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The complaint alleges the files were created by using artificial intelligence to manipulate existing photographs of the children.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'investigators said they linked him to an online account that allegedly distributed AI-generated explicit images depicting minors.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors allege, in the criminal complaint as reported, that an account linked to the man contained conversations in which altered images and videos depicting two minors were shared with other users, and that the files were created by using artificial intelligence to manipulate existing photographs of the children.","causal_attribution":"Allegation in the criminal complaint, relayed by one WTVO report (s2 repeats its lede); the AI tool and the technical basis are not described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'authorities interviewed family members and reviewed school records to identify the children depicted in the files, according to the complaint.' ... 'Court records indicate several of the allegations involve a victim under the age of 13.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Investigators interviewed family members and reviewed school records to identify the children depicted, and court records indicate several of the allegations involve a victim under the age of 13.","causal_attribution":"Complaint and court records as relayed by WTVO."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The investigation began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children forwarded a cyber tip to the Illinois Attorney General's Office regarding suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded through a messaging platform.' ... 'Investigators executed a search warrant at' ... 'home on October 21.' ... 'charged with five counts of dissemination of child sexual abuse material and five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The case began with a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children cyber tip to the Illinois Attorney General's Office; investigators searched the man's home on 21 October 2026, and he is charged with five counts of dissemination and five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts from the complaint as reported by WTVO; the complaint itself was not read."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in AI-altered explicit images and videos made from existing photographs","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"images and videos shared with other users","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rockton-man-charged-in-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-material-case/ar-AA2fRfsJ","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 through the MSN syndication copy of the WTVO/WQRF (MyStateline) report of 22 October 2026 (HTTP 200); the MyStateline page itself returned 403.","independence_group":"wtvo-report-of-criminal-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/rockton-resident-arrested-allegedly-sharing-222357564.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200): the Yahoo News page for the WTVO video, whose text repeats the report's opening sentence.","independence_group":"wtvo-report-of-criminal-complaint"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, and how the investigators established that the files were AI-manipulated.","How many files were made or shared, when, and with how many other users.","Whether the children or their families have been told, and any reported effect on them.","The court, any plea, and the next hearing date."],"geography":{"basis":"The Illinois Attorney General's Office investigated, the account activity was traced to internet connections at the man's Illinois residence and workplace, and the charges rest on a criminal complaint and court records (WTVO). Where the children live is not stated, so affected_person_countries is empty.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): prosecutors allege, in a criminal complaint reported by WTVO, that existing photographs of two identified children were manipulated with artificial intelligence into explicit images and videos shared with other users. The allegations are unproven, the AI tool is not named, and the accused man and the children are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Prosecutors, in the criminal complaint as reported by WTVO, allege that the files shared from the account were created by using artificial intelligence to manipulate existing photographs of two children, who are the people depicted (depicted_or_impersonated). The AI tool is not named and the technical basis of the attribution is not described in the report.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Illinois man charged after prosecutors allege AI-altered sexual images of two children were shared from an account linked to him","summary":"An Illinois man is charged with five counts of dissemination and five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material after investigators linked him to an online account that allegedly distributed AI-generated explicit images depicting minors, according to a WTVO report on the criminal complaint. Prosecutors allege the account held conversations in which altered images and videos depicting two minors were shared with other users, and the complaint alleges the files were created by using artificial intelligence to manipulate existing photographs of the children. Investigators interviewed family members and reviewed school records to identify the children; court records indicate several allegations involve a victim under 13. The case began with a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children cyber tip to the Illinois Attorney General's Office, and his home was searched on 21 October 2026. The allegations have not been proven in court.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-22","aiSystem":"An artificial intelligence tool, not named in the reports, that the criminal complaint alleges was used to manipulate existing photographs of two children into explicit images and videos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the criminal complaint as reported by WTVO, existing photographs of two children were manipulated with AI into explicit images and videos that were shared with other users.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Documented minimum of two: prosecutors allege altered images and videos depicting two minors were shared, and the complaint says investigators identified the children depicted. Other people depicted, if any, are not reported. The accused man is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-IL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rockton-man-charged-in-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-material-case/ar-AA2fRfsJ","primarySourceLabel":"WTVO/WQRF (MyStateline, via MSN), 22 October 2026: man charged in AI-generated child sexual abuse material case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:12:15.321655+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:12:15.321655+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-images","child-sexual-abuse-material","criminal-complaint","messaging-platform","ncmec-cybertip","illinois"]},{"id":"2025-alava-police-say-man-photographed-children-in-street-and-pools-and-used-ai-to-make-them-appear-naked","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'por tomar fotos en las calles y en las piscinas a menores y manipularlas con IA para apareciesen desnudos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'tomaba fotografías de menores en piscinas municipales o en la vía pública para, posteriormente, manipularlas y desnudar a las víctimas haciendo uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial (IA)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Policía Nacional, the suspect photographed minors in the street and at municipal swimming pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so that the children appeared naked.","causal_attribution":"The police account, relayed by two outlets from one press note."