Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Patrizia Schlosser’s reporting delves into neo-Nazi networks, far-left Red Army Faction extremists and the dark online economies built on revenge and deepfake porn
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Timestamps:
00:00 – How Patrizia Schlosser Got Into Journalism
02:35 – First Investigative Story: Left-Wing Extremism
04:05 – How Patrizia Tried to Disguise as a Nazi for a Story
07:05 – Starting Reporting on Revenge Porn
11:00 – Filming Herself to Get Inside Porn Perpetrators’ Community
12:58 – Confession of a Perpetrator
14:14 – Talking to the Victims Who Didn’t Know They Were Filmed in Toilets
16:00 – How Patriarchy Makes Victims’ Lives Worse
19:00 – How Porn Is a Huge Money-Making Machine
22:25 – How AI Will Enhance the Porn Industry and Worsen the Problem
24:10 – How Patrizia Found Herself on a Porn Website
32:09 – Patrizia Meeting the Mom of the Person Who Fabricated Her Nude Images
34:40 – How She Copes with Watching So Much Disturbing Content
37:20 – Andrew Tate and Other Men Who Promote Violence Toward Women
40:50 – Videos Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The moment Patrizia began researching abuse and so-called revenge porn on the server xHamster, Patrizia Schlosser stumbled upon a global network that, besides publishing footage of unsuspecting women, also generates huge profits. To get to the people who systematically film their victims, she decided to upload her own "material".
Patrizia speaks openly about what it means to be a journalist in a patriarchal world. How difficult it is to approach victims, but also what it was like when her own face appeared in deepfake pornography. She shares her thoughts on shame, anger, and her work to uncover the founders of the largest porn platforms, whose profits disappear into offshore structures.
A strong, unpleasant, but important episode about the abuse of power, and also about what to do when you yourself appear in the material you are currently professionally investigating. An episode about an investigation that touches even upon what should have remained private.
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Patrizia Schlosser’s reporting delves into neo-Nazi networks, far-left Red Army Faction extremists and the dark online economies built on revenge and deepfake porn
Subscribe to OCCRP on YouTube ► https://shorturl.at/BSzsh
Timestamps:
00:00 – How Patrizia Schlosser Got Into Journalism
02:35 – First Investigative Story: Left-Wing Extremism
04:05 – How Patrizia Tried to Disguise as a Nazi for a Story
07:05 – Starting Reporting on Revenge Porn
11:00 – Filming Herself to Get Inside Porn Perpetrators’ Community
12:58 – Confession of a Perpetrator
14:14 – Talking to the Victims Who Didn’t Know They Were Filmed in Toilets
16:00 – How Patriarchy Makes Victims’ Lives Worse
19:00 – How Porn Is a Huge Money-Making Machine
22:25 – How AI Will Enhance the Porn Industry and Worsen the Problem
24:10 – How Patrizia Found Herself on a Porn Website
32:09 – Patrizia Meeting the Mom of the Person Who Fabricated Her Nude Images
34:40 – How She Copes with Watching So Much Disturbing Content
37:20 – Andrew Tate and Other Men Who Promote Violence Toward Women
40:50 – Videos Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The moment Patrizia began researching abuse and so-called revenge porn on the server xHamster, Patrizia Schlosser stumbled upon a global network that, besides publishing footage of unsuspecting women, also generates huge profits. To get to the people who systematically film their victims, she decided to upload her own "material".
Patrizia speaks openly about what it means to be a journalist in a patriarchal world. How difficult it is to approach victims, but also what it was like when her own face appeared in deepfake pornography. She shares her thoughts on shame, anger, and her work to uncover the founders of the largest porn platforms, whose profits disappear into offshore structures.
A strong, unpleasant, but important episode about the abuse of power, and also about what to do when you yourself appear in the material you are currently professionally investigating. An episode about an investigation that touches even upon what should have remained private.
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#investigativejournalism #behindthescenes #podcast
