{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T07:25:03.913Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"allegations","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":11,"coverage":{"cases":11,"countries":3,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":11,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":1,"minors":3,"coreRelations":11,"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-meghalaya-deputy-cm-tynsong-sp-syiem-ai-deepfake-video-illegal-collection","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The alleged deepfake, which appears to have been created with AI, surfaced amid the controversy over claims of illegal collection of money from trucks along the highway in East Khasi Hills'; 'The video shows the pair laughing, drinking alcohol and being surrounded by money'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The posters follow a viral AI-generated video where Tynsong and Syiem were portrayed as enjoying the fruits of ill-gotten gain'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The development comes shortly after an AI-generated deepfake video purportedly linking Tynsong and Syiem to the allegations went viral on social media'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A video described by outlets as an AI deepfake, showing Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and SP Vivek Syiem laughing, drinking alcohol and surrounded by money, circulated on social media amid the highway illegal-collection allegations.","causal_attribution":"The outlets' description of a video they say was AI-made; Highland Post hedges ('appears to'), and no forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'has termed a deepfake video linking him with Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong as a serious matter'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'will examine a deepfake video circulating on social media that purportedly links him with Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong'; 'a decision regarding legal action would be taken after the content is reviewed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The video has been described by the police as fabricated'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The SP called the video a serious matter, said police would examine it and decide on legal action after reviewing the content, and police have described it as fabricated.","causal_attribution":"The SP's statements to reporters as carried by three outlets from one chain."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in a viral video described as an AI deepfake as drinking and surrounded by money amid extortion allegations","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://highlandpost.com/police-to-decide-action-against-deepfake-video-of-sp-prestone/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200); no translation. Carries the SP's remarks of 1 October and the paper's own description of the video.","independence_group":"meghalaya-press-sp-remarks"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://highlandpost.com/from-ai-videos-to-posters-prestone-and-sp-vivek-targetted-on-city-walls/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200); no translation. Follow-up on the posters, 2 October.","independence_group":"meghalaya-press-sp-remarks"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://theshillongtimes.com/2026/10/02/police-to-probe-deepfake-video-linking-ekh-sp-with-deputy-cm/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200); no translation. Carries the same SP remarks.","independence_group":"meghalaya-press-sp-remarks"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://northeastlivetv.com/topnews/posters-and-deepfake-video-put-meghalaya-officials-under-spotlight/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200); no translation. A later roundup citing reports; treated as part of the same chain.","independence_group":"meghalaya-press-sp-remarks"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","public_services"],"unknowns":["When the video was first posted, by whom and on which platforms.","How the video was made and whether police confirm AI generation.","Whether a complaint or FIR has been or will be registered."],"geography":{"basis":"The officials serve in Meghalaya (Deputy Chief Minister; East Khasi Hills SP) and the SP spoke to reporters in Shillong; the video circulated on social media in the state amid allegations about highway collections in East Khasi Hills (Highland Post; The Shillong Times). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: a video described by outlets as an AI deepfake depicted two named public officials in their official roles as profiting from illegal collections, and police said they would examine it. Both are public officials; the underlying extortion allegations are not assessed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Highland Post says the alleged deepfake appears to have been created with AI, and Northeast Live calls it an AI-generated deepfake video. Northeast Live says the police described the video as fabricated; the SP's reported remarks refer to AI-made fabricated or manipulated videos and memes in general without stating how this one was made. No forensic finding, creator or tool is reported and the video was not viewed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Meghalaya: a video described as an AI deepfake, showing Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and East Khasi Hills police chief Vivek Syiem drinking and surrounded by money, circulates amid truck-extortion allegations; police call it fabricated and weigh legal action","summary":"Shillong newspapers reported on 1 and 2 October 2026 that a video described as an AI-generated deepfake was circulating on social media, linking Meghalaya's Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home (Police), Prestone Tynsong, and East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem to allegations that police were illegally collecting money from trucks on a highway. Highland Post reported that the video shows the two laughing, drinking alcohol and surrounded by money, and that it appears to have been created with AI and is crudely made. Syiem called it a serious matter and said police would examine the video and decide on legal action after reviewing it; police describe it as fabricated. Posters targeting the two officials appeared in Shillong the next day. Who made the video is unknown and no complaint or arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"A video described by Highland Post and Northeast Live as AI-generated (a deepfake) depicting the Deputy Chief Minister and the SP; creator and tool not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Meghalaya's Deputy Chief Minister and the East Khasi Hills SP were portrayed in a viral video, described by outlets as an AI deepfake, as laughing, drinking and surrounded by money, enjoying 'the fruits of ill-gotten gain', amid extortion allegations against police; police described the video as fabricated and the SP called it a serious matter (Highland Post; Northeast Live).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people, the Deputy Chief Minister and the SP depicted in the video (Highland Post; The Shillong Times; Northeast Live). Viewers are not counted. Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://highlandpost.com/police-to-decide-action-against-deepfake-video-of-sp-prestone/","primarySourceLabel":"Highland Post, 1 October 2026: police to decide action against deepfake video of SP and Prestone Tynsong","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:30.485396+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:30.485396+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-video","political-deepfake","public-officials","meghalaya","india","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2025-houston-influencer-reports-alleged-ai-image-impersonation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: police allegation and reported admission with alternative methods.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The report describes police allegations of AI image fabrication, while the reported admission says AI or Photoshop.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: victim's statement to the Harris County officer.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The influencer reportedly told an officer that the material caused fear, anxiety, humiliation, reputational damage and financial loss.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: company statement and attorney response status.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The business said the accusations remained allegations and it was cooperating; the attorney did not respond.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported sexual-image abuse, fear, reputational damage and unquantified financial loss","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/08/27/529622/houston-gun-store-co-owner-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-fake-pornographic-images-of-an-influencer/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1372"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","work"],"unknowns":["The first creation date and whether AI rather than conventional editing was used are unknown.","The exact loss and case outcome were not inspected."],"geography":{"basis":"The accused business, investigation and court setting are explicitly Houston/Harris County, Texas. The influencer's residence is not separately established.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police allege AI use, but the reported admission explicitly allows Photoshop as an alternative. AI involvement is suspected, not technically established.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Houston influencer reports fear, reputational damage and loss after fabricated sexual images","summary":"Houston Public Media reported police allegations that a gun-store co-owner created sexual images and fake social-media accounts impersonating an influencer. According to the reported court documents, she described fear, anxiety, humiliation, reputational damage and financial loss. The source says the accused described using “AI or Photoshop”, leaving the method unresolved. His business emphasised that the allegations were unproven. No conviction or loss amount is established.