{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T08:15:50.949Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"ai-generated-sexual-images","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-langreo-asturias-ai-nude-images-young-women-whatsapp-group-police-investigation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'imágenes falsas generadas mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial a partir de fotografías reales de jóvenes obtenidas de sus perfiles en redes sociales y manipuladas para hacerlas aparecer desnudas sin su consentimiento'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'creadas a partir de fotografías reales de jóvenes obtenidas de sus perfiles en redes sociales y manipuladas'; 'las modificaban mediante herramientas de IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the Policía Nacional, fake images were generated with AI tools from real photographs of young women taken from their social media profiles and altered to make them appear naked without their consent.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by three outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic report is described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Posteriormente, las imágenes eran difundidas a través de un grupo de WhatsApp'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police account, the images were shared through a WhatsApp group.","causal_attribution":"Police account; the size of the group and the reach of the images are not reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'tuvo conocimiento de la difusión de una imagen en la que aparecía desnuda pese a que la fotografía original había sido tomada cuando estaba vestida'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'aportó a los investigadores tanto la imagen original como la manipulada mediante inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began when one of the women reported an image in which she appeared naked although the original photograph showed her clothed, and she gave investigators the original and the altered image.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the first complaint."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Hasta el momento han sido identificadas 15 posibles víctimas, de las que 13 ya han presentado denuncia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'han sido identificadas 15 posibles víctimas, de las cuales 13 ya han presentado la correspondiente denuncia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police have identified 15 possible victims, 13 of whom have filed complaints.","causal_attribution":"Police count as of 28 August 2026; the investigation remained open."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'identificar al presunto responsable de la creación y difusión de las imágenes y los hechos han sido puestos en conocimiento de la autoridad judicial'; 'La investigación permanece abierta para determinar si existen nuevas personas afectadas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Hay una persona identificada como presunto autor de los hechos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police identified the suspected maker and distributor of the images and reported the facts to the judicial authority; the investigation remains open.","causal_attribution":"Police step as reported; no arrest or charge is reported."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'que pertenece al círculo de amistades de las víctimas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"El Comercio reports that the suspect belongs to the victims' circle of friends.","causal_attribution":"Single-outlet detail; its basis is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"social media photographs of young women were altered with AI tools to show them naked without their consent","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the fake images were shared through a WhatsApp group","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.europapress.es/asturias/noticia-policia-investiga-difusion-langreo-imagenes-falsas-15-jovenes-desnudas-creadas-ia-20260828130750.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (Europa Press, published 28 August 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the Policía Nacional statement; same chain as the other sources. The Spanish uses feminine forms for the people depicted, rendered as young women.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-langreo-statement-2026-08-28"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.elcomercio.es/area-metropolitana-asturias/cuencas/investigan-langreo-fotos-falsas-desnudas-ia-20260828140239-nt.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (El Comercio, published 28 August 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the Policía Nacional statement; same chain as the other sources. It adds that the suspect belongs to the circle of friends of the people depicted; the basis for that detail is not stated. The page is marked subscriber-only; the saved copy carries the article text through to the closing police recommendations, and the passages used are in it.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-langreo-statement-2026-08-28"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lne.es/cuencas/2026/08/28/imagenes-falsos-desnudos-generados-ia-133733443.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (La Nueva España, published 28 August 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the Policía Nacional statement; same chain as the other sources. It quotes the police statement directly.