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Kedah, Malaysia: regulator says a complaint alleges AI was used to make and spread sexual images and videos involving teachers and pupils of a school

On 8 October 2026 the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement, reported by Malaysia Tribune, The Malaysia Press and The Star, that it had received a complaint about the misuse of artificial intelligence on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah. MCMC said it would investigate with the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Royal Malaysia Police, cited the offences and penalties that could apply, and asked the public not to produce, upload or reshare sexual content involving or alleged to involve children. The complaint is unverified: the people depicted, their number and ages, the tool and the person responsible are not described.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
8 October 2026
Event location
Malaysia
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 3 sources, 1 underlying account
3 claims: 3 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: Artificial intelligence technology, not identified, which according to the complaint reported by MCMC was misused on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah

What Happened

The complaint. In a statement dated 8 October 2026, reported by Malaysia Tribune (Cyberjaya dateline) and The Malaysia Press (Putrajaya dateline), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it had received a complaint about the misuse of artificial intelligence technology on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah (translation by the research agent, an AI).

Response. MCMC said the matter involves several agencies, including the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Royal Malaysia Police, and that it would cooperate with them in the investigation. It said that misusing AI to produce or spread sexual content that could affect the safety, dignity and well-being of victims, especially children, can be acted on under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, with a fine of up to RM500,000 or up to two years’ imprisonment, or both, and up to five years’ imprisonment for offences against children, and that licensed service providers have child-protection duties under Section 18 of the Online Safety Act 2025. It asked the public not to produce, upload or reshare sexual content involving or alleged to involve children, saying this could harm the victims and hinder the investigation.

Limits of the record. Neither outlet describes the material, names the school, says how many people are depicted or how old they are, identifies the tool or the person responsible, or reports any statement from the school, the teacher or the families. The date on which the material was made and shared is not stated.

Reported harm

According to a complaint reported by MCMC, AI-made sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school were produced and spread on social media; MCMC says such content can affect the safety, dignity and well-being of victims, especially children. No individual consequence is reported and the complaint has not been verified.

How Harm Occurred

According to the complaint reported by MCMC, AI technology was used to produce sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school, and the material was spread on social media; the alleged non-consensual sexual material and its circulation are the reported harm.

Outcome

Ongoing

MCMC says it received the complaint and will cooperate in the investigation with the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry (KDN), the Ministry of Education (KPM) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), each within its jurisdiction. It cites Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (fine up to RM500,000 or up to two years’ imprisonment, or both; up to five years for offences against children) and licensed providers’ child-protection duties under Section 18 of the Online Safety Act 2025. No arrest or charge is reported.

What remains unknown

  • Who is depicted, how many people, and their ages; MCMC refers to teachers and pupils of one school and, generally, to children.
  • Which AI tool was used, what the images and videos show, who produced and spread them, and on which platform.
  • When the material was made and shared; the only date is the 8 October 2026 statement.
  • Whether the complaint has been verified, any arrest or charge, and any account from the school, the teacher or the families.
  • Whether the teachers and pupils are depicted in the material or otherwise involved: the Malay reports say the material is alleged to involve (“didakwa melibatkan”) them, and The Star’s English report renders this as “allegedly of” them.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. MCMC’s statement, reported in Malay by Malaysia Tribune and The Malaysia Press and in English (Bernama) by The Star, says the complaint concerns the misuse of artificial intelligence technology to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah. MCMC refers to the people affected as victims, particularly children, and warns against resharing sexual content involving or alleged to involve children; The Star renders the allegation as images and videos “allegedly of students and teachers”. On that description the AI-produced material depicts those people (depicted_or_impersonated) and is itself the reported harm, a non-consensual sexual depiction circulated on social media; whether every teacher and pupil the complaint refers to is depicted is not stated. The identification of AI comes from the complaint as relayed by the regulator; no outlet examined the material or identified the tool, so the status is reported.

3 claims: 3 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported MCMC says it received a complaint about the misuse of AI technology on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah.

Causal attribution. The complaint alleges AI production; MCMC relays the allegation and neither outlet examined the material.

