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Semarang court jails university student for a year over AI-edited sexual images made with faces from the student's former high school

In October 2025 indecent photos and videos showing the faces of female students and at least one teacher of a public high school in Semarang, Central Java, spread on X from the account of a university student in Semarang who had attended the school. Kompas described the videos as made with AI editing. The student posted an apology on the school's Instagram account saying the student had edited and uploaded friends' photos and videos without permission. Central Java police's cyber directorate investigated, named the student a suspect and took the student into custody on 13 November 2025; the police spokesman said investigators had established the elements of an AI-based pornography offence that also breached the electronic information and transactions law. On 5 March 2026 Semarang District Court sentenced the student to one year in prison and a 2-billion-rupiah fine, more than the seven months prosecutors had sought. According to ANTARA, the court found that the student had produced 1,100 pornographic photo and video files, that the content remained publicly accessible and that the editing caused the victims psychological trauma. Both sides said they would consider the verdict; no appeal outcome was found.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
20 October 2025
Event location
Indonesia
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or AbusePsychological DistressReputational Harm
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 4 sources, 3 underlying accounts
5 claims: 5 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: AI image and video editing used to put real people's faces into pornographic photos and videos (tool not named in the inspected reports)

What Happened

What spread. In October 2025 photos and videos showing the faces of female students and at least one teacher of a public high school in Semarang, edited into indecent content, spread on X from the account of a university student in Semarang who had attended the school. Kompas described the videos as products of AI editing and reported on 20 October that Central Java police had opened an inquiry handled by their cyber directorate.

The student's apology. According to Kompas, the student posted a video apology on the school's official Instagram account, saying the student had edited and uploaded photos and videos of friends on the student's X account without their permission.

Police action. Central Java police named the student a suspect and took the student into custody on 13 November 2025 after questioning. The police spokesman said on 14 November that investigators had established the elements of an AI-based pornography offence that also breached the electronic information and transactions law; ANTARA's report of the detention says the suspect was suspected of using artificial intelligence to edit female students' faces into pornographic content. The inspected reports do not say how investigators established that AI was used.

Verdict. On 5 March 2026 Semarang District Court found the student guilty under Article 407(1) of the 2023 Criminal Code and sentenced the student to one year in prison and a 2-billion-rupiah fine, to be replaced by 15 days' detention if unpaid, more than the seven months prosecutors had sought. According to ANTARA, the court considered that the student had produced 1,100 photo and video files classed as pornography, that the content remained publicly accessible with its digital traces still present, and that the editing caused the victims psychological trauma. Both the prosecution and the defence said they would consider the verdict.

What is not known. The AI tools used, the number of people depicted, the victims' ages and whether either side appealed are not stated in the inspected reports.

Reported harm

Female students, alumni and at least one teacher of a Semarang high school had their faces edited with AI into pornographic photos and videos posted on X; the court found the content caused them psychological trauma and remained publicly accessible.

How Harm Occurred

A former pupil used AI editing to put the faces of female students, alumni and at least one teacher of the old school into pornographic photos and videos and posted them on X, where they spread; the court found the content caused the victims psychological trauma.

Outcome

Unknown

Central Java police detained the student on 13 November 2025. Semarang District Court found the student guilty under Article 407(1) of the 2023 Criminal Code on 5 March 2026 and imposed one year in prison and a 2-billion-rupiah fine (15 days' detention if unpaid); prosecutors had sought seven months. Both sides said they would consider the verdict; whether either appealed was not found.

What remains unknown

  • The AI tools used and how the police established that AI was used.
  • How many people were depicted and how many were minors.
  • When the material was first posted; the inspected reports date its spread only to October 2025.
  • Whether the prosecution or the defence appealed the March 2026 verdict.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Central Java police, who investigated the case and examined the suspect's phone, said investigators had established the elements of an AI-based pornography offence, and ANTARA's report of the detention says the suspect was suspected of using artificial intelligence to edit female students' faces into pornographic content; Semarang District Court convicted the student in a case ANTARA describes as producing pornographic content with AI. The AI-edited images put real students' faces and at least one teacher's face into sexual content, which the court found caused the victims trauma. The technical basis of the police finding is not disclosed in the inspected reports, and the tool is not named.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported In October 2025 Kompas reported that indecent videos made with AI editing and showing the faces of female students and at least one teacher of a public high school in Semarang were spreading on X from the account of a university student in Semarang who had attended the school, and that Central Java police had opened an inquiry handled by their cyber directorate.

Causal attribution. The AI description is the newspaper's; the police spokesman confirmed only that an inquiry was under way.

  • regional.kompas.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'turun tangan menyelidiki kasus penyebaran video tak senonoh hasil rekayasa Artificial Intelligence (AI) yang menampilkan wajah siswi dan guru' '“Saat ini sedang dilakukan penyelidikan,” kata Artanto, saat dikonfirmasi, Senin (20/10/2025).' '“Ditangani Dit Siber Polda Jawa Tengah,” ujarnya.'
Reported The student posted an apology video on the school's official Instagram account saying the student had edited and uploaded photos and videos of friends on the student's X account without their permission.