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-08-27","aiSystem":"Suspected AI-assisted image fabrication","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool (suspected)","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Reported sexual-image abuse, fear, reputational damage and unquantified financial loss","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One influencer is the reported abuse target. Her loss amount and any additional targets are unknown.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/08/27/529622/houston-gun-store-co-owner-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-fake-pornographic-images-of-an-influencer/","primarySourceLabel":"Houston Public Media, 27 August 2025, police and court-document report","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:29.432427+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:24:50.704931+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-goffstown-families-report-ai-image-abuse-school-distress","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: opening parent allegations and description of app.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Parents of three girls alleged that classmates used an AI app to create and share sexual images of their children.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: parent accounts of school distress and nervousness.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The parent interviews describe a daughter's reluctance to go to school and girls' fear of facing peers.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: notification timing and reproduced superintendent statement.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Parents date their school notification to early October; the reproduced district statement cites confidentiality and student safety.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported image abuse of three girls, with fear of peers and reluctance to attend school","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/nh-parents-say-middle-schoolers-created-deepfake-explicit-photos-their-kids-using-app/YWD73VAQVFARVALQT4KE6KRUVY/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1348"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["The first creation date, distribution extent and app identity are unknown.","The district did not substantively confirm individual disciplinary details in the inspected statement."],"geography":{"basis":"The target children and school are explicitly in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The parent interviews expressly attribute the images to an AI app. No imagery, device evidence or school investigation file was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New Hampshire families report school distress after AI sexual images of three girls","summary":"Parents of three Goffstown middle-school girls told Boston 25 that classmates used an AI app to create and share sexual images of their children. They described fear of peers, reluctance to attend school and concern about the district's response. Parents said the school first notified them in early October 2025. The reproduced district statement cited privacy limits and its commitment to student safety, without confirming the specific disciplinary allegations. The first image date is unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-11-15","aiSystem":"Reported AI image-undressing app","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","educational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Reported image abuse of three girls, with fear of peers and reluctance to attend school","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Three girls are explicitly the targets described by the interviewed parents. Parents' separate distress is not added to this minimum.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/nh-parents-say-middle-schoolers-created-deepfake-explicit-photos-their-kids-using-app/YWD73VAQVFARVALQT4KE6KRUVY/","primarySourceLabel":"Boston 25, 15 November 2025, parent interviews and district statement","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:19.453683+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:57:50.488989+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-washington-trooper-alleges-ai-deepfake-workplace-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: attorney's most recent video allegation and circulation account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The trooper's attorney alleges that an AI deepfake falsely depicting an intimate interaction circulated within the patrol.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: attorney discrimination and weaponisation statements.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The attorney describes this as harassment based on the trooper's sexual orientation.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: spokesperson response.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The agency said employees should be free from harassment and declined comment on pending litigation.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. 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The attorney described the video as harassment based on sexual orientation. The agency said it valued employees' dignity and declined to comment on pending litigation. The video's first date, creator and circulation extent are unknown; earlier job and disciplinary allegations are separate.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-30","aiSystem":"Alleged AI-generated impersonation video","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Alleged intimate impersonation circulated as workplace harassment","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One trooper is described as the harassment target. The other depicted coworker's personal consequences are not reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/trooper-sues-washington-state-patrol-over-ai-deepfake-video","primarySourceLabel":"FOX 13 Seattle, 30 December 2025, attorney interview and agency response","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:12.924913+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:25.649299+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-livingston-parish-louisiana-arrest-in-extortion-case-involving-reported-ai-nude-photos-and-videos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"one person was being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless they paid money","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were also sent to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI generated photos and videos were created of one of the victims and were sent out to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"assigned to assist in an investigation into threats made by phone and online","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said an investigation into threats made by phone and online involved one alleged victim being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, and AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims being sent to numerous family members and friends.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by three outlets. No victim account, court record or image was inspected. The sheriff's office attributes the creation and sending of this material to the accused."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"more threats were sent to the victims, now threatening to get one of the victim’s employments terminated","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"eventually including a threat to get one victim fired","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that later threats to the victims included a threat to get one victim's employment terminated.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by two outlets. The sources do not say whether the threat was carried out."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"search results and subpoenas from platforms used to send the threats pointed back to","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"search returns and subpoenas from certain suspect platforms used to make these harassing messages and threats started coming back","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"made all the fictitious accounts, AI-generated nude photos/videos, rape threats, and extortion attempts","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that subpoenas and search returns from the platforms used to send the messages led back to the woman first believed to be a victim, and that, after an interview with the woman, the sheriff's office learned the woman was the person who made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office account of its investigation and of an interview, relayed by three outlets. The accused's own account of the interview is not reported, no court finding is reported and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending. The accusation is an allegation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and injuring public record, along with five counts of extortion and one count of domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"has since been released on a $150,000 bond","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Online impersonation (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Injuring public record (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Extortion (5 counts)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Domestic Stalking (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on the following charges","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.134, unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.10, online impersonation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:132, injuring public records","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Five counts, LRS 14:66, extortion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:40.2, domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The accused was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on charges that the three outlets list as one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation, injuring public record and domestic stalking, and five counts of extortion, and was released on a $150,000 bond.","causal_attribution":"The charges are reported by three outlets from one sheriff's office statement, so they are one chain. No booking record or charging document was inspected. The charges are allegations and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"allegations that overseas suspects were involved due to past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Investigators brought in Homeland Security at one point over allegations that suspects overseas were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said Homeland Security assisted the investigation because of allegations that overseas suspects were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement. The sources do not say any overseas suspect was identified, and the later finding attributes the material to the accused."