The German Review

The German Review

The digital #MeToo Germany had been avoiding

A recent string of deepfake pornography cases expose a legal system unprepared for AI-driven sexual violations.

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Rachel Stern
Apr 11, 2026
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When German environmental activist Luisa Neubauer first stepped onto the stage of “Fridays for Future,” she expected to battle disinformation about climate science — not about her own body.

“For the past seven years, I’ve been wondering what to wear to climate strikes so that my body draws as little attention as poss…

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