{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-07T02:12:21.961Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"brazil","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2024","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":3,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":3,"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-niteroi-court-orders-google-to-pay-damages-after-its-ai-named-businessman-as-owner-of-betting-site","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'resta incontroverso nos autos que a inteligência artificial da ré apontou em pesquisas que o autor é o proprietário de uma plataforma de jogos de azar, denominada “7 games”. No entanto, o autor não possui qualquer ligação com a empresa, o que se comprova no quadro social da empresa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'após sua inteligência artificial vincular, de forma equivocada, o nome do empresário'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The court found it undisputed that the defendant's artificial intelligence pointed to the plaintiff in searches as the owner of a gambling platform called 7 Games, with which he had no connection, as the company's register of partners showed.","causal_attribution":"The court's finding in the sentence."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'as informações inverídicas fornecidas pela plataforma da ré, inverossímeis, são de responsabilidade da ré e causaram danos ao autor, que recebeu ameaças por e-mail de consumidores das plataformas de apostas'; 'é evidente que a falha da empresa ré comprometeu a reputação do autor, visto que ele vem sendo responsabilizado por golpes aplicados na plataforma de apostas, além das ameaças recebidas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Vale ressaltar, ainda, que a informação passada foi indicada pela plataforma da empresa ré, ou seja, entende-se que foi a ré a responsável pela transmissão, não ocorrendo uma indicação de link como ocorre no Google Search'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court found that the false information was Google's responsibility because its own platform transmitted it, rather than a linked page as in ordinary search, and that it damaged his reputation: he was being blamed for scams on the betting platform and had received threats by email from its customers.","causal_attribution":"The court's findings on causation and harm."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'alegando as preliminares de perda de objeto e ilegitimidade passiva. Afirma que não hospedam o material apontado em seus resultados, portanto, não tem poder para excluir o conteúdo da internet. Pontua, ainda, que a ferramenta apenas organiza as páginas já disponíveis na internet.'; 'é evidente que a parte ré é legítima, visto que o alegado dano é proveniente da inteligência artificial da empresa ré.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Google argued that it does not host the material shown in its results and only organises pages already available on the internet, and raised loss of object and lack of standing; the court rejected the preliminary objections.","causal_attribution":"Google's defence as the sentence records it, and the court's ruling on it."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Confirmo a tutela antecipada, deferida em decisão de id 147485068'; 'Condeno a parte ré ao pagamento de R$20.000,00 (vinte mil reais), a título de compensação por danos morais'; 'NITERÓI, 12 de maio de 2025.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sentence, dated 12 May 2025, confirmed the earlier injunction and ordered Google to pay R$20,000 in moral damages, plus costs and fees.","causal_attribution":"The operative part of the sentence."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'condenou o Google a indenizar um empresário em R$ 20 mil devido a um erro do Gemini, a ferramenta de inteligência artificial da plataforma'; 'A partir dessa entrevista, a ferramenta de IA do Google passou a associá-lo de forma equivocada ao site 7Games.'; 'em agosto do ano passado, concedeu uma entrevista recomendando sete games aos leitores'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Conjur identifies the tool as Gemini and reports that the AI began associating the businessman with the 7Games site after an interview he gave in August of the previous year (2024, counting from the article's date of 6 June 2025) in which he recommended seven games to readers.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's account; the sentence names no product and does not mention the interview."}],"effects":[{"label":"falsely named by Google's AI as owner of a betting site, blamed for its scams and threatened by email","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.conjur.com.br/2025-jun-06/google-tera-de-indenizar-empresario-apos-ia-associa-lo-a-site-de-apostas/","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI. Legal-news report of the sentence; it adds the product name Gemini and the interview background, which the sentence does not contain.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.migalhas.com.br/quentes/432111/juiz-condena-google-por-ia-associar-empresario-a-site-de-apostas","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI. Legal-news report of the same sentence, linking to it.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.migalhas.com.br/arquivos/2025/6/DE1EA59756D0E8_%C2%B7ProcessoJudicialEletronico.pdf","kind":"court_document","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Sentence PDF published by Migalhas (a print of the TJRJ PJe public consultation page, three pages), read in full in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which Google AI product produced the answer: Conjur says Gemini, Migalhas and the sentence say only Google's artificial intelligence.","When in 2024 the false association first appeared: Conjur dates the interview that preceded it to August of the previous year and the injunction to October, without a year; the case number shows the suit was filed in 2024.","Whether Google appealed and whether the sentence became final."],"geography":{"basis":"The 5th Civil Court of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, decided the case against Google Brasil. The sources do not say where the false answers were shown or where the businessman lives.