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish News wrote that detectives say the accused created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the demands for money that the accused and another person had reported as victims.","causal_attribution":"A single sentence in one outlet's rewrite of the sheriff's office statement. The clause saying the accused and another person had reported as victims can attach to the whole list or only to the demands for money, and the record does not choose between the two readings. WBRZ and WAFB do not repeat it, and no source says which reporter received the threats or was depicted."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Anyone else who believes they were victimized in this case","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"The investigation is ongoing","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"This is an ongoing investigation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office described the investigation as ongoing and asked anyone else who believes they were victimized in the case to contact it.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office request as relayed by the outlets. It does not report any further victim."}],"effects":[{"label":"One alleged victim reportedly threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims reportedly sent to numerous family members and friends","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Later reported threat to get one victim's employment terminated","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wafb.com/2026/07/24/woman-arrested-extortion-harassment-case-involving-ai-generated-photos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/woman-believed-to-be-one-of-the-victims-of-extortion-ai-nude-images-was-actually-behind-them,225313","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The start date of the threats, the fictitious accounts and the sending of the material is not stated in any of the three outlets. Only the 24 July 2026 announcement is dated, so the event start is unknown and the case is published undated.","The Livingston Parish News says the case began when detectives with the Livingston Parish Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were assigned to assist in the investigation. No source states the age of any victim, so it is not known whether any victim is a minor.","The victims are not identified or described. The sources do not say which of the people who reported as victims received the threats or was depicted, or whether the one other person who reported as a victim was harmed independently of the accused. The Livingston Parish News sentence that names the second reporter can be read as covering the whole list of material or only the demands for money.","The number of family members and friends who received the material is not stated (the sources say numerous), and whether any payment was made is not reported.","No AI tool is identified and no outlet reports examining the material. The description of the material as AI-generated is the sheriff's office statement.","The account of the interview is the sheriff's office's. The accused's own account is not reported, no court finding is reported, the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending, and the charges are allegations.","No overseas suspect is reported identified after the allegations about acquaintances in Greece.","The three outlets rest on one sheriff's office statement and none reports independent verification."],"geography":{"basis":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office investigated the threats and the WAFB dateline reads LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. The sources do not state where the victims live or where the material was sent from. Greece appears only in allegations about unidentified overseas suspects and is not recorded as an event country. A judge set the bond but no court proceeding is described, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Three outlets rest on one Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement of 24 July 2026 (one independence group) and all claims are reported. The accused is a private person who has not been convicted and is not named or located by town. The victims are not named or described. No imagery is described beyond its kind. The reporting is thin on the victims' own experience and the case is recorded as the sheriff's office account. The sources do not state when the threats began, so the case is published undated and is outside the 2026 event-year lane.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sheriff's office described the photos and videos as AI-generated, and the accused was booked for unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos. No outlet identifies an AI tool or reports that the material was examined. The description is one sheriff's office statement relayed by three outlets. The images were not seen by the reviewer.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Livingston Parish, Louisiana: sheriff's office says a woman first treated as a victim made the AI-generated nude photos and videos, rape threats and extortion attempts in an online threats case","summary":"On 24 July 2026 WBRZ, WAFB and the Livingston Parish News relayed a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) statement about an investigation into threats made by phone and online. The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and later threats included getting one victim fired. Homeland Security assisted after allegations that overseas suspects were involved through past relationships and acquaintances in Greece. The sheriff's office said subpoenas and search returns from platforms led back to a woman who had first been treated as a victim, and that after an interview with the woman the sheriff's office learned the woman made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts. The accused was booked on charges that include unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and five counts of extortion, and was released on bond. The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The charges are allegations and no conviction is reported. The AI tool is not identified, the victims are not described and the start date of the threats is not stated.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-24","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI photo and video generation tools (sheriff's office description)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and a later threat concerned getting one victim's employment terminated. The sheriff's office attributes all of this to the accused. No victim account is reported and the sources do not describe any effect on a victim.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The accused is not counted as harmed. The one other person is counted as a person reported as a victim, so the count is a lower bound of 1. The sources use the plural 'victims' without a number and do not say which reporter received the threats or was depicted. Family members and friends who received the material are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","primarySourceLabel":"WBRZ, relay of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement, 24 July 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:37.153049+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:44:23.541663+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-montana-carter-county-man-charged-ai-child-abuse-material-case","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"On August 21, 2025, prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged a Carter County man with three felony counts of sexual abuse of children","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"for possession of explicit images and videos that depict a child under the age of 12","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 21 August 2025 the Montana Attorney General's Office charged a Carter County man with three felony counts of sexual abuse of children for possessing explicit images and videos that depict a child under the age of 12.","causal_attribution":"Charges are allegations. Both outlets relay the Attorney General's statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"In at least one of the counts, Attorney General Austin Knudsen said artificial intelligence was used to digitally alter the image of a Montana child.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"captured images of a child from the parents’ public social media account and used AI to create manipulated content with the photos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"In at least one of those charges, prosecutors say","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors say that in at least one count AI was used to digitally alter the image of a Montana child, using photos taken from the parents' public social media account.