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Estas imágenes fueron localizadas en el registro de su casa junto a otro tipo de material intervenido.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Durante el registro, los agentes intervinieron numeroso material de pornografía infantil creado por el sospechoso a través de herramientas de IA.'; 'El detenido está acusado de un delito de corrupción de menores, mediante la producción y tenencia de este tipo de contenido ilícito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the images created with AI tools were found during the search of the suspect's home, and he was arrested on suspicion of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the search and the accusation; untried."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la investigación se inició el pasado mes de agosto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La localización del investigado fue bastante compleja ya que hacía uso de técnicas avanzadas de anonimización en la red'; 'los investigadores lograron ubicarlo en la provincia de Álava'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began in August after cyber agents learned through international cooperation and online monitoring of someone producing such material; police say locating him was difficult because of his anonymisation techniques, and he was traced to the province of Álava.","causal_attribution":"Context: how the case began."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of children taken in public altered with AI so they appeared naked","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2025/12/15/detenido-en-alava-por-manipular-fotos-de-menores-con-ia-para-crear-pornografia-infantil-ser-vitoria/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are in the original Spanish and the English renderings in this record are by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Cadena SER (SER Vitoria) report of 15 December 2025 relaying the Policía Nacional press note.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-note-2025-12-15"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.escudodigital.com/interior/detenido-creador-pornografia-infantil-manipulaba-imagenes-menores-herramientas-ia.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are in the original Spanish and the English renderings in this record are by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Escudo Digital report of 15 December 2025 relaying the same Policía Nacional press note; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-note-2025-12-15"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many children were photographed and depicted, and their ages","Whether any child or family was identified or informed","Which AI tools were used and whether the images were shared","The outcome of the criminal proceedings"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the police say the suspect was located, searched and arrested in the province of Álava, Spain, and photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools; the places where the photos were taken are not named. Affected people: the children's locations are not stated. Court: no court outcome is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on one police origin: the Policía Nacional's press note, relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital, says a man in Álava photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools and used AI tools to make them appear naked, and that the AI-made images were found in a search of his home. The AI attribution is the investigating police's; the tools and the number of children are not stated, and the suspect is not named and has not been tried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Policía Nacional says in its press note, as relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital, that the suspect photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so the children appeared naked, and that images created with AI tools were found in the search of his home. The AI output is itself the non-consensual sexual depiction of the children (depicted_or_impersonated). The attribution is the police's; the tools and the technical basis for the AI finding are not disclosed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Álava, Spain: Policía Nacional says a man photographed children in the street and at municipal pools, then used AI tools to make them appear naked; arrested","summary":"Spain's Policía Nacional said in a press note on 15 December 2025 that it had arrested a man in the province of Álava who photographed minors in the street and at municipal swimming pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so that the children appeared naked. The investigation began in August 2025 after cyber-patrol work and international cooperation flagged someone producing child sexual abuse material; police say the suspect used advanced anonymisation techniques. A search of his home found numerous such images created with AI tools. He was arrested on suspicion of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child sexual abuse material. The account is the police's, relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital; the number of children is not stated and the case is untried.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-15","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence tools used to manipulate photographs of minors so they appeared naked, as the Policía Nacional describes them (tools not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Policía Nacional, a man photographed children in public places and used AI tools to turn the photos into nude images; the number of children is not stated.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The police account refers to minors and 'las víctimas' without a number, so no count is taken (zero placeholders). The children did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2025/12/15/detenido-en-alava-por-manipular-fotos-de-menores-con-ia-para-crear-pornografia-infantil-ser-vitoria/","primarySourceLabel":"Cadena SER, 15 December 2025: Detenido en Álava por manipular fotos de menores con IA para crear pornografía infantil","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:48.398007+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:48.398007+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-nudification","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minors","criminal-charges","spain","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-indianapolis-court-documents-say-photographer-used-artspace-ai-to-strip-clothing-from-photos-of-children","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'someone using the platform ArtSpace.ai had created 1,631 files of suspected CSAM'; 'an image showing individuals wearing clothing and a separate version of the image in which the same individuals are depicted without clothing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to court documents, police received a cyber tip on 20 May that someone using ArtSpace.ai had created 1,631 files of suspected child sexual abuse material, traced the account's IP address to the accused, and found many files in pairs showing the same people clothed and without clothing.","causal_attribution":"Court documents as relayed by FOX59."