{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-29T06:37:51.672Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"appeal-ruling","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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":"2024-taiwan-band-photographer-used-ai-face-swap-to-make-sexual-images-of-female-musicians-sentenced-on-appeal","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'並使用手機內的Telegram AI合成功能，將被害人的臉部移花接木至上半身全裸、甚至是大腿以上全裸與他人性交的色情影像中。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'將多名女樂手以人工智慧深偽（Deepfake）技術，將演出與宣傳照片合成不實性影像，並投稿至社群平台X帳號供散布。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the indictment as reported, the photographer took women's photos from Facebook or Instagram and used an AI synthesis function in Telegram on his phone to paste their faces onto images of nudity and sexual acts, which a co-defendant posted on an X account for public viewing.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' and court account as reported; the defendant admitted the acts."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'將最少5名女樂手的演出或宣傳照，使用「AI換臉」，製作上半身裸露或與他人性交等不實性影像'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'導致多名受害者在網路上驚見自己的臉部竟被接在裸體照上，憤而向北市婦幼警察隊報案求助。' '且有被害女子們的指述、數位鑑識報告及扣案手機、電腦等證據佐證。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The images covered at least five female musicians, made from performance or publicity photos; women who found their faces attached to nude images online reported it to police, and prosecutors cited the women's statements, a digital forensics report and seized devices.","causal_attribution":"Indictment as reported by two outlets in separate articles; reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'未經當事人同意即合成不實性影像並公開，構成非法利用個人資料罪。' '嚴重侵害被害人隱私權及資訊自主權'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Shilin District Court convicted him of illegally using personal data, finding that making and publishing false sexual images from women's facial images without consent infringed their privacy and informational self-determination.","causal_attribution":"First-instance judgment as reported by TVBS."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'高等法院29日改判刑11月，仍給予緩刑4年的自新機會。可上訴。' '分別處有期徒刑6月、5月、6月，定應執行有期徒刑11月。也宣告緩刑4年，並需於本案判決確定後2年內，繳交國庫20萬元緩刑處分金。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 29 October 2026 the High Court found three counts under the Personal Data Protection Act and imposed a combined sentence of 11 months, suspended for four years, with a NT$200,000 payment to the treasury; the ruling can be appealed.","causal_attribution":"Appeal ruling as reported by ETtoday; the judgment text was not read."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'最後僅1人達成和解'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The defendant admitted the acts and tried to settle with the five women; one settlement was reached.","causal_attribution":"Court account as reported by ETtoday."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'還在X平台呼籲大家性騷擾自己整整4年' '非常噁心'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'一名被害人公開表示，自投入音樂創作與拍片後，長期遭Deepfake裸照騷擾，甚至被惡意號召性騷擾長達4年，希望司法能制裁加害者。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"One musician said publicly that she had long been harassed with deepfake nude images and that people had been urged to sexually harass her for four years, that the account was disgusting, and that she hoped the courts would punish the perpetrator.","causal_attribution":"One woman's public statement relayed by two outlets; one origin."}],"effects":[{"label":"faces of at least five women musicians pasted into AI-made false sexual images posted on X (indictment and court findings)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"one woman describes years of harassment with deepfake nude images, people urged to harass her for four years, and disgust","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ettoday.net/news/20261029/3262662.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Traditional Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. ETtoday reports the High Court ruling and summarises the indictment.","independence_group":"taiwan-high-court-ruling-2026-10-29"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.tvbs.com.tw/local/3218427","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Traditional Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TVBS reports the first-instance judgment and credits part of its account to ETtoday.","independence_group":"shilin-district-court-judgment-2026-05"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/5323473","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Traditional Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. The Liberty Times reports the indictment.","independence_group":"shilin-prosecutors-indictment-2026-01"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.mirrordaily.news/story/42258","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Traditional Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Mirror Daily reports the indictment and relays a victim's public post.","independence_group":"musician-public-statement-2026-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which Telegram AI tool was used and how many images were made.","How many people viewed the X account before it was suspended, and whether more women were depicted.","Exact dates: ETtoday dates the image-making to January and March 2024, while the Liberty Times says the images were completed in March of the previous year (2025) and posted in April.","Whether the High Court ruling will be appealed."],"geography":{"basis":"The Liberty Times reports that the images were made at the defendant's home in Taipei's Shilin district and that the women reported to the Taipei police; the case was tried by the Shilin District Court and Taiwan's High Court. The sources do not state where each woman lives, so affected-person countries are left empty.","court_countries":["TW"],"event_countries":["TW"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): prosecutors said a photographer used an AI face-swap function to turn at least five female musicians' photos into false sexual images that were posted on X, and two Taiwanese courts convicted him after he admitted the acts; the High Court sentenced him on 29 October 2026. One woman describes years of harassment. No person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Shilin prosecutors' indictment, as reported by the Liberty Times, says the photographer used an AI synthesis function in Telegram on his phone to paste the women's faces onto nude and sexual images, citing a digital forensics report and the seized phone; he admitted the acts, and both the district court and the High Court convicted him over the false sexual images (ETtoday, TVBS). The AI-made images depicted the women and were posted publicly, and the women found them. The Telegram tool is not named and the judgment texts were not read.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Taiwan court sentences band photographer who used AI face swapping to put at least five female musicians into false sexual images","summary":"Taiwan's High Court on 29 October 2026 sentenced a photographer from Taipei's band scene to 11 months in prison, suspended for four years, for using AI deepfake face swapping to turn performance and publicity photos of female musicians into false sexual images that were posted on an X account, according to ETtoday. Prosecutors said that from 2024 he took at least five women's photos from Facebook and Instagram and used an AI synthesis function in Telegram to paste their faces onto nude and sexual images, which a co-defendant posted for public viewing; the women found their faces on the account and reported it to police. In a first-instance ruling reported on 1 June 2026, the Shilin District Court had sentenced him to one year, suspended, for illegally using personal data; the appeal court, also finding three counts, set 11 months, again suspended and with a NT$200,000 payment to the treasury. He admitted the acts and settled with one of the five women. One of them said publicly that she had been harassed with deepfake nude images and that people had been urged to sexually harass her for four years, and that the account disgusted her. The ruling can be appealed. The photographer and the women are not named here.","incidentDate":"2024-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-27","aiSystem":"An AI face-swap (deepfake) synthesis function used through Telegram on the defendant's phone to put women's faces onto nude and sexual images, according to the indictment as reported; the tool is not otherwise named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors said a photographer used AI face swapping to make false sexual images of at least five female musicians that were posted on X, and Taiwanese courts convicted him after he admitted the acts; one woman says people were urged to sexually harass her for four years.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":5,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"ETtoday reports the indictment as covering at least five female musicians (最少5名女樂手) and TVBS reports five women discovering their faces; the court found three counts and the defendant tried to settle with five women. Five is a documented minimum; other women whose images may have been posted on the account are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"TW","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.ettoday.net/news/20261029/3262662.htm","primarySourceLabel":"ETtoday, 29 Oct 2026: band photographer's AI face-swap images of female musicians, sentence changed to 11 months on appeal (Chinese)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-29T03:12:44.304617+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:12:44.304617+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-face-swap","deepfake-sexual-images","nonconsensual-intimate-imagery","musicians","appeal-ruling","personal-data-protection-act","taiwan"]}]}