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors allegation. No court finding, image or AI tool is cited."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"received multiple cyber tips that CSAM was uploaded to a wireless cloud backup from","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"CSAM was uploaded to a wireless cloud backup","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began after NCMEC received multiple cyber tips that child sexual abuse material was uploaded to a wireless cloud backup from the accused's devices.","causal_attribution":"Attorney General's account of how the investigation started."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"House Bill 82 was passed and signed into law during the 2025 Legislative Session, and allows for the prosecution of sex predators utilizing artificial intelligence to digitally alter images","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"is being held on a $250,000 bond","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"he's being prosecuted under Montana’s new AI exploitation law","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Reports say Montana House Bill 82 (2025) allows prosecutors to charge people who use AI to digitally alter images, and NBC Montana says the man is being prosecuted under Montana's new AI exploitation law. The accused was held on a $250,000 bond.","causal_attribution":"Attorney General's statement as relayed. Later court outcomes were not found."}],"effects":[{"label":"Images of a child altered with AI into child sexual abuse material (prosecutors' account)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-ai-child-abuse/","kind":"local_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"montana-ag-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/montana-man-charged-after-allegedly-using-ai-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-material","kind":"local_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"montana-ag-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the images were made (only the 21 August 2025 charge and arrest date is reported).","Whether the AI-altered image is one of the three counts or additional to them (the sources say \"at least one\").","The AI tool used, and any court finding on the AI use.","Case outcome after the arraignment scheduled for 9 September 2025.","The Department of Justice press release was blocked (HTTP 403). Both inspected outlets relay the Attorney General statement, so they form one independence group.","No harm to the child beyond the charged conduct is reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The sources name Carter County, Montana and a Montana state District Court judge. They do not state a country, and no country is inferred from the state or from the outlets.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Prosecutors' public statement of charges in which an AI tool was used to alter images of a real child. The prosecution of the maker is the only event and the depicted child the only reported harmed person, so the harm evidence is limited to the charged conduct. Undated because conduct dates are unreported. Identities of the child and the accused are withheld.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Attorney General states that the accused used AI to create manipulated content from photos of a child. The AI tool, the images and the court documents were not inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Montana prosecutors charge a Carter County man in a case involving AI-altered images of a Montana child","summary":"On 21 August 2025 the Montana Attorney General's Office charged a Carter County man with three felony counts of sexual abuse of children for possessing child sexual abuse material. Prosecutors state that in at least one count an AI tool was used to alter images of a Montana child that were taken from the child's parents' public social media account. The investigation began with cyber tips about uploads to a cloud backup. The charges are allegations. The child and the accused are not named here. The only reported harmed person is the depicted child and the sources report no other consequence, so the harm evidence is weak: it rests on the prosecutors' description of the charged conduct. The date of the conduct is not reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-08-27","aiSystem":"Unspecified generative AI tool (not identified in the sources)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors state that images of a Montana child taken from the parents' public social media account were altered with AI into child sexual abuse material (allegation, charges pending). No other consequence to the child is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Attorney General states that in at least one count AI was used to alter the image of a Montana child. One depicted child is counted. The sources do not say whether other children are depicted in the other counts.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-ai-child-abuse/","primarySourceLabel":"Newstalk KGVO, 27 August 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T13:29:07.937186+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:10.565079+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-doe-v-xai-grok-abuse-survivor-known-series-images","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Using pre-existing and known CSAM involving Plaintiff, Grok generated new CSAM,'; 'xAI, using Grok, has generated images depicting Plaintiff and the child pornography'; 'The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has identified AI-generated CSAM on xAI'; '(hereinafter, “NCMEC”) in the early 2000s'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'attorneys for the plaintiff stated that the Canadian Centre for Child Protection used images’ fingerprints to identify AI-generated CSAM on X that depicted their client.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'that Grok generated new sexually explicit images of her likeness'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'It also claims “xAI, using Grok, has generated images depicting Plaintiff and the child pornography series in which she is the victim.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The complaint alleges that Grok generated new child sexual abuse images depicting the plaintiff, an adult survivor whose childhood abuse was recorded in a known image series identified by NCMEC in the early 2000s, and that the Canadian Centre for Child Protection has identified AI-generated abuse images of her on xAI's service.","causal_attribution":"Alleged by the plaintiff. The complaint does not say when the images were generated, who prompted them, or how many there were; no court has ruled on the allegations and xAI has not responded publicly."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'CSAM depicting Plaintiff with its longstanding well-known hash values has been used'; 'as a part of the dataset used by xAI.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The complaint alleges that same material was part of the dataset xAI used to build Grok’s image and video generating capabilities'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The complaint alleges that the known abuse images of the plaintiff, with their long-established hash values, were part of the dataset xAI used for Grok.","causal_attribution":"Allegation about training data; the complaint does not describe how this was established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Each time Grok created new CSAM concerning Plaintiff, Grok caused her a new'; 'compounding the already extensive harm Plaintiff suffered.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Our client has lived for nearly two decades knowing that images of the worst thing that ever happened to her are circulating among predators online, and that they can resurface at any moment,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The complaint says each new image Grok created or re-published of the plaintiff caused her a new personal injury, compounding the harm she already suffered from the circulation of her abuse images; her counsel says she has lived for nearly two decades knowing the images circulate and can resurface at any moment.","causal_attribution":"The plaintiff's and counsel's characterization of her injury; no specific symptoms or consequences are described."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Filed 08/26/26'; 'Plaintiff seeks relief under the federal cause of action known as “Masha’s Law,”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Date Filed: Aug. 26, 2026'; 'Sep 22, 2026'; 'Order Relating Case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The plaintiff filed the proposed nationwide class action against X.AI Corp. and X.AI LLC on 26 August 2026 in the Northern District of California, under Masha's Law (18 U.S.C. § 2255) and 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(f); an order relating the case was entered on 22 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Procedural record only."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Neither xAI nor SpaceX, which acquired the company in February, returned requests for comment regarding the lawsuit.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'On Jan. 14, after the period tracked by the center, Musk wrote on X that he was “not aware of any naked underage images of Grok. Literally zero.”'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Neither xAI nor SpaceX, which acquired xAI in February 2026, responded to the Guardian's request for comment; Musk had written on X on 14 January 2026 that he was not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok.","causal_attribution":"Response record; Musk's statement is general and does not address this plaintiff."