Australian In The Philippines Identified as Key Porn Figure

A key figure in Deep Fake Pornography distribution has been identified as 53-year-old Tony Rotondo, an Australian living in the Pampanga, Philippines.

He has been identified as the key figure distributing deepfake pornography from his premises in Angeles City Philippines.

It can be considered a criminal offence in some Australian states, but it’s largely unchartered territory for police.

The Four Corners Team has discovered him a user posting deepfake pornography of other Australian women, including seven public figures.

These people had no idea these videos existed until Four Corners alerted them.

We set out to unmask the identity of this previously anonymous person.

By linking a username on the porn site to a YouTube account and cross-checking multiple email addresses, it led us to Tony Rotondo

He didn’t answer questions about whether he was behind the videos but told Four Corners he has been issued a takedown notice by the eSafety Commission and said Australian laws don’t apply to him because he’s no longer a resident.

ESafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says that’s not true.

“I’m afraid for him that is incorrect as there is a verifiable Australian connection … a person who posts an intimate image without consent may be subject to a range of penalty and enforcement measures including warnings, infringement notices and court issued civil penalty orders.”

Police in multiple countries are now investigating the videos.

A physical visit was made to his address. But it was vacant by the time we arrived and his cell phone appears to have been disconnected

Source: ABC Four Corners

A deepfake is an image or video in which a person’s face or body has been altered to make it appear like they’re doing or saying something that never actually happened.
There are entire websites dedicated to deepfake pornography depicting celebrities, influencers and other high-profile women.