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'would upload photos he took or images he found on social media into the AI software and type in written prompts requesting the uploaded images to be artificially altered to remove the clothing of the subjects in each photo but not change anything else in the photo'; 'with some being as young as four or five years old'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'where he allegedly uploaded photos he took of at least 47 children before giving the application prompts to remove their clothing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to court documents, the accused uploaded photos he took, or images found on social media, to the AI software with prompts asking it to remove the clothing of the people shown while changing nothing else, and that some people depicted appeared as young as four or five; FOX59 reports that he allegedly uploaded photos he took of at least 47 children.","causal_attribution":"Court documents relayed by FOX59 in two reports; the count of at least 47 children is FOX59's summary of the investigation, not attributed to the documents. One origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He then acknowledged that several of the individuals were under the age of 18.'; 'he had photographed weddings and sporting events'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'initially denied using his own photographs to create the CSAM files'; 'reportedly said he knew several of the victims and described it as “fun and exciting” before saying it was “stupidity.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The accused told police he had photographed weddings and sporting events, acknowledged that several of the people were under 18, and said he knew several of the victims, describing it as 'fun and exciting' before calling it 'stupidity'; FOX59 reports he initially denied using his own photographs.","causal_attribution":"The accused's statements to police as the court documents describe them."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'led to the discovery of even more AI-generated CSAM files'; 'many of these files depicting nude females under the age of 12'; 'faces 48 felony counts of child exploitation and two counts of possession of child sex abuse material'; 'on Nov. 16 for the start of his jury trial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A forensic review of the seized computer found more AI-generated files, many depicting nude girls under 12, and after further juvenile victims were identified he faces 48 counts of child exploitation and two counts of possession of child sex abuse material, with a jury trial scheduled for 16 November.","causal_attribution":"Court documents and online court records as reported by FOX59; the charges are untried."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'detectives acquired a search warrant on August 24'; 'is facing 11 charges of child exploitation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Detectives executed a search warrant at the accused's home on 24 August and he was first charged with 11 counts of child exploitation.","causal_attribution":"Context: arrest and initial charges."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of children altered by an AI platform into nude images","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/docs-new-charges-filed-against-indy-photographer-who-created-ai-generated-csam-of-children-he-knew/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-16 through the site's WordPress JSON endpoint (the article page returned HTTP 403). FOX59 report of 15 October 2026 based on court documents it obtained.","independence_group":"marion-county-court-documents-fox59"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/stupidity-75-year-old-indianapolis-photographer-arrested-after-creating-ai-generated-csam/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-16 through the site's WordPress JSON endpoint (the article page returned HTTP 403). FOX59 report of 30 August 2026 based on the same court documents; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"marion-county-court-documents-fox59"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were created and whether they were shared beyond the platform","Whether the children or their families were told","What ArtSpace.ai did with the account or the generated images","The outcome of the criminal case"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: FOX59 reports the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department traced the platform account's IP address to the accused's Indianapolis home and searched it. Affected people: the children's locations are not stated. Court: Marion Superior Court, Indiana.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on court documents relayed by FOX59: investigators traced suspected abuse files on the AI platform ArtSpace.ai to the accused, who the documents say uploaded photos he took with prompts to remove the clothing of the people shown (FOX59 reports at least 47 children) and told police he knew several of the victims. The platform's output is the sexual depiction of the children. The accused and the children are not named, and the charges are untried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Court documents reported by FOX59 say investigators traced a cyber tip about 1,631 suspected abuse files created on the AI platform ArtSpace.ai to the accused's IP address, that he uploaded photos he took or images found on social media and typed prompts asking the platform to remove the clothing of the people shown and change nothing else (FOX59 reports photos of at least 47 children), and that he acknowledged to police that several of the people were under 18. The platform's generated nude images of identifiable children are the sexual depictions (depicted_or_impersonated) and the basis of the charges. The attribution rests on the police investigation and the accused's statements as the court documents describe them; the charges are untried.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Indianapolis: court documents say a photographer used ArtSpace.ai to remove clothing from photos of children; FOX59 reports at least 47 children, 50 counts","summary":"According to court documents reported by FOX59, an Indianapolis photographer uploaded photos he had taken, and images found on social media, to the AI image platform ArtSpace.ai and typed prompts asking it to remove the clothing of the people shown while leaving the rest of each photo unchanged. Police traced a May cyber tip that flagged 1,631 suspected child sexual abuse files on the platform to his IP address. Investigators say the photos he uploaded showed at least 47 children, some as young as four or five, and that he told police he knew several of the victims. After a forensic review found more AI-generated files and further juvenile victims, he faces 48 counts of child exploitation and two of possession of child sex abuse material. The charges are untried; a jury trial is scheduled for November 2026.