}],"effects":[{"label":"Grok allegedly generated new sexual-abuse images depicting an identified adult survivor of childhood abuse, from her known abuse image series","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the survivor says each new image caused her a new injury on top of two decades of her abuse images circulating","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.477196/gov.uscourts.cand.477196.1.0_1.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Class Action Complaint, Doe 1 v. X.AI Corp., No. 5:26-cv-09016 (N.D. Cal., San Jose), ECF 1, filed 26 August 2026; RECAP PDF (23 pages) read in full on 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). The plaintiff's allegations, not findings; several key facts are pleaded without dates.","independence_group":"plaintiff-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74706848/doe-1-v-xai-corp/","kind":"court_docket","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"CourtListener docket read newest-first on 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200; last known filing 28 Sept 2026). Procedural facts only; the 22 September order relating the case was not read.","independence_group":"ndcal-court-record"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://girardsharp.com/child-sexual-abuse-survivor-files-class-action-against-xai-alleging-grok-was-trained-on-her-abuse-material-and-generated-new-csam/","kind":"press_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Plaintiff's counsel Girard Sharp press release, 27 August 2026, read live on 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"plaintiff-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41906197.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"The Guardian's report by Nick Robins-Early (3 September 2026), read in the Irish Examiner's syndicated copy credited to The Guardian on 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200); the theguardian.com URL was not located. It relays the complaint and interviews plaintiff's counsel.","independence_group":"plaintiff-account"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://cyberscoop.com/xai-grok-csam-class-action-lawsuit/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"CyberScoop, Derek B. Johnson, 27 August 2026, read live on 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). Relays the complaint; its paraphrase that the hash values 'have shown up in deepfakes created with Grok and spread on X' is broader than the complaint's wording and is not relied on.","independence_group":"plaintiff-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy"],"unknowns":["When the images of the plaintiff were generated or posted, how many there were, and who prompted them.","Whether the Canadian Centre for Child Protection's identification has been confirmed by any source other than the plaintiff's filing and counsel.","The plaintiff's country of residence.","xAI's response to the allegations."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaint says only that the plaintiff resides outside California; her country and where the images were generated or posted are not stated. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse account of an identified person depicted in AI-generated abuse images, resting on the plaintiff's federal complaint, counsel's statements and news reports relaying them. All facts about Grok's role are allegations; nothing identifying the plaintiff and no description of the images is recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint alleges Grok generated the images and that the Canadian Centre for Child Protection identified AI-generated images of her on xAI's service; counsel told the Guardian the identification used the series' hash fingerprints. No independent confirmation of the identification or of which prompts produced the images was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Doe 1 v. xAI: an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse alleges Grok generated new abuse images of her from her known, hashed abuse series, which she says xAI used as training data","summary":"A survivor who was sexually abused as a preschool-aged child and now sues individually under the pseudonym Jane Doe 1, and whose abuse images have circulated online since the early 2000s as a series known to NCMEC, sued xAI on 26 August 2026 in the Northern District of California. Her complaint alleges that those known images were part of the dataset xAI used for Grok and that Grok generated new abuse images depicting her; her lawyers say the Canadian Centre for Child Protection used the series' hash fingerprints to identify AI-generated images of her on X. The complaint says each new image caused her a new injury. It seeks damages under Masha's Law for a proposed class of people whose childhood images Grok altered into abuse material. The complaint does not say when the images of her were made or who prompted them. xAI did not respond to requests for comment, and no court has ruled on the allegations.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-26","aiSystem":"Grok image generation on X and xAI's services (the complaint does not identify the specific tool or model version used for the images of the plaintiff)","aiProduct":"Grok","aiCompany":"xAI (X.AI Corp. and X.AI LLC; acquired by SpaceX in February 2026)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The plaintiff alleges that Grok generated new abuse images depicting her from her known childhood abuse series and that each new image caused her a new injury; her counsel describes two decades of living with the images' circulation (the plaintiff's complaint and counsel; no court finding).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The named plaintiff (1 person depicted). The proposed class of 'at least thousands' is counsel's estimate of class membership and is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.477196/gov.uscourts.cand.477196.1.0_1.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Class Action Complaint, Doe 1 v. X.AI Corp., No. 5:26-cv-09016 (N.D. 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We do not know the nature of those prompts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Although the defence did not accept that the documented questions and answers were generated by AI, as opposed to being contained in a communication from a real person'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Please make sure someone is with you or available to you today.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The documents were generated by AI in response to the complainant's prompts.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's statement, accepted as the working basis of the appeal; the defence did not accept it and the court made no finding on the product or prompts."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'It is a prosecution appeal against the Recorder’s ruling, part-way through trial, staying proceedings as an abuse. Upon the prosecution giving notice of its intention to appeal, accompanied by the usual prosecution undertaking, the jury was discharged.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'this is evidence of coaching, whether or not done by AI or someone else.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The ruling stayed proceedings after the complainant was found to have used AI to help prepare for court.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Recorder held that the documents amounted to witness coaching, that the defendant could not have a fair trial, and stayed the proceedings as an abuse of process part-way through the trial; the jury was discharged when the prosecution gave notice of appeal.","causal_attribution":"The judgment records that the stay was granted because of the documents the complainant attributed to AI."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Date: Thursday 4th June 2026'; 'Accordingly, we give leave, we allow the appeal and reverse the ruling below.'; 'As the allegations are now of some age, the re-trial should be listed at the earliest opportunity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Hay’s decision has been reversed, and a retrial has been ordered for listing “at the earliest opportunity,” per the Gazette.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 4 June 2026 the Court of Appeal reversed the stay, holding that the trial process could deal with any prejudice, and directed that the retrial be listed at the earliest opportunity because the allegations were now of some age.","causal_attribution":"Established by the judgment."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'All witnesses, whether for the prosecution or defence, should be firmly discouraged from resorting to the use of AI to prepare for giving evidence.'; 'their use of AI may open up further lines of enquiry, exposing their online activity to an unwelcome, wider-ranging and potentially more intrusive investigation and examination for the purposes of disclosure'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Court of Appeal said witnesses should be firmly discouraged from using AI to prepare their evidence, and that for sexual-offence complainants such use may expose their online activity to wider and potentially more intrusive investigation.","causal_attribution":"General guidance in the judgment; it does not describe a further consequence to this complainant."}],"effects":[{"label":"the trial was stayed part-way through as an abuse of process and the jury discharged after the complainant's AI-prepared cross-examination documents were treated as witness coaching","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a retrial of allegations described as now of some age was required after the stay was reversed","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/2026/918","kind":"court_record","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full judgment text read by curl on 2026-09-29 from the National Archives Find Case Law service. The court excluded identifying detail and anonymised both parties.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/court-of-appeal-calls-for-ai-regulation-in-criminal-proceedings-after-trial-collapses/5127513.article","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Law Society Gazette report of 28 July 2026 (Bianca Castro), read by curl on 2026-09-29. It reports the judgment and is grouped with it.