Giorgia Meloni ‘disgusted’ at posting of photos of her and other women on porn site

Giorgia Meloni: ‘It is disheartening that in 2025 there are still those who consider it normal and legitimate to target a woman with sexist and vulgar insults, hiding behind anonymity or a keyboard.’ Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters

The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is “disgusted” that photos of her and other women were posted on a pornographic website, and called for the perpetrators to be swiftly identified and “punished with the utmost firmness”.

Images of Meloni’s sister, Arianna, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, were also discovered on the Italian platform Phica, which had more than 700,000 subscribers before its managers closed the site on Thursday, blaming users for “using the platform incorrectly”.