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-30","aiSystem":"ArtSpace.ai, an AI image platform that court documents say was given uploaded photos and prompts to remove the clothing of the people shown","aiProduct":"ArtSpace.ai (reported)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to court documents reported by FOX59, a photographer used ArtSpace.ai to turn photos of children into nude images, and FOX59 reports that photos of at least 47 children were uploaded; the charges are untried.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":47,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"FOX59, in a passage summarising the investigation, reports that he allegedly uploaded photos he took of 'at least 47 children' with prompts to remove their clothing (claim c2); the phrase makes 47 a documented minimum, and later charges followed the identification of additional juvenile victims who are not counted separately. The 1,631 flagged files are files, not people. The children did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/docs-new-charges-filed-against-indy-photographer-who-created-ai-generated-csam-of-children-he-knew/","primarySourceLabel":"FOX59, 15 October 2026: New charges filed against Indy photographer who created AI-generated CSAM of children he knew","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:48.811201+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:48.811201+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-nudification","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minors","photographer","criminal-charges","indiana","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-texas-parker-county-sheriff-says-teen-used-ai-to-make-nude-images-of-younger-children-posted-to-tiktok","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'police say the suspect confessed to taking photographs of a younger juvenile and using AI to alter the images to make the subject appear nude'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Parker County Sheriff's Office, the teenager confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office's account of the suspect's confession, relayed by two outlets from one release."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'evidence indicated the suspect had used photos of at least three other victims for the same purpose, and that investigators identified all of the victims and notified their families'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'evidence from the electronics and social media account revealed the teen obtained photos of at least three other juvenile victims'; 'The teen used AI to transform these photos into deep fakes before uploading them to the platform'; 'Investigators identified all the juvenile victims and notified their families.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the sheriff's office, evidence from the devices and TikTok account showed the teenager had obtained photos of at least three other juvenile victims and used AI to turn them into nude images before uploading them to TikTok, and investigators identified all the victims and notified their families.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of device and account evidence; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'TikTok had alerted the NCMEC that a user had shared the images on the platform'; 'Parker County deputies said they executed a search warrant on Oct. 1 at a residence there'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The investigation began in July when TikTok notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about a user posting child pornography images'; 'NCMEC initially sent the tip to the Celina Police Department, believing the suspect lived in that jurisdiction.'; 'Parker County Sheriff’s Office investigators executed a search warrant on Oct. 1'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began in July when TikTok alerted NCMEC that a user had shared the images; NCMEC first sent the tip to the Celina Police Department, and Parker County deputies executed a search warrant at a residence on 1 October.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of how the case began; context."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'charged with possession of child pornography – a second-degree felony – along with voyeurism of a child victim and possession of certain visual material depicting a child, both of which are state jail felonies'; 'the teen was released to their parents under state law'; 'the suspect now awaits juvenile court proceedings'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'second-degree felony possession of child pornography, state jail felony voyeurism of a child victim, and state jail felony possession of certain visual material depicting a child'; 'The juvenile was processed and released to their parents while awaiting court proceedings'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The juvenile is charged with possession of child pornography (a second-degree felony), voyeurism of a child victim and possession of certain visual material depicting a child (state jail felonies), was released to their parents and awaits juvenile court proceedings.","causal_attribution":"Charges as the sheriff's office describes them; untried."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of juveniles altered with AI into nude images and uploaded to TikTok","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-teen-ai-child-sex-abuse-material-10-14-2026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200). CBS Texas report of 14 October 2026 relaying the Parker County Sheriff's Office account.","independence_group":"parker-county-sheriff-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/parker-county-16-year-old-charged-using-ai-create-deep-fake-nude-images-children","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200). FOX 4 report of 14 October 2026; it states that its information comes from the Parker County Sheriff's Office, so it is the same origin as s1.","independence_group":"parker-county-sheriff-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, and when the photos were taken and altered","How long the images stayed on TikTok and who saw them","The victims' ages and their families' responses","The outcome of the juvenile court proceedings"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: FOX 4 relays that the images were uploaded from Parker County, Texas, and the search warrant was executed at a residence there. Affected people: the victims' locations are not stated. Court: no court has yet acted; the juvenile awaits juvenile court proceedings.