Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni On Friday, she called on women to immediately report online sharing of their intimate photos without consent. The target of similar attacks was also herself, TASR writes about it according to AFP. “I’m disgusted with what happened,” Meloni said the daily Corriere della Sera. The pornographic website appeared edited photographs of publicly known women, including Prime Minister and opposition leader Elly Schlein.
Photographs from political gatherings to holidays by the sea were stolen from personal accounts on social networks and modified to highlight or sexualize parts of the female body. Among them was Paola Cortellesi, actress and director of the film about home violence C’è Ancora Domani, influencer Chiara Ferragni and several politicians.
“I want to express my solidarity and support for all women who have been offended, attacked and abused,” Meloni said. The Phaica platform (a verbal toy with the wrongly written slang word for the vagina in Italian) has more than 700,000 subscribers and defends that users have violated the community rules.
The scandal in Italy revived a discussion of the persistent mizogynia and gender -related violence. A week ago, Meta canceled the Italian Facebook group Mia Moglie (my wife), where men exchanged intimate photos of their wives or unknown women and wrote vulgar, sexist and violent comments.
“It is a daunting to say that even in 2025 there are still people who consider it normal and legitimately treading a woman’s dignity and attacking it with sexist and vulgar insults, hiding behind anonymity or keyboard,” The Italian Prime Minister said.
According to the online newspaper Post, despite numerous reports filed by the police, Phaica has been operating since 2005. Mary Galati as one of the victims found that she was on the site, 2023. The site was “hell” for sexualized photos of women, partners and often small daughters, who were shared by male relatives, quoted her post.
