of her. Upon filing her criminal complaint in Germany, she came to discover there was no law that explicitly criminalised the creation of such material. Instead, she was forced to pursue legal action in Spain, stating that Germany was “an absolute haven for perpetrators”, and that Spain had stronger protection of gender-based digital violence. Fernandes’s case was not an isolated error, but a symptom of a larger structural problem within the European Union’s regulatory framework. While the EU has positioned itself as the global leader in technological governance, victims of abuse from AI-generated images continue to suffer without proper avenues to seek justice.
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