Warrant Issued for Man Charged Over Deepfake Images

He has been fined for contempt after refusing to remove intimate deepfake - or digitally manipulated - images of Australian public figures he had posted online.

This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2023, shows a phone screen showing a social media video marked as an "altered video," in front of a fact-checked image of news anchors where the claim about them was found to be false. In a Facebook video viewed by thousands, CNN's Wolf Blitzer appears to hawk a diabetes drug. In another, "CBS Mornings" host Gayle King seems to endorse weight loss products. But the clips are doctored -- the latest in a rash of deepfakes that hijack images of trusted news personalities in spurious ads, undermining confidence in the news media. (Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP) Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

A warrant has been issued for a man arrested in a Gold Coast apartment over obscene images alleged to be deepfakes.

Anthony Rotondo, also known as Antonio, had been given a notice to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Feb. 15 on nine charges of obscene publications and exhibitions.