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Erika Hilton Takes Legal Action Against Meta and Influencer Over AI Video Showing Nikolas Ferreira Slapping Her
Federal deputy Erika Hilton filed a lawsuit on October 7 against Meta and Leandro Viana over an AI-generated video posted on Instagram the previous day. The video depicts deputy Nikolas Ferreira slapping Hilton, and was captioned with an insult. Hilton is seeking the video’s removal, R$20,000 in damages from Viana, and measures to identify the person responsible for the post; the requests are still awaiting judicial review.
- Language it was published in
- pt-BR
- Date it happened
- 2026-10-06
- Organisation involved
- Meta
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