wire / 2026-08-09-f66a
AI-Generated Deepfake Images Used to Harass Spanish Actor Santiago Segura
Spain still has no clear law for this. The images spread while lawyers look for a statute to point at.
The facts
Spanish actor and director Santiago Segura has been harassed by a woman who used AI to create and spread fake intimate images of him and his wife on social media. The deepfakes, which depict romantic and sexual scenarios, have caused Segura significant distress and highlight the lack of legal protection against such AI-driven harassment in Spain.