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on the first-instance sentence itself, read in full, which finds that Google's AI falsely named the businessman as owner of a betting site and that this damaged his reputation and led to threats, and awards damages. Contextual relation; the case adds a merits judgment awarding civil damages for an AI-generated false claim about a person.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sentence finds it undisputed that Google's artificial intelligence named the plaintiff in searches as owner of the 7 Games betting platform, a false statement generated and transmitted by Google's own platform rather than a linked page, and connects it to the reputational harm, the blame for the platform's scams and the email threats he received. The product name Gemini comes from Conjur only.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Brazilian court orders Google to pay R$20,000 after its AI falsely named a businessman as owner of a betting site, leaving him blamed for its scams","summary":"A civil court in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, ordered Google Brasil to pay a businessman R$20,000 in moral damages in a sentence dated 12 May 2025. The judge found it undisputed that the company's artificial intelligence had pointed to him in searches as the owner of a gambling platform called 7 Games, with which he had no connection, as the company register showed. The court found that the false information damaged his reputation: he was being held responsible for scams on the betting platform and received threats by email from its customers. The court had earlier granted an injunction to remove the association, and the sentence confirmed it. Google argued that it does not host the material shown in its results and only organises pages available on the web; the judge held Google responsible because the information came from its own platform rather than from a linked page. Conjur, a legal-news site, identifies the tool as Gemini and reports that the association began after an interview in which he recommended seven games; the sentence names no product. Whether Google appealed is not reported.","incidentDate":"2024-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-06-06","aiSystem":"Google's artificial intelligence tool in search, identified by Conjur as Gemini; the sentence refers only to the defendant's artificial intelligence","aiProduct":"Gemini (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The court found that Google's AI falsely named the businessman as owner of a betting site, that this damaged his reputation, that he was being blamed for scams on the platform and that he received threats by email from its customers.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the businessman whom the AI named as owner of the betting site. People who saw the answer are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.conjur.com.br/2025-jun-06/google-tera-de-indenizar-empresario-apos-ia-associa-lo-a-site-de-apostas/","primarySourceLabel":"Conjur, Google terá de indenizar empresário após IA associá-lo a site de apostas, 6 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:07:50.827824+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:07:50.827824+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-false-claim-about-person","betting-site","civil-damages","google","court-judgment"]},{"id":"2024-brasilia-labour-court-orders-ifood-to-compensate-delivery-worker-banned-after-its-face-check-flagged-his-own-photos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O aplicativo do iFood exige que, todos os dias, os entregadores enviem uma foto como reconhecimento facial, antes das entregas ou durante o trabalho. O objetivo é evitar fraudes e invasão à conta.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The iFood courier app requires delivery workers to send a photo for facial recognition every day, before deliveries or during work, to prevent fraud and account takeover.","causal_attribution":"Description of the system; no causal claim."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O caso ocorreu em 30 de abril de 2024' ... 'apareceu a mensagem dizendo que eu estava banido da plataforma por descumprir as normas' ... 'o motivo do banimento foi por conta de que outra pessoa tentou acessar inúmeras vezes o aplicativo e isso é proibido' ... 'era eu na foto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Pedi que enviassem a foto de quem estava tentando acessar. E para minha surpresa, a pessoa na foto era eu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The worker says that on 30 April 2024, after completing the facial check, he received a message that he was banned for breaking the rules; iFood later said another person had repeatedly tried to access the account, and the photo it showed was of him.","causal_attribution":"The worker's account (one witness, interviewed by two outlets); accepted as true by the court by default."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'me tiraram uma renda bem significativa, contava com esse dinheiro toda semana pra pagar minhas contas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The worker says the ban took away a significant income he relied on every week to pay his bills.","causal_attribution":"The worker's account of the consequence."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'condenou o iFood a pagar R$ 60 mil como indenização por danos morais' ... 'reconheço como verdadeiros: a suspensão do contrato de trabalho por culpa exclusiva da Reclamada; os prejuízos financeiros e psicológicos sofridos pelo Reclamante em razão da impossibilidade de laborar em favor da Reclamada; e a falha racista na ferramenta utilizada para reconhecimento facial' ... 'o iFood não cumpriu o prazo para apresentar a defesa'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'O iFood não apresentou defesa, segundo o magistrado.