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/international/uk-trial-halts-over-witness-ai-use-court-of-appeal-judges-flag-regulation-concerns/394434","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Canadian Lawyer, read by curl on 2026-09-29; attributes its account to the Law Society Gazette.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["When the trial and the Recorder's stay took place (before the 4 June 2026 appeal hearing).","Which AI product was used and what the complainant's prompts were.","Whether the retrial has taken place and its outcome.","The complainant's own account of the effect of the stay; no statement from the complainant was read."],"geography":{"basis":"The trial took place at Lewes Crown Court and the appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice in London (judgment). Where the complainant lives, and where the AI was used, is not stated.","court_countries":["GB"],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published from the Court of Appeal judgment as a concrete adverse consequence of a person's AI use: the complainant's trial was stayed and must be retried. The judgment and all press coverage are one reporting chain. The complainant and defendant are anonymous by law and no identifying detail is recorded; the complainant's pronouns follow the judgment's neutral usage.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complainant told the court the material came from putting things into AI, and the Court of Appeal proceeded on the basis that the documents were AI-generated in response to the complainant's prompts. The defence did not accept that they were AI-generated rather than written by a real person, and the product and prompts are unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Lewes Crown Court, England: a rape trial was stayed part-way through and the jury discharged after documents on the complainant's phone, which the complainant said came from putting material into AI to prepare for court, were treated as witness coaching; the Court of Appeal reversed the stay on 4 June 2026 and ordered a retrial","summary":"During a rape trial at Lewes Crown Court, a download of the complainant's phone revealed two documents containing a summary of the complainant's recollection of the night in question and 24 questions in the form of a cross-examination, with suggested answers. Asked about them, the complainant said: 'I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court'. The trial judge (a Recorder) held that this was witness coaching, found that the defendant could not have a fair trial and stayed the proceedings as an abuse of process; the jury was discharged when the prosecution gave notice of appeal. On 4 June 2026 the Court of Appeal (R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918) reversed the stay, holding that the trial process could deal with any prejudice, and directed a retrial at the earliest opportunity because the allegations were 'now of some age'. The defence did not accept that the documents were AI-generated; the appeal proceeded on that basis. The court warned that witnesses should be firmly discouraged from using AI to prepare their evidence and that, for complainants in sexual-offence cases, doing so may expose their online activity to wider and more intrusive investigation.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-28","aiSystem":"An unidentified AI chatbot; the complainant told the court 'I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court'. The judgment does not name the product and says the court does not know the prompts used.","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant's rape trial was stayed part-way through and the jury discharged because documents the complainant said came from AI preparation were treated as witness coaching; the Court of Appeal reversed the stay and ordered a retrial of allegations it described as 'now of some age' (R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the complainant, whose trial was stayed and must be retried (judgment). The defendant is not counted; the stay was in the defendant's favour and no harm to the defendant from the AI use is reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/2026/918","primarySourceLabel":"R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), judgment of 4 June 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:00:29.036322+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:44.047133+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["witness-coaching","criminal-trial","court-of-appeal","lewes-crown-court","england","sexual-offence-complainant","trial-stayed","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-bhubaneswar-bjd-women-leaders-obscene-ai-deepfake-videos-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'alleging that obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos targeting some of its women leaders were being circulated on social media.'; 'The party alleged that the videos were obscene and objectionable and were being circulated with the intention of maligning the women leaders.'; 'According to the BJD’s complaint, an account operating under the name ‘Bana Bichhuati’ has allegedly been circulating AI-generated deepfake videos targeting BJD leaders'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ବିଜେଡି ନେତ୍ରୀଙ୍କ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ କରି ବଦନାମ କରାଯାଉଛି'; 'ବଣ ବିଚ୍ଛୁଆତି ନାଁରେ ଥିବା ଆଇଡିରେ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ କରି ବିଜେଡି ନେତ୍ରୀ'; 'ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡିଆରେ ଅଶ୍ଳୀଳ ଓ ଆପତ୍ତିଜନକ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ ପ୍ରସାରଣ କରାଯାଉଥିବା ନେଇ ଥାନାରେ ଏତଲା ଦେଇଛି ବିଜେଡି'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The BJD alleges that an account named 'Bana Bichhuati' has been circulating obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos of three of its women leaders on social media with the intention of maligning them.","causal_attribution":"The BJD's police complaint; Kalinga TV states that the identity of those behind the account has not been independently established."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The party lodged a police complaint and demanded action against those allegedly involved in creating and circulating the videos.'; 'The BJD demanded that police register a case and seek assistance from Meta to obtain technical information, including the IP address and device details associated with the account.'; 'The party further demanded the immediate removal of the alleged objectionable deepfake videos from social media platforms.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'କ୍ୟାପିଟାଲ ଥାନାରେ ବିଜେଡିର ଧାରଣା'; 'ମାମଲା ରୁଜୁ କରିବା ସହିତ ​ମେଟା କର୍ତ୍ତୃପକ୍ଷଙ୍କ ସହାୟତାରେ ସଂପୃକ୍ତ ଆକାଉଣ୍ଟଧାରୀଙ୍କ IP ଆଡ୍ରେସ ଓ ଡିଭାଇସ୍ ବିବରଣୀ ସଂଗ୍ରହ କରି ଅଭିଯୁକ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଗିରଫ କରାଯାଉ ବୋଲି ବିଜେଡି ଦାବି କରିଛି'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 26 September 2026 the BJD staged a dharna at Capital police station, Bhubaneswar, lodged a complaint and demanded a registered case, technical details from Meta, arrests and removal of the videos.","causal_attribution":"Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha reporting of the protest (one chain)."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene AI deepfake videos of three women politicians were allegedly circulated on social media to malign them","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kalingatv.com/odisha/bjd-stages-dharna-at-capital-police-station-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-videos-targeting-women-leaders/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Kalinga TV, Bhubaneswar, 26 September 2026; English). Relays the BJD complaint and demands and notes the allegations are not independently established.","independence_group":"bjd-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://knewsodisha.com/state/bjd-stages-protest-at-capital-police-station-792266","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"or","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (KNews Odisha, byline Nihar Ranjan Panda, 26 September 2026; Odia). Same protest and complaint; translation by the reviewer from Odia with limited confidence, no human translator.","independence_group":"bjd-complaint"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","public_life"],"unknowns":["When the videos were made and first circulated, on which platform(s), and how widely they spread.","Whether police registered a case or examined the videos, and whether they were removed.","Who operates the account; the BJD's attribution is not independently established.","The women leaders' own statements about the effect on them."],"geography":{"basis":"The women are Odisha politicians of the BJD and the complaint was lodged at Capital police station, Bhubaneswar (Kalinga TV). Where the account is operated from is unknown. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a case of allegedly obscene AI deepfake videos against three identified women politicians, with a police complaint, reported by two outlets relaying the BJD's complaint (one chain; claims reported). The women are not named here and the videos are not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The BJD's complaint, as reported by Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha, calls the videos AI-generated deepfakes of the three leaders; no examination by police or a platform is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bhubaneswar (Odisha): the Biju Janata Dal files a police complaint and holds a sit-in at Capital police station alleging that a social-media account is circulating obscene AI deepfake videos of three of its women leaders (26 September 2026)","summary":"On 26 September 2026 the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a dharna at Capital police station in Bhubaneswar and lodged a complaint alleging that an account named 'Bana Bichhuati' was circulating obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos of three of the party's women leaders on social media to malign them (Kalinga TV; KNews Odisha). The party asked police to register a case, obtain the account's IP address and device details from Meta, identify and arrest those responsible, and have the videos removed. The reports relay the party's allegations; Kalinga TV notes that the identity of whoever runs the account has not been independently established, and no police response is reported.