{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-07T02:12:48.584Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"celebrities","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2023","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":"2023-tokyo-police-say-man-posted-ai-made-sexual-deepfakes-resembling-about-300-actresses-and-idols-on-paid-sites","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"画像生成ＡＩ（人工知能）で女性芸能人に似せて作ったわいせつ画像「性的ディープフェイク」を会員制サイトに掲載したとして、警視庁が１９日 ... わいせつ電磁的記録記録媒体陳列容疑で逮捕したことがわかった。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Tokyo police arrested a man on 19 January 2026 on suspicion of displaying obscene electronic records, for posting on member sites obscene images made with image-generation AI to resemble female celebrities.","causal_attribution":"Police action as reported; the AI generation is the police's description."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"同庁は、２０２３年夏以降、計約３００人の女優やアイドルの画像を使った５０万点以上の性的ディープフェイクをサイトに掲載し、計約１１００万円の閲覧料を得たとみている。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police believe that since summer 2023 he posted more than 500,000 sexual deepfakes using images of about 300 actresses and idols and earned about 11 million yen in viewing fees.","causal_attribution":"Police belief, not a finding."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"捜査関係者によると、男は２４年１２月～昨年５月、女性芸能人に酷似したわいせつ画像計十数点を二つの会員制サイトに掲載し、不特定多数が閲覧できるようにした疑い。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to investigative sources, the charge covers a dozen or so obscene images resembling female celebrities posted on two member sites between December 2024 and May 2025.","causal_attribution":"Investigative sources' account of the charge."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"無料公開されている画像生成ＡＩに女優やアイドルの画像データを学習させ、本人に似せたわいせつ画像を作成。 ... 男は高額プランの契約者から、モデルにしてほしい芸能人の要望も受け付けていたという。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police say he trained a freely available image-generation AI on image data of actresses and idols to make obscene images resembling them, and took requests from higher-paying members for which celebrity to depict.","causal_attribution":"The AI generation of the images, as described by police and investigative sources."}],"effects":[{"label":"actresses and idols depicted without consent in AI-made sexual deepfakes sold through member sites","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20260120-GYT1T00049/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Yomiuri Shimbun report of 20 Jan 2026 (datePublished 2026-01-20T05:00+09:00) relaying the Tokyo police and investigative sources; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"tokyo-police-jan-2026-arrest"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which image-generation tool was used and how investigators established the AI generation.","How many women appear in the charged images, and whether any depicted woman responded.","Whether the suspect admitted the charge or was indicted, and the outcome."],"geography":{"basis":"The Tokyo Metropolitan Police made the arrest, and the images were made on the suspect's home computer in Japan and posted on member sites promoted through X and Instagram, as described, so the event country is Japan. The depicted women are described only as actresses and idols, so their countries are not recorded. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating Tokyo police say a man trained a freely available image-generation AI on actresses' and idols' images and posted obscene images resembling them on paid member sites; he was arrested in January 2026. Non-consensual sexual depiction is itself the reported harm. The attribution rests on one report of the police account. No suspect or depicted woman is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"According to the Tokyo police and investigative sources as reported by the Yomiuri, the suspect trained a freely available image-generation AI on image data of actresses and idols and used it to make obscene images resembling them, which he posted on paid member sites; police believe more than 500,000 such images of about 300 women. Those generated sexual depictions of real women are the harm. The police do not disclose a tool, and the source does not report how the AI generation was established beyond the investigation's account.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Tokyo police say a man posted over 500,000 AI-made sexual deepfakes resembling about 300 actresses and idols on paid member sites; arrested in January 2026","summary":"The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man on 19 January 2026 on suspicion of displaying obscene electronic records, for posting on member sites obscene images made with image-generation AI to resemble female celebrities, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. Police believe that since summer 2023 he posted more than 500,000 sexual deepfakes using images of about 300 actresses and idols and earned about 11 million yen in viewing fees. According to investigative sources, the charge covers a dozen or so obscene images resembling female celebrities posted on two member sites between December 2024 and May 2025. Police say he trained a freely available image-generation AI on the women's images, advertised with sample images on X and Instagram, and took requests from higher-paying members for which celebrity to depict.","incidentDate":"2023-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-20","aiSystem":"A freely available image-generation AI that, according to the Tokyo police, the suspect trained on image data of actresses and idols on his home computer to make obscene images resembling them (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Tokyo police, a man used image-generation AI to make sexual deepfakes resembling actresses and idols without their consent and sold access to them on member sites; police believe about 300 women were depicted.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police believe images of about 300 actresses and idols were used; the charge concerns a dozen or so images whose number of depicted women is not stated, so no count is entered and zero placeholders are used. Paying viewers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"JP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20260120-GYT1T00049/","primarySourceLabel":"Yomiuri Shimbun, 20 Jan 2026: 「性的ディープフェイク」で女性芸能人に似せたわいせつ画像を作成、会員制サイトに掲載した疑い…警視庁が３１歳男を逮捕","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:16:14.122951+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:16:14.122951+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["sexual_deepfake","generative_ai","arrest","japan"]}]}