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on one police origin: the Parker County Sheriff's Office, relayed by CBS Texas and FOX 4, says a teenager confessed to using AI to alter photos of a younger child into nude images and that device and account evidence showed at least three further juvenile victims whose AI-altered images were uploaded to TikTok. The AI attribution is the investigating sheriff's office's account of the confession and evidence; the tool is not named. The suspect and victims are minors and are not identified; the charges are untried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Parker County Sheriff's Office says the teenager confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter them so the child appeared nude, and that evidence from the devices and TikTok account showed photos of at least three other juveniles were transformed with AI the same way and uploaded. The AI output is itself the non-consensual sexual depiction of the children (depicted_or_impersonated) and is the basis of the charges. The attribution rests on the suspect's confession and the device evidence as the sheriff's office describes them; the tool is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Parker County, Texas: sheriff's office says a teenager confessed to using AI to make nude images of younger children from photos and posting them to TikTok","summary":"The Parker County Sheriff's Office in Texas says a juvenile confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter them so that the child appeared nude, and that evidence from the teenager's devices and TikTok account showed photos of at least three other juvenile victims were transformed the same way and uploaded to TikTok. The case began with a July tip from TikTok to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The sheriff's office says all victims were identified and their families notified. The teenager faces felony charges, including possession of child pornography, and awaits juvenile court proceedings; the account is the sheriff's office's, relayed by CBS Texas and FOX 4 on 14 October 2026, and the charges are untried.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-14","aiSystem":"AI used to alter photographs of children so they appear nude, as the Parker County Sheriff's Office describes it (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Parker County Sheriff's Office, a teenager used AI to alter photos of at least four younger juveniles into nude images and uploaded them to TikTok; investigators identified the victims and notified their families.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":4,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least four juveniles, per the sheriff's office: the younger child the suspect photographed (claim c1) and 'at least three other' juvenile victims (claim c2). The victims did not use the AI. The phrase 'at least' makes four a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-teen-ai-child-sex-abuse-material-10-14-2026/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Texas, 14 October 2026: North Texas teen accused of uploading AI-generated child sexual abuse material to TikTok","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T02:59:42.916219+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T02:59:42.916219+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-image","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minor","tiktok","criminal-charges","texas","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-wyoming-police-affidavit-ai-altered-nude-image-of-child-exploitation-charges","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'An affidavit requesting the four exploitation charges was filed Oct. 7 in Campbell County District Court.'; 'is charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of children under Wyoming law. He is presumed innocent unless found or pleading guilty in court.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An affidavit filed on 7 October 2026 in Campbell County District Court requested four counts of sexual exploitation of children against the man, who is charged with those counts and presumed innocent.","causal_attribution":"Court filing as reported by one outlet."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Investigators also found an AI-generated explicit image of a minor.'; 'The original image was a back-to-school photo that the child’s mother had sent to'; 'the photo had been altered using an AI application to make the child appear nude.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the affidavit, investigators found on the man's phone an AI-generated explicit image of a minor, made from a back-to-school photo the child's mother had sent him, altered using an AI application to make the child appear nude.","causal_attribution":"The investigating police's sworn account as relayed by one outlet; who altered the photo is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was arrested June 20 in Campbell County on charges of sexual abuse of a minor.'; 'officers seized an iPad from his truck and a cellphone from his person. Investigators also obtained search warrants to examine the devices.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man was arrested on 20 June on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, and officers seized an iPad and a cellphone and obtained search warrants to examine them.","causal_attribution":"Affidavit account as reported; context for how the image was found."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The cellphone reportedly contained an advertisement for an AI pornography application showing explicit images of young females as well.'; 'The investigation into the devices was still ongoing when they requested the four charges.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The phone also reportedly contained an advertisement for an AI pornography application, and the device investigation was still ongoing when the charges were requested.","causal_attribution":"Affidavit account as reported; context only."}],"effects":[{"label":"school photo altered with an AI application into a nude image of the child","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://county17.com/2026/10/09/gillette-man-faces-four-child-sexual-exploitation-charges/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-13 through an Internet Archive capture (web.archive.org/web/2026id_/...; the origin returned HTTP 429). County 17 report of 9 October 2026 relaying a court affidavit.","independence_group":"county17-affidavit"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Who altered the photo, when, and with which application","How investigators established that AI was used","Whether the image was shared with anyone, and whether the child or family has been told","The outcome of the charges"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the image was found on a phone seized at an arrest in Campbell County, Wyoming; where the alteration was made is not stated. Affected person: the child's location is not stated. Court: Campbell County District Court, Wyoming.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported single-source case: County 17 relays a police affidavit stating that a child's back-to-school photo had been altered using an AI application to make the child appear nude, and that investigators found the image on the phone of a man now charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of children. The AI attribution is the investigating police's sworn account, with its technical basis undisclosed. The accused's name and the child's identity are omitted; the accused is presumed innocent.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-13"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"County 17 reports the sworn affidavit of the investigating police: a back-to-school photo of a child had been altered using an AI application to make the child appear nude, and investigators found this AI-generated explicit image on the accused's phone. The AI output is the non-consensual sexual depiction of the child (depicted_or_impersonated) and is part of the basis for the exploitation charges. The report does not disclose how investigators established AI use, who made the alteration, or the application.