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A Brasília labour judge ordered iFood to pay R$60,000 in moral damages, applying a default because iFood did not file a defence in time, and recognised as true the suspension of the contract through iFood's fault, the worker's financial and psychological losses and a racist failure in the facial recognition tool.","causal_attribution":"First-instance judgment as quoted by two outlets (one underlying document); findings rest on a procedural default and are under appeal."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O iFood afirmou não existe análise de características raciais no procedimento de reconhecimento facial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A empresa já apresentou recurso contra a sentença.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"iFood says there is no analysis of racial characteristics in its facial recognition procedure, and it has appealed the judgment.","causal_attribution":"iFood's statement and the appeal; contrary evidence on the racial-bias finding."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'voltou a trabalhar com entrega pelo app'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"iFood restored the account during the case, and the worker returned to delivering through the app.","causal_attribution":"Outcome for the worker before judgment."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Em ambas as fotos está a mesma pessoa: o reclamante (entregador)' ... 'o entregador trabalhava havia três anos para o iFood quando foi bloqueado na plataforma por suposto acesso de outra pessoa na conta'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The worker's lawyer argued that both photos iFood cited show the same person, the worker, and that he had worked for iFood for about three years when he was blocked over the supposed access by another person.","causal_attribution":"The worker's pleading as reported by Estadão."}],"effects":[{"label":"delivery worker banned from the app and lost income after its face check flagged his own photos (worker's account; court ruling by default)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/df/distrito-federal/noticia/2025/06/30/justica-condena-ifood-a-indenizar-entregador-do-df-por-danos-morais-apos-falha-racista-em-reconhecimento-facial-entenda.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. G1 report by TV Globo Brasília, read in full.","independence_group":"g1-tvglobo-brasilia"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/coluna-do-estadao/justica-condena-ifood-a-indenizar-entregador-por-falha-racista-em-reconhecimento-facial/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Estadão column report, read in full; it gives the court as the 8th Labour Court, where G1 gives the 22nd.","independence_group":"estadao-coluna"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.terra.com.br/nos/ifood-e-condenado-a-indenizar-entregador-por-falha-racista-em-reconhecimento-facial-no-app,8954fd59fdcfb407081f434e12593ba4gonqqml2.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Terra report based on its own interview with the worker, read in full.","independence_group":"terra-nos"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["Whether any person reviewed the facial check result before the ban, or whether the ban was fully automated.","How long the account stayed blocked before iFood restored it.","Which company supplies the facial recognition technology.","Which Brasília labour court heard the case (G1 says the 22nd, Estadão the 8th).","How the appeal ends."],"geography":{"basis":"G1 describes the worker as a delivery worker of the Federal District (DF) and the ban happened while he was making deliveries there, so the event and the affected person are in Brazil; the case was heard by a labour court in Brasília.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case (made_decision_about): a delivery worker says the iFood app's facial recognition check flagged his own photos as another person and the platform banned him, costing income; a Brasília labour court, ruling by default, recognised a racist failure in the facial recognition tool and awarded R$60,000. iFood denies racial analysis and has appealed. No private name appears in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The iFood app runs a daily facial recognition check on delivery workers' photos (G1). The worker says that after he completed it the platform banned him, iFood support said another person had tried to access his account, and the photos it showed as that person were his own (Terra, G1); his lawyer's case was that both photos show the same person (Estadão). The labour judge, applying a default because iFood filed no defence, recognised as true a racist failure in the tool used for facial recognition (G1, Estadão). The connection between the system's output and the ban is the worker's account, accepted by default; iFood denies racial analysis but no source reports it disputing the ban sequence. Whether a person reviewed the result before the ban is not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_decision_about"]},"name":"Brasília labour court orders iFood to pay delivery worker who says its face check flagged his own photos as another person and got him banned; iFood appeals","summary":"A delivery worker in Brazil's Federal District who had worked for the iFood app for about three years says he was banned from the platform in April 2024 shortly after completing the app's daily facial recognition check. iFood support told him another person had tried to access his account; when he asked to see that person's photos, they were his own. G1 reports that the only difference from his registration photo was his hair, which he was growing out. In a judgment reported in June 2025, a Brasília labour judge, applying a default because iFood had not filed a defence in time, accepted as true that the contract was suspended through iFood's fault, that he suffered financial and psychological losses, and that the facial recognition tool had a racist failure, and ordered iFood to pay R$60,000 in moral damages. iFood denies that its facial recognition procedure analyses racial characteristics and has appealed. The account was restored during the case. No appeal ruling has been reported.","incidentDate":"2024-04-30","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-06-11","aiSystem":"The facial recognition check in the iFood courier app, which requires delivery workers to submit a photo every day before or during deliveries to prevent fraud and account takeover; the provider of the underlying technology is not named","aiProduct":"iFood facial recognition check","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","professional_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A delivery worker says he was banned from the iFood app after its facial recognition check flagged his own photos as another person and lost income he relied on; a labour court, ruling by default, recognised his financial and psychological losses and awarded R$60,000. iFood denies racial analysis and has appealed.