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-langreo-statement-2026-08-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The ages of the young women and whether any is a minor.","Which AI tool was used and when the images were made.","How many people were in the WhatsApp group and whether the images spread further or were removed.","Whether the suspect has been arrested or charged."],"geography":{"basis":"The Policía Nacional station of Langreo-San Martín del Rey Aurelio, in Asturias, Spain, is investigating the creation and sharing of the images in Langreo (Europa Press). The reports do not state where the women live. The facts were reported to the judicial authority; no court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: police say photographs of young women were altered with AI to show them naked and shared in a WhatsApp group, with 13 complaints filed. The account is one Policía Nacional statement relayed by Europa Press, El Comercio and La Nueva España; all claims are reported. No one depicted and no suspect is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Policía Nacional says the fake images were generated with AI tools from real photographs of the young women, and the first complainant gave investigators the original photograph and the altered image (Europa Press; El Comercio; La Nueva España). The images depict the women (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic report is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Langreo, Asturias, Spain: Policía Nacional investigates fake nude images of young women made with AI tools from their social media photos and shared in a WhatsApp group; 15 possible victims identified, 13 complaints filed and a suspect identified, reported on 28 August 2026","summary":"According to a Policía Nacional statement relayed by Europa Press, El Comercio and La Nueva España on 28 August 2026, police in Langreo are investigating the creation and sharing of fake images made with AI tools from real photographs of young women. The photographs were taken from their social media profiles and altered to make them appear naked without their consent, and the images were then shared through a WhatsApp group. The investigation began when one of the women reported that an image of her was circulating in which she appeared naked although the original photograph showed her clothed; she gave investigators both versions. Police have identified 15 possible victims, 13 of whom have filed complaints, and have identified a suspect and reported the facts to the judicial authority. El Comercio reports that the suspect belongs to the victims' circle of friends. The investigation remains open to establish whether more people are affected.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-28","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools used, according to the Policía Nacional, to alter social media photographs of young women so that they appeared naked","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say social media photographs of young women were altered with AI tools to show them naked without their consent and shared through a WhatsApp group; 15 possible victims are identified and 13 have filed complaints (Policía Nacional statement via Europa Press, El Comercio and La Nueva España).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":13,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Police have identified 15 possible victims, of whom 13 have filed complaints (Europa Press; El Comercio; La Nueva España). The minimum counts the 13 complainants; the two further possible victims and any not yet identified are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.europapress.es/asturias/noticia-policia-investiga-difusion-langreo-imagenes-falsas-15-jovenes-desnudas-creadas-ia-20260828130750.html","primarySourceLabel":"Europa Press, 28 August 2026: Police investigate the sharing in Langreo of fake nude images of 15 young women made with AI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:18.521189+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:18.521189+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","undress-tool","whatsapp-group","spain","asturias","langreo","policia-nacional","investigation","depicted-or-impersonated","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-ambad-jalna-maharashtra-woman-activist-ai-obscene-images-threats-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'एआयचा गैरवापर करून या महिलेचे अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ बनवून ते फेसबुकवर व्हायरल करण्यात आले'; 'समाजकंटकांनी त्यांचे एआय निर्मित अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ तयार करून फेसबुकवर पोस्ट केले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'डीपफेक तंत्रज्ञानाच्या साहाय्याने अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह आणि अश्लील चित्रांवर, व्हिडिओंवर लावून ते फेसबुक, व्हॉट्सॲप आणि टेलिग्रामवर पसरवण्यात आले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, obscene photos and videos of the woman made with AI were posted on Facebook; Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'अत्यंत गलिच्छ भाषेत शिवीगाळ करत बलात्काराच्या आणि जीवे मारण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'निनावी फोन कॉल्सवरून त्यांना व त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांना जीवे मारण्याच्या आणि हातपाय तोडण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, posts abused the woman in obscene language and threatened rape and death; Divya Marathi also reports anonymous calls threatening to kill her and her relatives.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation; the threats are not attributed to AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या भूमिकेवर टीका करणाऱ्या एका महिलेची सोशल मीडियावर अत्यंत खालच्या पातळीवर जाऊन बदनामी करण्यात आल्याचा'; 'अशी उद्विग्न प्रतिक्रिया त्यांनी २६ सप्टेंबर रोजी प्रसारमाध्यमांसमोर दिली होती'; 'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या काही समर्थकांनी सोशल मीडियावर त्यांना टार्गेट करण्यास सुरुवात केली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'त्यानंतर त्यांच्याविरोधात सोशल मीडियावर पद्धतशीरपणे बदनामीची मोहीम सुरू झाली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman had criticised the stance of Maratha reservation leader Manoj Jarange Patil, including in remarks to the media on 26 September, and the complaint says some of his supporters then began targeting her on social media.","causal_attribution":"Sequence as stated in the complaint and the reports; who made the AI material is not established."