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gillette, Wyoming: police affidavit says an AI-altered nude image made from a child's school photo was found on a man now facing exploitation charges","summary":"County 17 reports, citing an affidavit filed on 7 October 2026 in Campbell County District Court, that investigators examining a Gillette man's cellphone found an AI-generated explicit image of a minor. According to the affidavit, the original was a back-to-school photo that the child's mother had sent to the man in August 2025, and it had been altered using an AI application to make the child appear nude. The phone also reportedly held an advertisement for an AI pornography application. The man, arrested on 20 June on separate charges of sexual abuse of a minor, faces four counts of sexual exploitation of children; he is presumed innocent. The report does not say who altered the photo, when, with which application, or whether the image was shared.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"AI application used to alter a child's photo so the child appears nude, as the police affidavit describes it (application not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a police affidavit reported by County 17, a child's back-to-school photo was altered with an AI application into a nude image, which investigators found on the accused's phone; the report does not say whether it was shared.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the child depicted in the AI-altered image (claim c2). The complainant in the separate abuse charge and children in the non-AI files are not counted in this AI-related record. The child did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://county17.com/2026/10/09/gillette-man-faces-four-child-sexual-exploitation-charges/","primarySourceLabel":"County 17, 9 October 2026: Gillette man faces four child sexual exploitation charges","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-13T03:13:33.130477+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T03:13:33.130477+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-image","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minor","criminal-charges","wyoming","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-lake-county-illinois-man-ai-sexual-videos-of-child-and-mother-from-photos-charged","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The sheriff says an Antioch man was found to have generated sexually explicit videos of a child relative using AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos using those images, including videos of the child.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos, including AI-created videos exploiting the child, according to police.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office says the man took photographs of a child relative and the child's mother and used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos from those images, including videos depicting the child.","causal_attribution":"All three outlets relay one sheriff's office account; the generation is a police allegation, so the claim is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"including additional AI-generated videos exploiting the child and the child’s mother, Covelli said.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"including AI-generated videos exploiting the child and the mother.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A forensic analysis of the man's phone found numerous videos of child pornography, including further AI-generated videos exploiting the child and the child's mother.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office finding relayed by two outlets from one statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'he later admitted the story was fabricated.'; 'was arrested and initially charged with filing a false police report.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'On March 25, deputies met with'; 'after he initially gave deputies a fabricated story about how he came into possession of the material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 25 March 2026 the man told deputies that a stranger had handed him a phone containing the videos; he later admitted the story was fabricated and was first charged with filing a false police report.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of its own investigation; reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"was arrested and charged with five counts of producing child pornography.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"is being held at the Lake County Jail while awaiting trial.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 1 April 2026 the man was charged with five counts of producing child pornography and he is detained awaiting trial.","causal_attribution":"The charges and detention are reported by the outlets from the sheriff's release; no court record was inspected, so the claim is reported rather than documented."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The child was then taken into protective custody by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Covelli said.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The child was taken into protective custody by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and was interviewed by the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services took the child into protective custody, and the child was interviewed at the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account relayed by two outlets; reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a child and her mother were depicted in AI-generated sexually explicit videos made from photographs of them (sheriff's account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the child was taken into protective custody","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/04/02/disturbing-case-antioch-man-accused-of-creating-ai-generated-sexually-explicit-videos-of-child-relative/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; HTTP 200. Local outlet quoting Lake County Sheriff's Office Chief Christopher Covelli.","independence_group":"lake-county-sheriff-statement-apr-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/antioch-man-charged-after-falsely-claiming-stranger-gave-him-phone-child-pornography-officials","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; HTTP 200. States that details were provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Office.","independence_group":"lake-county-sheriff-statement-apr-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/child-taken-protective-custody-after-antioch-man-arrested-child-porn-charges","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; HTTP 200. Cites a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.","independence_group":"lake-county-sheriff-statement-apr-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["Which online service generated the videos.","When the photographs were taken and when the videos were made.","Whether the videos were shared with anyone, and whether other people appear in the other material found on the phone.","The outcome of the criminal case."],"geography":{"basis":"The report to deputies, the arrest and the search took place in unincorporated Antioch, Lake County, Illinois, and the charges were brought by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, so US is the event and court country. Where the videos were generated and where the child and mother live are not stated, so affected_person_countries is left empty.