Meloni seeks symbolic compensation over deepfake porn images

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court on July 2 (AP)

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deepfake pornographic images using her face and posting them online.

Ms Meloni, who is listed as an injured party in the trial in Sassari in Sardinia, is seeking 100,000 euro (around £85,600) in symbolic damages and will donate any award to an interior ministry fund for women victims of domestic violence.