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One delivery worker, the plaintiff. No other affected person is described.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/df/distrito-federal/noticia/2025/06/30/justica-condena-ifood-a-indenizar-entregador-do-df-por-danos-morais-apos-falha-racista-em-reconhecimento-facial-entenda.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"G1 / TV Globo Brasília, 30 Jun 2025: court orders iFood to compensate delivery worker over facial recognition failure (Portuguese)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:08:51.893173+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:08:51.893173+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["facial-recognition","identity-verification","gig-work","delivery-workers","account-ban","labour-court","brazil","made-decision-about"]},{"id":"2024-aracaju-brazil-stadium-facial-recognition-false-match-police-led-fan-from-stands-state-suspended-system","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'denunciou ter sido abordado de forma constrangedora pela Polícia Militar, após reconhecimento facial de câmeras de segurança, durante uma partida de futebol'; 'o homem foi liberado após ser comprovado que ele não era a pessoa procurada.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'porque eu tinha sido reconhecido por um sistema de reconhecimento facial, e que tinha um mandado de prisão em aberto para mim'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'em 13 de abril de 2024'; 'foi revistado e levado a uma sala de apoio da corporação.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"At half-time of the Sergipe championship final at the Batistão stadium in Aracaju on 13 April 2024, military police took a fan from the stands to a police room after the stadium's facial recognition system flagged him as a man with an open arrest warrant; he was searched and questioned and released after police confirmed he was not the person sought.","causal_attribution":"The man's account (via his lawyer, Fantástico and his damages petition) and the military police statement; reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Lamento a falha na ferramenta de reconhecimento facial ocorrida durante final do Campeonato Sergipano.'; 'determinei a suspensão do uso do sistema até que novo protocolo seja implantado'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'O sistema errou, o torcedor acabou sendo liberado e o governo do estado suspendeu o uso do programa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'determinou a suspensão do uso da ferramenta até a adoção de um novo protocolo diante da repercussão do caso.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Sergipe's governor publicly regretted the failure of the facial recognition tool at the final and suspended the system until a new protocol was adopted.","causal_attribution":"The governor's own published statement, quoted by G1; reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'pedir indenização de R$ 550 mil por danos morais'; 'Na ação à 12ª Vara Cível de Aracaju, apresentada em junho de 2024'; 'não teria sido contratado pelo governo estadual, e sim pela Prefeitura de Aracaju'; 'Em decisão assinada em dezembro passado, o magistrado responsável pelo processo mostrou pouca disposição para embarcar no jogo de empurra ensaiado pelo governo de Sergipe.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In June 2024 the fan sued the state of Sergipe for 550,000 reais in moral damages at the 12th Civil Court of Aracaju; the state argued that the Aracaju municipality had contracted the facial recognition service, and in December 2025 the judge rejected that preliminary objection, linking the episode to the state because state police carried out the stop.","causal_attribution":"Mangue Jornalismo reporting the court file, which it says it read; the documents were not inspected here; reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a ferramenta de monitoramento “é precisa e eficiente”, embora admita a possibilidade de ocorrência de “falsos-positivos”'; 'O referido sistema não se propõe à identificação absoluta de pessoas tão somente em razão do alerta emitido, mas constitui um indicativo de semelhança.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In the state's defence, the head of Sergipe's Civil Police wrote that the monitoring tool is precise and efficient but can produce false positives, so a similarity alert needs police confirmation.","causal_attribution":"The Civil Police letter as quoted by Mangue Jornalismo; reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"led from the stands by police, searched and questioned after a false facial recognition match, then released","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2024/04/15/personal-denuncia-detencao-constrangedora-pela-pm-durante-jogo-de-futebol-em-aracaju.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-24 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. G1 Sergipe, 15 April 2024: the man's lawyer, the military police statement and the governor's post.","independence_group":"globo-aracaju-stadium-2024-04"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2024/04/21/medo-frustrado-e-constrangido-diz-homem-detido-por-engano-em-estadio-apos-erro-do-sistema-de-reconhecimento-facial.