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) at high severity: the Lake County Sheriff's Office says a man used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos of a child relative and her mother from photographs he had taken of them, and he faces five counts of producing child pornography. Every claim rests on the sheriff's office account and is marked reported; the charges are allegations. No one is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Lake County Sheriff's Office, relayed by the Lake and McHenry County Scanner (quoting Chief Christopher Covelli), FOX 32 Chicago and Patch, says investigators learned the man used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos from photographs he had taken of the child and the child's mother, including videos depicting the child, and that a forensic analysis of his phone found further AI-generated videos exploiting the child and her mother. The generated videos are the harm: they depict the two people sexually without their consent. 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He was charged on 1 April 2026 with five counts of producing child pornography and is detained awaiting trial; the child was taken into protective custody. The service is not named, and the charges are allegations.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-02","aiSystem":"Unidentified online service that the Lake County Sheriff's Office says was used to generate sexually explicit AI videos from photographs of a child and her mother","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A young child and her mother were depicted in AI-generated sexually explicit videos made from photographs of them, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office; the child was placed in protective custody (sheriff's office account via three local outlets).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people are named by role in the sheriff's account: the child and the child's mother, both depicted in AI-generated videos made from photographs of them. Minimum 2: the forensic analysis also found 'numerous videos of child pornography' whose subjects are not described, so others may be affected. The accused is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-IL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/04/02/disturbing-case-antioch-man-accused-of-creating-ai-generated-sexually-explicit-videos-of-child-relative/","primarySourceLabel":"Lake and McHenry County Scanner, 2 April 2026: Antioch man accused of creating AI-generated sexually explicit videos of child relative","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:18:03.16885+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:18:03.16885+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-csam","video-generation","children","family","criminal-charges","illinois","us","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-onondaga-county-basketball-coach-ai-explicit-images-of-girl-and-women-guilty-plea","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The investigation into'; 'alleged crimes began when a person reported that'; 'had AI-generated pornographic images of females he knew. Those victims' ages ranged from 14 to 30-years-old.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was in possession of AI-generated pornographic images of females known to him, said Thomas Newton, a spokesperson for the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, the investigation began when a person reported that the coach had AI-generated pornographic images of females he knew, whose ages ranged from 14 to 30.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office account, relayed by two outlets (one origin: the sheriff's office); the ages come from CNY Central's report of it."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Those images included a pornographic image of a 14-year-old who was 12-years-old when the photo was taken.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Investigators later identified an AI-generated pornographic image of a 14-year-old girl on'; 'The original photo used to create the image was taken when the girl was 12, Newton said.'; 'One photo of the 14-year-old girl was seen by another person, who reported it to the department, deputies said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Detectives found on the coach's device an AI-generated pornographic image of a 14-year-old girl made from a photo taken when she was 12; another person had seen that image and reported it.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office statements as relayed by two outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On April 16, the sheriff's office charged'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was charged with three counts each of promoting a sexual performance by a child, possessing a sexual performance by a child, obscenity and endangering the welfare of a child, the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday.'; 'Those are 12 new counts he's facing.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"He was charged on 16 April 2026 with promoting and possessing a sexual performance by a child, and in May 2026 the district attorney's office announced 12 further counts.","causal_attribution":"Charging announcements by the sheriff's office and the district attorney's office as reported by CNY Central; no charging document read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'pleaded guilty Friday to 12 counts, including promoting a sexual performance by a child and possession of a sexual performance by a child.'; 'was promised a sentence of six months at the Jamesville Correctional Facility followed by 10 years of probation.'; 'He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 8.'; 'Even though detectives found other explicit photos, they said only the one involving the minor could be charged as a crime.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 9 October 2026 he pleaded guilty to 12 counts on a judge's plea offer of six months in a correctional facility, 10 years' probation and sex-offender registration, with sentencing set for 8 January (no year given); detectives said only the image involving the minor could be charged.","causal_attribution":"syracuse.com's report of the plea hearing and the deputies' statement; no court record read. 'Friday' in a report published Friday 9 October 2026 gives the plea date."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-generated pornographic images of girls and women known to the maker, made without their consent","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"AI-generated pornographic image of a 14-year-old girl made from a photo taken when she was 12","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2026/10/central-ny-basketball-coach-admits-to-making-explicit-ai-generated-images-of-girls.