Causal attribution. The student's own words as quoted; the apology does not mention AI.

  • regional.kompas.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'Saya ingin meminta permohonan maaf atas perbuatan saya, di mana saya telah mengedit dan mengunggah foto maupun video teman-teman tanpa izin pada akun Twitter saya'
Reported Central Java police named the student a suspect and took the student into custody on 13 November 2025; the police spokesman said investigators had established the elements of an AI-based pornography offence that also breached the electronic information and transactions law.

Causal attribution. Investigating police attribute the material to AI; the technical basis for that finding is not disclosed in the inspected reports.

  • jateng.jpnn.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'melakukan perbuatan tidak pidana pelanggaran pornografi berbasiskan AI dan hal itu juga melanggar dari undang-undang ITE' 'kata Kabid Humas Polda Jateng Kombes Artanto, Jumat (14/11).'
  • jateng.antaranews.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'tersangka ditahan pada Kamis (13/11) setelah menjalani pemeriksaan.' 'Tersangka diduga mengedit wajah siswi' 'untuk konten pornografi dengan menggunakan kecerdasan buatan.'
Reported On 5 March 2026 Semarang District Court found the student guilty under Article 407(1) of the 2023 Criminal Code and sentenced the student to one year in prison and a fine of 2 billion rupiah (15 days' detention if unpaid), more than the seven months prosecutors had sought; both sides said they would consider the verdict.

Causal attribution. The verdict and sentence are as reported by ANTARA from the hearing; the AI description of the case is the agency's, and the judge's quoted words cite the Criminal Code article.

  • antaranews.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'dijatuhi hukuman 1 tahun penjara dalam kasus produksi konten pornografi dengan menggunakan kecerdasan buatan, "Deepfake".' 'lebih berat dari tuntutan jaksa selama 7 bulan penjara.' 'Menyatakan terdakwa terbukti melanggar Pasal 407 ayat (1) Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2023 tentang KUHP,' 'hakim juga memberikan denda sebesar Rp2 miliar yang jika tidak dibayar akan diganti dengan kurungan selama 15 hari.' 'Terhadap putusan tersebut, baik penuntut umum maupun terdakwa menyatakan pikir-pikir.'
Reported In its reasoning the court said the student had produced 1,100 photo and video files classed as pornography, that the edited content could be accessed by the public and its digital traces remained, and that the editing caused the victims psychological trauma.

Causal attribution. The court's findings as reported by ANTARA.

  • antaranews.com(opens in new tab) supports · Indonesian
    'memroduksi 1.100 file foto dan video yang masuk dalam kategori pornografi telah meresahkan masyarakat.' 'Konten asusila hasil editan tersebut, menurut hakim, dapat diakses oleh publik dan jejak digitalnya masih ada hingga saat ini.' 'perbuatan terdakwa yang mengedit foto dan video tersebut mengakibatkan trauma psikis bagi para korbannya.'

Sources

4 sources inspected, from 3 underlying accounts. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Indonesian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-11-01 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. National news agency report of the verdict hearing. Applies to s1.

Read in Indonesian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-11-01 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Regional news report quoting the Central Java police spokesman. Applies to s2.

Read in Indonesian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-11-01 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. National news agency regional report quoting the Central Java police spokesman; same police statement as s2. Applies to s3.

Read in Indonesian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-11-01 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. National online newspaper report; the AI description of the videos is the newspaper's, and the police quote confirms an investigation. Applies to s4.

Event countries: Indonesia. Affected-person countries: Indonesia. Court countries: Indonesia.

The reports place the school, the university, the police investigation and the district court in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia; the victims are students, alumni and staff of that school.

Reviewed for publication 2026-11-01: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Central Java police said investigators had established an AI-based pornography offence after the faces of a Semarang high school's female students and at least one teacher were edited into sexual content posted on X, and Semarang District Court sentenced the former pupil to a year in prison, finding the content caused the victims trauma. The police statement meets the 2026-10-11 suspected-AI rule; its technical basis is undisclosed.

People described

Female students, alumni and at least one teacher of a public high school in Semarang whose faces were edited into pornographic content; not named here.

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

The court and police refer to victims in the plural and to 1,100 files, and police examined 11 witnesses including victims, but no reliable count of the people depicted is stated; numeric fields are placeholders.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#deepfake-sexual-images#school#criminal-conviction#indonesia

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Semarang court jails university student for a year over AI-edited sexual images made with faces from the student's former high school. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2025-semarang-university-student-ai-edited-sexual-images-of-former-schools-students-and-teacher-one-year-sentence

BibTeX

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  title = {Semarang court jails university student for a year over AI-edited sexual images made with faces from the student's former high school},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2025-semarang-university-student-ai-edited-sexual-images-of-former-schools-students-and-teacher-one-year-sentence}
}

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