Italian opposition file complaint over far-right party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images

Centre-left parties slam racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic' faked images posted on social media by League party

Opposition parties in Italy have complained to the communications watchdog about a series of AI-generated images published on social media by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini's far-right party, calling them racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic", the Guardian has learned.

The centre-left Democratic party (PD), with the Greens and Left Alliance, filed a complaint on Thursday with Agcom, the Italian communications regulatory authority, alleging the fake images used by the League contained almost all categories of hate speech".