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-24 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. G1 page for the Fantástico report of 21 April 2024 (same Globo group as s1); interviews the man and the military police.","independence_group":"globo-aracaju-stadium-2024-04"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://manguejornalismo.org/governo-de-sergipe-empurra-para-a-prefeitura-o-erro-no-reconhecimento-facial-que-deteve-torcedor-negro-do-confianca-no-batistao/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-24 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. Mangue Jornalismo, 29 January 2026, reporting the lawsuit file (petition, the state's defence, a Civil Police letter and the December 2025 decision); the court documents themselves were not read.","independence_group":"mangue-court-file-2026-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The vendor and model of the facial recognition system and the similarity score of the alert.","Whether the suspension was lifted and on what protocol.","The final judgment in the damages suit.","Whether he was handcuffed: Fantástico says so, while the petition as reported says he was led as if handcuffed."],"geography":{"basis":"The stop took place at the Lourival Batista stadium in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, and the damages suit is before the 12th Civil Court of Aracaju. His residence is not stated.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a facial recognition false match acted on by police: the system flagged a fan as a wanted man, police led him from the stands and released him, and the governor called it a failure of the tool and suspended it. Series note: the outcome added to the published facial-recognition police cases is a government suspension of the system because of this false match, together with a court ruling that the state answers for a stop made on a municipally contracted system. Claims rest on Globo reporting and on Mangue Jornalismo's reading of the court file. He is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The stadium's facial recognition system matched the fan to a man with an open arrest warrant, and military police stopped him on that alert (G1, Fantástico, the damages petition as reported by Mangue Jornalismo). The match was wrong: police released him after checking, and the governor publicly regretted 'the failure of the facial recognition tool' and suspended it. The system's own false match is what went wrong; the police decision to detain him rested on it.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"Aracaju (Brazil): facial recognition falsely matched a football fan to a wanted man; police led him from the stands and the state suspended the system","summary":"During the half-time interval of the Sergipe state football championship final at the Batistão stadium in Aracaju on 13 April 2024, military police took a personal trainer from the stands to a police room after the stadium's facial recognition system flagged him as a man with an open arrest warrant; he was searched and questioned and released once police confirmed he was not the person sought (G1, his lawyer and the military police). Sergipe's governor publicly regretted 'the failure of the facial recognition tool' and suspended its use until a new protocol was adopted. In June 2024 the man sued the state for 550,000 reais in moral damages; the state argued that the Aracaju municipality, not the state, had contracted the system. In December 2025 the judge rejected that preliminary objection, according to Mangue Jornalismo, which read the court file. No final judgment is reported.","incidentDate":"2024-04-13","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2024-04-15","aiSystem":"Facial recognition alerts from the video-monitoring system used by Sergipe military police at the stadium; according to the state's court defence it was contracted by the Aracaju municipality with a private company. The vendor is not named in the sources read","aiProduct":"Unidentified facial recognition system","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A fan wrongly flagged by facial recognition as a wanted man was led by police from the stands in front of the crowd, searched and questioned before release, and in his damages suit describes lasting fear of police.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One fan detained after the false match (G1, Fantástico, Mangue Jornalismo). He did not use the system; police did, so he is counted among other people harmed. The separate 2023 Pré-Caju stop is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2024/04/15/personal-denuncia-detencao-constrangedora-pela-pm-durante-jogo-de-futebol-em-aracaju.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"G1 Sergipe, 15 April 2024: personal trainer reports embarrassing police detention during a football match in Aracaju (Portuguese)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:20:42.993061+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:20:42.993061+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["facial-recognition","false-match","police-stop","stadium","lawsuit","brazil"]},{"id":"2024-maranhao-brazil-police-say-woman-sold-fake-airline-tickets-made-with-ai-to-at-least-11-victims","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De acordo com a polícia, a investigada utilizava inteligência artificial para criar passagens falsas e cobrava até R$ 10 mil por pacotes de viagens. ... suspeita de aplicar golpes com a venda de passagens aéreas falsas produzidas com o auxílio de inteligência artificial","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Maranhão Civil Police, the woman used artificial intelligence to create fake airline tickets and charged up to 10,000 reais for travel packages.","causal_attribution":"AI attribution by the investigating police; the tool and technical basis are not disclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"No entanto, mesmo após receber os valores cobrados, as passagens não eram emitidas. ... já havia trabalhado em uma companhia aérea e utilizava essa experiência profissional para ganhar a confiança das vítimas","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The police say the packages promised a year of travel for boarding fees only, but the tickets were not issued even after payment, and that she had worked for an airline and used that experience to win victims' trust.","causal_attribution":"The scheme as described by the police."