Welmoed and the Sexfakes

What do you do when you discover that you are the lead actress in a deepfake porn movie? It happened to Dutch journalist and presenter Welmoed Sijtsma. And she is not the only one. Actresses, popstars, influencers, royalty and random teenage girls all transform into porn actresses against their will. In this series Sijtsma investigates the dark and grim world of deepfake porn. How do you protect your online identity? She goes in search of the maker of her fake video and is shocked to discover how big the deepfake porn industry is: 96 % of deepfake video is porn. And her video is one of them. Sijtmsa talks to women from all over who had similar experiences and discovers the deep impact of identity theft. Images spread online can never be deleted. She investigates what she can do about it: very little. Legislation is outdated. But she does find the maker of her video and reports the crime to the police using an untested law article to try to get a first-time criminal conviction for this crime. The police arrest the suspect and the case is now brought to court. The impact of this series was enormous. National news media, talkshows, and social media covered it for weeks. As a result, the majority of Dutch Parliament is now working on new legislation making it easier to prosecute these criminals.