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"AI video generation tool (unidentified) alleged to have been used to make obscene deepfake videos of three women politicians","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The BJD alleges that obscene AI-generated deepfake videos of three of its women leaders were circulated on social media to malign them (the party's police complaint, as reported by Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Three women leaders named in the BJD complaint (Kalinga TV; KNews Odisha). Kalinga TV's lead says the videos targeted 'some of its women leaders', so three is a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN-OR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://kalingatv.com/odisha/bjd-stages-dharna-at-capital-police-station-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-videos-targeting-women-leaders/","primarySourceLabel":"Kalinga TV, 26 September 2026: BJD Stages Dharna at Capital Police Station over Alleged AI Deepfake Videos Targeting Women Leaders","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:43.177034+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:28.807985+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","politics","women-politicians","social-media","meta","india","odisha","bhubaneswar","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-ballia-bansdih-minor-student-ai-obscene-video-fake-instagram-account","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'आरोप है कि युवक ने छात्रा के सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट का स्क्रीनशॉट लिया। फिर उसके नाम और फोटो से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आईडी बनाई। इसके बाद AI तकनीक से छात्रा की फोटो का अश्लील वीडियो तैयार किया'; 'इससे पहले भी आरोपी ने छात्रा और उसकी मां की फोटो से दो अलग-अलग फर्जी आईडी बनाई थीं। जब परिवार ने इसका विरोध किया, तो आरोपी ने पूरे परिवार को'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'बांसडीह कस्बा निवासी एक युवक ने 17 वर्षीय छात्रा की इंटरनेट मीडिया पर उपलब्ध फोटो का कथित तौर पर दुरुपयोग कर उसके नाम से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आइडी बनाई। आरोप है कि इसके बाद एआइ तकनीक से आपत्तिजनक वीडियो तैयार कर उसे छात्रा के सहपाठियों, दोस्तों और रिश्तेदारों को भेजा गया।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'पिता के अनुसार, आरोपी युवक उनकी बेटी के साथ एक ही विद्यालय में पढ़ता था। युवक की हरकतों के कारण उसे विद्यालय से निकाल दिया गया था।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'एक पिता ने 17 वर्षीय अपनी बेटी की तस्वीर के साथ एआई के जरिए छेड़छाड़ कर अश्लील वीडियो बनाकर वायरल करने की शिकायत पुलिस से की है।'; 'वीडियो को और ज्यादा वायरल करने'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The father of a 17-year-old Class 12 student complained to the Bansdih police that a young man from the town, a former schoolmate expelled from the school who bore a grudge against the family, created a fake Instagram account in her name from screenshots of her social-media account, used AI technology to make an obscene video from her photograph, and sent it to her classmates, friends and relatives; he says the accused had earlier made two fake accounts with her and her mother's photographs and threatened to kill the family and to spread the video further when they objected.","causal_attribution":"The father's written complaint as reported by four Hindi newsrooms; the accused's account is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'थाना प्रभारी राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि इस मामले में केस दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। पुलिस ने जांच शुरू कर दी है। फर्जी सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट, वायरल सामग्री और आरोपी की भूमिका की जांच की जा रही है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पुलिस ने कस्बे के एक युवक के खिलाफ मुकदमा दर्ज किया है।'; 'पुलिस ने तहरीर के आधार पर आइटी एक्ट की संबंधित धाराओं में कार्रवाई शुरू की है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'प्रभारी निरीक्षक राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि मामले में प्राथमिकी दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Bansdih station house officer said instructions had been given to register a case; Jagran reports the case registered against the youth under the IT Act and Dainik Bhaskar that the police are investigating the fake accounts, the circulated material and the accused's role; no arrest is reported.","causal_attribution":"Police statements to Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran; Amar Ujala's note that police are investigating."}],"effects":[{"label":"an obscene AI-generated video made from a 17-year-old's photograph was circulated to her classmates and relatives through a fake account in her name, and the family reports death threats and fear","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bansdih/news/ballia-bansdih-minor-girl-ai-video-viral-threat-case-139112692.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Dainik Bhaskar, Ballia/Bansdih local page, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Fullest account: expulsion and grudge, screenshots, fake Instagram ID, AI video, circulation, earlier fake accounts, death threats, mark-sheet as age proof, SHO Rakesh Singh's statement. Translation by the reviewer; no human translator.","independence_group":"bhaskar"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia/obscene-video-created-using-minor-students-photo-and-circulated-online-ballia-news-c-190-1-bal1001-173478-2026-09-23","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Amar Ujala, Ballia edition, dated 22/23 September 2026; Hindi). Father's tehreer at Bansdih kotwali; former schoolmate expelled; fake Instagram ID; police investigating. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"amarujala"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-father-seeks-action-after-ai-manipulation-creates-pornographic-video-of-17-year-old-daughter-201790101087898.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Hindustan, Bansdih correspondent, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Father's complaint of AI manipulation of his 17-year-old daughter's picture into an obscene video and its circulation; the grudge after expulsion. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"livehindustan"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia-offensive-video-of-minor-made-with-the-help-of-ai-in-ballia-case-filed-40382482.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 via the mobile path (Dainik Jagran, Bansdih correspondent, 23 September 2026; Hindi). Reports the case registered against the youth under the IT Act, the Class 12 student's age (17), the fake Instagram ID and circulation to classmates and relatives, earlier fake IDs and threats. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"jagran"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the fake accounts were created and when the video was made and circulated; the reports give no dates other than the complaint (about 21-22 September 2026) and describe the circulation and threats as continuing.","The tool used and whether police have examined the video; the AI attribution is the father's.","The accused's identity and response; whether he has been questioned or arrested.","Whether the earlier fake accounts involved AI-generated content.","The exact sections applied and the case number."],"geography":{"basis":"All four reports place the family, the accused and the police station in Bansdih, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh (Dainik Bhaskar 'बलिया के बांसडीह'; Amar Ujala 'बांसडीह कोतवाली'). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with a registered police case, reported by four separate Hindi newsrooms from the father's complaint and the station house officer's statement; allegations are recorded as reported. The girl, her mother and the accused are not named and the video is not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-26"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The father's complaint, as reported by all four outlets, says the obscene video was made from his daughter's photograph using AI technology ('एआई तकनीक'); the police statements reported concern the registration and investigation of the case and do not describe any examination of the video.