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Inicialmente, a investigação identificou 11 vítimas ... chegaram a se deslocar até aeroportos em horários inadequados, mas não conseguiram embarcar. Além do prejuízo financeiro, os passageiros enfrentaram transtornos e desgaste emocional.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The investigation first identified 11 victims; according to the police some, including older people, children and pregnant women, went to airports and could not board, and besides the financial loss they suffered disruption and emotional strain.","causal_attribution":"Harm as reported by the police; no total loss is given."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"a investigada alegava problemas de overbooking ... ou falhas no sistema da empresa","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She blamed the failed boardings on overbooking or airline system failures.","causal_attribution":"Her explanation as reported by the police account."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Ao determinar a prisão preventiva, a juíza considerou a medida necessária para impedir a continuidade dos possíveis crimes. ... é suspeita de ter voltado a aplicar golpes em 2024","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A judge ordered her pre-trial detention to prevent possible further offences; according to the case information she is suspected of resuming fraud in 2024.","causal_attribution":"Court decision and case information as reported; the decision itself was not read."}],"effects":[{"label":"buyers paid for travel packages whose AI-made tickets were fake; some could not board at airports","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2026/10/20/mulher-e-presa-suspeita-de-vender-passagens-aereas-falsas-criadas-com-inteligencia-artificial.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-21 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. g1 Maranhão report of 20 Oct 2026 quoting the Maranhão Civil Police and court decision; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"maranhao-civil-police-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the police established its use.","The total amount lost and the final number of victims.","Whether she has been charged or tried, and her response (the defence could not be reached).","Whether the police described the AI use in their own words: no police press release was found, and the police chief's quotes in the g1 report do not mention AI."],"geography":{"basis":"The Maranhão Civil Police investigated and arrested the woman, and a judge in the case ordered pre-trial detention, so the event and court countries are Brazil. The victims' countries of residence are not stated, so that field is left empty.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): the investigating Maranhão Civil Police say a woman used artificial intelligence to create fake airline tickets that she sold in travel packages, leaving at least 11 identified buyers with financial losses and some unable to board at airports. The attribution's technical basis is undisclosed. No name appears in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Maranhão Civil Police, as reported by g1, say the woman used artificial intelligence to create the fake airline tickets she sold in travel packages; buyers paid up to about 10,000 reais, the tickets were never issued by any airline, and some buyers went to airports and could not board. The AI-made tickets are the documents that presented the purchased flights to the buyers. The police do not name the tool or say how they established its use. The AI wording appears in g1's paraphrase of the police account, and the police chief's quoted statements in the report do not mention it.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Maranhão, Brazil: police say a woman used AI to create fake airline tickets sold in travel packages of up to 10,000 reais; at least 11 victims identified","summary":"The Maranhão Civil Police said in October 2026 that a woman held in pre-trial detention had sold travel packages promising a year of flights for a fixed payment of about 8,000 to 10,000 reais, and that she used artificial intelligence to create fake airline tickets. No genuine tickets were issued. The investigation first identified 11 victims, some of whom, including older people, children and pregnant women, went to airports and could not board; the police say they suffered financial losses and emotional strain. She blamed overbooking or airline system failures. The police do not say which AI tool was used or how they established its use.","incidentDate":"2024-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-20","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence used to create fake airline tickets, according to the Maranhão Civil Police (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified document-generation tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Maranhão police, people paid up to about 10,000 reais each for travel packages whose airline tickets, made with AI, were fake and never issued; some went to airports and could not board, and the police say they suffered financial loss and emotional strain.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":11,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The investigation first identified 11 victims and further possible victims came forward (police account in g1). A figure of at least 30 victims since 2024 is given only conditionally from the court decision ('teria feito'), so it is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2026/10/20/mulher-e-presa-suspeita-de-vender-passagens-aereas-falsas-criadas-com-inteligencia-artificial.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"g1 Maranhão, 20 Oct 2026: Mulher é presa suspeita de vender passagens aéreas falsas criadas com inteligência artificial","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-21T03:10:38.000357+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T03:10:38.000357+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["fake_airline_tickets","travel_fraud","brazil","pretrial_detention"]}]}