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या पाच प्रोफाईल धारकांसह इतर ५ ते ६ जणांवर बीएनएस कलम ३५१, ३५६ आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान अधिनियमच्या कलम ६७ अन्वये गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'; 'स्क्रीनशॉट्सच्या पुराव्यांसह गुरुवारी (दि. १ ऑक्टोबर) अंबड पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेतली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'इतर 5 ते 6 अज्ञात सोशल मीडिया वापरकर्त्यांवर भारतीय न्याय संहितेच्या संबंधित कलमान्वये आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायद्यानुसार (IT Act) गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, and police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.","causal_attribution":"Police action as reported; an FIR records the complaint and does not establish the allegations."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या सर्व प्रकारामुळे आपली समाजात मोठी बदनामी झाली असून, आपल्या व कुटुंबाच्या जीवितास धोका निर्माण झाल्याचे सांगत'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'यामुळे संपूर्ण कुटुंब प्रचंड मानसिक तणावाखाली असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger; Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's own account of the effect of the posts, images and threats together."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'माझ्या सोबत राहणाऱ्यांवर केसेस आणि चौकशांचा ससेमिरा लावला जात आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After the cases were registered, Manoj Jarange Patil said cases and inquiries were being imposed on the people around him.","causal_attribution":"His reported remark; he is not reported to be an accused and the remark does not address the AI material."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene photos and videos of a woman, reported as made with AI, were posted on Facebook after she publicly criticised an agitation leader","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Pudhari, Ambad correspondent, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the complaint and the FIR at Ambad police station; same chain as the other source. The Marathi 'अश्लील' is rendered as obscene and 'बदनामी' as defamation. The report does not name the complainant and calls the complainant a woman; it lists the accused profile names, which are not reproduced. The complainant's quoted remark calls the agitation leader 'दादा' (elder brother), the basis for 'his'.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/aurangabad/jalna/news/jalna-manoj-jarange-supporter-defamation-case-ai-photo-controversy-139219344.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Divya Marathi, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the same complaint and FIR; same chain as the other source. It names the complainant and the accused profile holders, which are not reproduced. The web page cuts the opening paragraph off mid-sentence and offers the full item in the outlet's app; the sections below it were read. The page also carries an unrelated Pune item, which is not used.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the photos and videos.","The dates of the individual posts and whether the material has been removed.","Whether any accused has been arrested or questioned, and what the accused say about the posts."],"geography":{"basis":"The complainant is described as a resident of Ambad and the FIR was registered at Ambad police station in Jalna district, Maharashtra, India (Pudhari). No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a woman reports that AI-made obscene photos and videos of her were posted with rape and death threats after she criticised an agitation leader, and police registered an FIR. The account is her complaint as relayed by Pudhari and Divya Marathi (one chain); all claims are reported. The complainant and the accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Pudhari, in its account of the complaint and FIR, reports that obscene photos and videos of the woman were made by misusing AI and posted on Facebook; neither body quotes the police or the complainant on AI. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026","summary":"According to Pudhari and Divya Marathi (both 2 October 2026), a 35-year-old woman from Ambad who had been active in the Maratha reservation agitation publicly criticised the stance of its leader, Manoj Jarange Patil, in remarks to the media on 26 September. According to Pudhari's account of her complaint, some of his supporters then targeted her on social media: obscene photos and videos of her made with AI were posted on Facebook, and posts abused her in obscene language and threatened rape and death. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and that the material spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram. She went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, saying she had been defamed and that she and her family were in danger. Police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. No arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to make obscene photos and videos of the complainant, described by Divya Marathi as AI deepfake technology that placed her face on obscene pictures and videos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger after AI-made obscene photos and videos of her and rape and death threats were posted (complaint as reported by Pudhari); Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman is reported as depicted in the AI-made obscene photos and videos (Pudhari; Divya Marathi). Abusive posts and threats are also reported against her mother-in-law and relatives; they are not counted because no AI-made material depicting them is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","primarySourceLabel":"Pudhari, 2 October 2026: Case registered against Jarange supporters for trolling a woman","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","deepfake","online-harassment","threats","political-activism","india","maharashtra","jalna","fir","depicted-or-impersonated","marathi-language"]}]}