Demonstrators filled the Pariser Platz square at the Brandenburg Gate. On the banners they had slogans like “Human rights also apply on the Internet!” or “Shame should be felt by others!”. According to the police, 6,700 people gathered, the organizers said that 13,000 people protested.
There were also several well-known politicians among them, for example the former presidents of the Social Democracy and the Green Party Saskia Eskenová and Ricarda Langová, ex-minister Lisa Pausová or former president of the Bundestag Katrin Göringová-Eckardtová.
People gathered in central Berlin in solidarity with the 44-year-old presenter Fernandes, who this week accused her ex-partner, actor Christian Ulmen, of using artificial intelligence to create nude photos and videos of her, sending them to her friends, and even using voice-changing tools to call some of them and have phone sex with them. However, Ulmen’s lawyers reject the accusations.
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Sunday protest in Berlin
There is a huge hole in the laws
The demonstrators were mainly bothered by the fact that the legislation is short for similar attacks. “Sexualized and digital violence are much more widespread than one might imagine. But there is currently a huge hole in the law in this area,” Fernandes said in a statement read by organizers at the protest.
“We must not allow the perpetrators to get away with it,” she added.
The Minister of Justice, Stefanie Hubigová, has already promised that she will address the topic. He wants to present the bill in the spring.
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Presenter and actress Collien Fernandes
Similar problems are not solved only in Germany. Brussels launched an investigation into the X network at the end of this year because the AI chatbot Grok generated sexualized photos of women and children at the request of users on this platform.
