Police in Spain have launched an investigation after images of young girls, altered with artificial intelligence to remove their clothing, were sent around a town in the south of the country.
A group of mothers from Almendralejo, in the Extremadura region, reported that their daughters had received images of themselves in which they appeared to be naked.
On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the high court of justice in Extremadura told CNN that a police investigation is ongoing.Al Adib called on those responsible to cooperate in fixing the issue, and said there was concern that the images could be uploaded to pornographic sites. Fátima Gomez, another mother, told the channel that one boy tried to extort her daughter using a doctored image.
Mayor of Almendralejo José María Ramírez said that the incident “is another case of gender-based violence.”