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MrDeepFakes.com Australian user hit with penalty over image-based abuse

( September 26, 2025, 03:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: An Australian man has been fined A$343,500 ($225,300) and ordered to pay legal costs for posting deepfake images of several high-profile Australian women. In a statement, Australia’s online-safety watchdog said that the penalty that the Federal Court of Australia imposed on Antonio Rotondo reflected the seriousness of the Online Safety Act breaches and the “damaging impact of the image-based abuse on the women targeted.” Rotondo had admitted posting the images on a website called MrDeepFakes.com, which has since been shut down, according to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.The full statement from the eSafety Commissioner follows: ...

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