{"id":20235,"date":"2025-09-26T12:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/man-fined-340000-for-deepfake-pornography-of-prominent-australian-women-in-first-of-its-kind-case\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:37:49","slug":"man-fined-340000-for-deepfake-pornography-of-prominent-australian-women-in-first-of-its-kind-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/man-fined-340000-for-deepfake-pornography-of-prominent-australian-women-in-first-of-its-kind-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fined $340,000 for deepfake pornography of prominent Australian women in first-of-its-kind case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdog applauds \u2018strong message\u2019 after federal court orders Gold Coast man Anthony Rotondo to pay for posting deepfake images to a now-defunct website<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man who posted deepfake pornographic images of prominent Australian women has been slapped with a hefty fine as a \u201cstrong message\u201d in a first-of-its-kind case.<\/p>\n<p>The federal court ordered Anthony Rotondo, also known as Antonio, to pay a $343,500 penalty plus costs on Friday after the online regulator eSafety Commissioner brought a case against him almost two years ago.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/sep\/26\/man-fined-34000-for-deepfake-pornography-of-prominent-australian-women-in-first-of-its-kind-case\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b4a60fb59a988517de97b303ecda1983c415d637\/333_0_3333_2667\/master\/3333.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=72c0bfca5a7f2b31c0eb5043cd33f613\" title=\"Man fined $340,000 for deepfake pornography of prominent Australian women in first-of-its-kind case\" \/>Watchdog applauds \u2018strong message\u2019 after federal court orders Gold Coast man Anthony Rotondo to pay for posting deepfake images to a now-defunct website<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nA man who posted deepfake pornographic images of prominent Australian women has been slapped with a hefty fine as a \u201cstrong message\u201d in a first-of-its-kind case.<br \/>\nThe federal court ordered Anthony Rotondo, also known as Antonio, to pay a $343,500 penalty plus costs on Friday after the online regulator eSafety Commissioner brought a case against him almost two years ago. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdog applauds \u2018strong message\u2019 after federal court orders Gold Coast man Anthony Rotondo to pay for posting deepfake images to a now-defunct website Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A man who posted deepfake pornographic images of prominent Australian women has been slapped with a hefty fine as a \u201cstrong &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/man-fined-340000-for-deepfake-pornography-of-prominent-australian-women-in-first-of-its-kind-case\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Man fined $340,000 for deepfake pornography of prominent Australian women in first-of-its-kind case<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20235"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}