  • malaysiatribune.news(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) menerima aduan berhubung penyalahgunaan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) di media sosial bagi menghasilkan dan menyebarkan gambar serta video berunsur seksual yang didakwa melibatkan guru dan pelajar sebuah sekolah di Kedah
  • themalaysiapress.com(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    menerima aduan berhubung penyalahgunaan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) bagi menghasilkan dan menyebarkan gambar serta video berunsur seksual yang didakwa membabitkan pelajar dan guru sebuah sekolah di Kedah
  • thestar.com.my(opens in new tab) supports · English
    confirms it has received a complaint over the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) to create and distribute sexual images and videos, allegedly of students and teachers at a school in Kedah
Reported MCMC says it will cooperate with the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Royal Malaysia Police in the investigation, and cites Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 18 of the Online Safety Act 2025 as the applicable provisions.

Causal attribution. Regulatory response; no causal attribution.

  • malaysiatribune.news(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    MCMC berkata, isu berkenaan turut membabitkan pelbagai agensi termasuk Kementerian Komunikasi, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), mengikut bidang kuasa masing-masing
  • malaysiatribune.news(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    boleh dikenakan tindakan di bawah Seksyen 233 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 (Akta 588)
  • themalaysiapress.com(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    pihaknya akan bekerjasama dengan agensi berkaitan termasuk Kementerian Komunikasi, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bagi menjalankan siasatan
  • thestar.com.my(opens in new tab) supports · English
    In a statement on Thursday (Oct 8), MCMC said misusing AI to create or distribute sexual content that could affect the safety, dignity and well-being of victims, particularly children, is subject to action under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
Reported MCMC asked the public not to produce, upload or reshare sexual content involving or alleged to involve children, saying this could harm the victims and hinder the investigation.

Causal attribution. MCMC’s public advisory; the reference to children is general and does not state the ages of the pupils in this complaint.

  • malaysiatribune.news(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    MCMC turut mengingatkan orang ramai supaya tidak menghasilkan, memuat naik atau menyebarkan semula kandungan seksual yang melibatkan atau didakwa melibatkan kanak-kanak
  • themalaysiapress.com(opens in new tab) supports · Malay
    perbuatan itu bukan sahaja boleh memudaratkan mangsa, malah berpotensi menjejaskan proses siasatan pihak berkuasa

Sources

3 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Malay body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. Malaysia Tribune report (Cyberjaya dateline) of the MCMC statement. Applies to s1.

Malay body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. The Malaysia Press report (Putrajaya dateline) of the same MCMC statement; same origin as s1. Applies to s2.

English body fetched and read by verifier vls on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200), saved as bodies/verify-thestar-mcmc-kedah.txt; Bernama copy of the same MCMC statement of Thursday 8 October 2026; same origin as s1 and s2. Applies to s3.

Event countries: Malaysia. Affected-person countries: Malaysia. Court countries: Unknown.

The school is in Kedah, Malaysia, according to both outlets, and MCMC, a Malaysian regulator, received the complaint; the teachers and pupils the complaint refers to attend or work at that school. No court proceeding is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-09: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) on two Malay-language reports and one English (Bernama) report of a regulator’s statement that it received a complaint of AI being used to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school. Every claim is attributed to MCMC’s statement; the three outlets relay one statement and are recorded as one independence group, so nothing is corroborated. No person or school is named by any source. Severity is low because the complaint is unverified and no individual consequence beyond the alleged depiction is reported.

People described

Teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah, Malaysia, whom a complaint reported by MCMC alleges to be involved in AI-made sexual images and videos; The Star’s English report of the same statement renders this as images and videos “allegedly of students and teachers”. Their number, ages and the content of the material are not described; MCMC refers generally to victims and to children.

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

No reliable count: the statement says the material is alleged to involve “guru dan pelajar” (teachers and pupils) of one school without giving a number; Malay does not mark number and the Bernama English reports say “students and teachers”, so no numeric minimum is recorded. Zero placeholders are used; the people depicted are not AI users.

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

Tags

#deepfake#non_consensual_intimate_imagery#education#regulatory_investigation#malaysia

Cite this case

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

APA

NOPE. (2026). Kedah, Malaysia: regulator says a complaint alleges AI was used to make and spread sexual images and videos involving teachers and pupils of a school. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-kedah-school-ai-generated-sexual-images-and-videos-alleged-to-involve-teachers-and-pupils-mcmc-complaint

BibTeX

@misc{2026_kedah_school_ai_generated_sexual_images_and_videos_alleged_to_involve_teachers_and_pupils_mcmc_complaint,
  title = {Kedah, Malaysia: regulator says a complaint alleges AI was used to make and spread sexual images and videos involving teachers and pupils of a school},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-kedah-school-ai-generated-sexual-images-and-videos-alleged-to-involve-teachers-and-pupils-mcmc-complaint}
}

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