Italian women politicians, actresses up in arms after intimate images leaked online

 ROME - A detailed report released Wednesday finds that there are explicit photos of the Democratic Party (PD) MEP, Alessandra Moretti, and the deputy secretary of PD Lazio, Valeria Campagna, as well as thousands of other women in politics, actresses, young influencers, showgirls, and journalists leaked to the website Phica.eu, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 Catalogued by name, these are images and videos taken from their social media, their professional work, and TV appearances, fed into the forum, which has nearly 800,000 users, 90 percent of whom are men, 10 million messages posted, and has been active since 2005.

 Comments, judgments, requests: everything is also shared on the associated Telegram channel, along with a vast array of categories, from pornography to erotic stories, spycam content to explicit and hardcore material involving wives, sisters-in-law, and sisters.

 “One of the characteristics of the site,” explains content creator Riccardo Pacs (known as PaccaFaCose) in the report published, “is that none of the women featured on the forum knew they were posted.” The founder, PhicaMaster, claims he's not responsible for the content and merely provides the platform.

 However, despite the forum rules prohibiting the posting of minors and personal data, there are still collections dedicated to social media and TV personalities, including some under the age of 18.

 Pacs also points out that the site has multiple security vulnerabilities that could expose user data, starting with their email addresses. The platform has come to public attention in recent days, thanks in part to reports by several content creators, though many say they have been denouncing the forum's content to police for months. Until the recent public outcry, however, everything remained silent.

 In recent days, following the leak of private videos of Stefano De Martino, the site administrator shut down some sections (like 'Voyeur' and 'Pornocittà'), accusing users of escalating the content. Many users also reported the deletion of other threads, such as ‘Unaware Wives’ and ‘At the Supermarket’.

 Yesterday, hundreds of users tried to leave the platform, requesting not only to have their profiles deleted but also to have their posted content removed. Some of these requests were found and screenshotted. For example, Diablo1024 asks for the “urgent removal of my post ‘My Sister-in-law’ in the Photos section.”

Tolomeo requests “the removal of my posts and the deletion of my account.” Oblivion writes: “I would like to delete the thread about Maika Randazzo. It’s just four messages and a photo. There’s nothing serious, but I’d like to avoid controversy.” Some are even willing to pay to have their traces erased.

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