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bansdih, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): a father reports that a local youth made a fake Instagram account in his 17-year-old daughter's name and an AI-generated obscene video from her photograph, sent it to her classmates, friends and relatives, and threatened to kill the family when they objected; police register a case under the IT Act (22-23 September 2026)","summary":"The father of a 17-year-old Class 12 student in Bansdih, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, gave the Bansdih police a written complaint that a young man from the town, a former schoolmate who had been expelled from the school and bore a grudge against the family, took screenshots of his daughter's social-media account, created a fake Instagram ID in her name with a matching photograph, used AI technology to make an obscene video from her photo and circulated it to her classmates, friends and relatives; the complaint says the youth had earlier made two fake accounts using her and her mother's photographs and threatened to kill the whole family and to spread the video further when they objected (Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan). The father submitted screenshots of the fake account and his daughter's mark-sheet as proof of her age. The station house officer said a case had been ordered registered and the investigation begun; Jagran reports the case under the Information Technology Act. The reports give no dates for the fake accounts, the video or its circulation; September 2026 is the month of the complaint (about 21-22 September) and of the circulation and threats the family describes as continuing, so the event date is recorded as unknown. The family is described as frightened. No arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-22","aiSystem":"AI image/video generation tool (unidentified) alleged to have been used to make an obscene video from the student's photograph","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A minor's photograph was allegedly turned into an obscene AI-generated video and circulated among her classmates, friends and relatives through an account impersonating her, and the family reports death threats and fear (the father's police complaint as reported by Amar Ujala, Hindustan, Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran). The allegations are under police investigation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one depicted person, the 17-year-old student (all four reports). The complaint also says an earlier fake account used her mother's photograph and that the whole family was threatened, without describing AI-made content of the mother, so the count is a documented minimum of 1.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IN-UP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bansdih/news/ballia-bansdih-minor-girl-ai-video-viral-threat-case-139112692.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar (Ballia/Bansdih), 22 September 2026: minor student's obscene AI video allegation; fake ID; death threats to the family","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-26T04:07:08.975927+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:25.856661+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minor","impersonation","fake-account","instagram","school","india","uttar-pradesh","ballia","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2024-roberts-ai-deepfake-stalking","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 2-4: stalked the victim for over a year; used AI tools to create deepfake videos of the victim engaging in sexual acts that never occurred; shared the videos without consent.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraphs 1-3: Albany man; stalking for about a year; AI tools used to edit videos and photos showing the victim in sexual acts that never happened; shared without permission.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say a 38-year-old Albany, New Hampshire man stalked a person for about a year and used AI tools to make 'deepfake' videos and photographs showing the victim in sexual acts and other activities that never occurred, then shared them without the victim's consent.","causal_attribution":"Police allegations relayed by WGME and WMUR/MSN from the same investigating agency; no independent witness account, underlying court record or conviction was inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 2 and 5: arrested 'last Friday' (report dated 7 November 2025); charged with non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, fraudulent use of deepfakes, stalking, and receiving stolen property.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraphs 4 and 6: arrested in late October on three counts of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, fraudulent use of fake photos and videos, stalking and receiving stolen property; joint effort by Conway police, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and state police.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He was arrested in late October 2025 on charges including three counts of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, fraudulent use of deepfakes, stalking and receiving stolen property, after a joint investigation by Conway police, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and state police.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts reported from police statements."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraph 6: held at the Carroll County House of Corrections without bail.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraph 5: held without bail until a probable cause hearing Thursday.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"As of reporting on 7 November 2025, police said he was held without bail at the Carroll County House of Corrections pending a probable-cause hearing.","causal_attribution":"Procedural fact reported from police statements."}],"effects":[{"label":"nonconsensual_sexualized_imagery","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"stalking","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://wgme.com/news/local/new-hampshire-man-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-sexual-images-of-person-he-stalked-crime-police-joseph-roberts-deepfake-videos","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15; datePublished 2025-11-07.","independence_group":"conway-police-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-accused-of-creating-deepfake-ai-videos-of-person-he-was-stalking/ar-AA1Q0YjD","kind":"local_tv_news_syndicated_copy","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WMUR (Hearst) report read on 2026-09-15 through the MSN syndicated copy (published 2025-11-07T17:24Z) because wmur.com answers HTTP 451 to requests from the European Economic Area.","independence_group":"conway-police-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.wmur.com/article/deepfake-ai-videos-stalking-110725/69289062","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"HTTP 451 (region block) on 2026-09-15; the same report was read via the MSN copy above.","independence_group":"conway-police-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/man-charged-with-synthetic-media-misuse-and-stalking/article_aa71121f-2144-4e3d-8630-029620a9ba97.html","kind":"local_newspaper","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"HTTP 451/429 on 2026-09-15 (EEA region block); not read.","independence_group":"cds"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/grand-jury-issues-indictments-for-fake-intimate-images/article_6ad74c7f-27dc-44ca-8404-b966204d7527.html","kind":"local_newspaper","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"HTTP 451/429 on 2026-09-15 (EEA region block); not read. Search-engine snippets describe January 2026 indictments; unverified.","independence_group":"cds"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["The AI tools used are not identified.","The victim is not identified; their age and relationship to the accused are not reported.","Police described stalking for about or over a year before reporting in November 2025. Exact start and end dates of the conduct are not stated; the late-October arrest is a procedural date.","Conway Daily Sun reports, including one that search results describe as covering grand-jury indictments in January 2026, could not be read from this workspace (HTTP 451 for EEA requests); the case status after November 2025 is unverified.","The earlier version of this record dated the events to 2024 and cited a bare publisher domain; those details are superseded."],"geography":{"basis":"Event and affected-person locations are not stated in the inspected reports. They identify the accused as from Albany, New Hampshire, and the investigating agencies as Conway police, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and state police. US proceedings are supported by the charges, New Hampshire custody and pending probable-cause hearing reported in November 2025; those facts do not establish the victim’s location.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under its original ID after source, duplicate and sensitivity review. Allegations are attributed to Conway police as reported by WGME and WMUR; the accused is not named in this record and the victim is not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Conway police, as reported by WGME and WMUR on 7 November 2025, say the accused used AI tools to edit videos and photographs so that they showed the victim in sexual acts that never happened. The tools are not identified and no court finding was reviewed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Conway police allege AI-generated sexual images and stalking","summary":"Police in Conway, New Hampshire, said in November 2025 that a 38-year-old Albany man had stalked a person for about a year and used AI tools to make 'deepfake' videos and photographs showing the victim in sexual acts that never happened, then shared them without consent. He was arrested in late October 2025 on charges including three counts of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, fraudulent use of deepfakes, stalking and receiving stolen property, and, as of reporting on 7 November, was held without bail pending a probable-cause hearing. These are police allegations; no conviction had been verified at review.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-11-07","aiSystem":"AI image and video generation tools (not identified by police)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police allege the victim was stalked for about a year and that AI-made sexual videos and photographs of them were shared without consent.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Police describe one stalking victim (WGME; WMUR). The accused is not counted as a harmed person.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://wgme.com/news/local/new-hampshire-man-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-sexual-images-of-person-he-stalked-crime-police-joseph-roberts-deepfake-videos","primarySourceLabel":"WGME, 7 November 2025: 'New Hampshire man accused of using AI to create sexual images of person he stalked'","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-13T10:04:21.00423+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:53.017329+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","stalking","non-consensual-imagery","new-hampshire","criminal-charges"]}]}