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 in the Internet Archive capture of 9 October 2026 (web.archive.org id_, HTTP 200) because syracuse.com returned 403; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article.","independence_group":"syracuse-com-hayes-onondaga"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://cnycentral.com/news/local/ai-generated-porn-images-found-on-camillus-basketball-coachs-device","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 on cnycentral.com (HTTP 200); reports the sheriff's office announcement. No translation was involved.","independence_group":"cny-central-wstm-onondaga"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://cnycentral.com/newsletter-daily/coach-accused-of-have-ai-generated-porn-images-of-young-girls-faces-12-new-charges","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 on cnycentral.com (HTTP 200); reports the district attorney's announcement of new charges; same outlet as s2, so the same independence group. No translation was involved.","independence_group":"cny-central-wstm-onondaga"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool generated the images and when they were made; the bodies date only the report, arrest, charges and plea.","How many girls and women were depicted beyond the charged image of the 14-year-old.","Whether any image was shared beyond the person who reported the minor's image.","The final sentence, due at a hearing on 8 January (the report gives no year)."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office (New York) investigated the report and found the images on the coach's device; the prosecution is in Onondaga County. Affected persons: the bodies describe the depicted females only as people the coach knew and give no location for them, so affected_person_countries is left empty. Court: an Onondaga County court took the plea.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on the sheriff's office and district attorney's statements relayed by two outlets and a guilty plea reported by syracuse.com: AI-generated pornographic images depicting real girls and women known to the maker, including a 14-year-old girl, led to child sexual performance charges and a plea to all 12 counts. The coach, the depicted people, his town and his business are not named, so that the girls cannot be identified through him; the tool and the number of people depicted are unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office said a person reported that the coach had 'AI-generated pornographic images of females he knew' and that detectives found on his device an AI-generated pornographic image of a 14-year-old girl made from a photo taken when she was 12; CNY Central, reporting the district attorney's office's new charges, described the investigation as one into 'his use of AI to generate pornographic images of children'; and syracuse.com reports that deputies said he admitted making AI-generated explicit images, including one of a minor, and that he pleaded guilty. The generated images depicted real girls and women in sexual content (depicted_or_impersonated), which is the harm charged. The tool is not identified.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New York basketball coach pleads guilty after deputies say he made AI-generated explicit images of females he knew, including a 14-year-old girl","summary":"The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office in New York arrested a basketball coach and trainer, charging him on 16 April 2026, after a person reported that he had AI-generated pornographic images of females he knew. According to the sheriff's office, the people depicted were aged 14 to 30, and detectives found on his device an AI-generated pornographic image of a 14-year-old girl made from a photo taken when she was 12; the person who reported it had seen that image. Detectives said only the image of the minor could be charged as a crime. The district attorney's office added 12 counts in May 2026. On 9 October 2026, according to syracuse.com, he pleaded guilty to all 12 counts of the indictment, including promoting and possessing a sexual performance by a child, on a judge's plea offer of six months in a correctional facility followed by 10 years' probation and sex-offender registration. Sentencing is set for 8 January, a date syracuse.com gives without a year. The AI tool is not identified, and no source reports whether the images were shared beyond the person who saw the minor's image.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-16","aiSystem":"AI image generation used to make pornographic images of real girls and women known to the maker, including one made from a photo of a girl taken when she was 12 (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the sheriff's office, girls and women known to a basketball coach, aged 14 to 30, were depicted without consent in AI-generated pornographic images, one made from a photo of a girl taken when she was 12; he pleaded guilty to child sexual performance offences over the image of the minor.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One counted person: the 14-year-old girl depicted in the charged image. 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The person who reported the image is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2026/10/central-ny-basketball-coach-admits-to-making-explicit-ai-generated-images-of-girls.html","primarySourceLabel":"syracuse.com, 9 October 2026: Central NY basketball coach admits to making explicit AI-generated images of girls","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:31.61218+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:31.61218+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual intimate imagery","image generation","minor","criminal case"]},{"id":"2026-indiana-man-charged-over-ai-altered-nude-images-of-teenage-girl-he-knew","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'police say he used artificial intelligence to strip clothing from photographs of a teenage girl he knew'; 'allegedly used AI to remove the victim's clothes from photographs and a video'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Greenwood police say the accused used artificial intelligence to remove a teenage girl's clothing from photographs and a video, producing nude images of a real minor he knew.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed through court documents cited by Fox 59 and Hoodline; untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Greenwood police were contacted in March by a teenage victim who said'; 'possessed nude photographs of her. 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According to court documents cited by Fox 59 and relayed by Hoodline, the girl contacted police in March after finding nude images of herself on the man's phone, which investigators say also held nude images of teenage girls and young adult women, including at least two underage girls the man knew personally. Court documents say the man first denied that any images were of underage girls, then said the images of the girl had been altered with AI, and told police he used the AI-generated images to teach the girls a lesson. He was charged with one count of child exploitation, a Level 5 felony, on 30 September 2026. The allegations are untested in court. 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Families told reporters that the images were compiled in a \"catalogue\" pairing each girl’s original social-media photo with the manipulated version, that some were offered for money on adult sites, and that the girls were traumatised and ashamed. Urgente24 reported that two 15-year-old pupils were charged (imputados) in the juvenile prosecutor’s case, that investigators had identified 45 possible victims while families spoke of about 50, and that, according to information circulating, the school had decided the pupils involved would continue classes online and would not be re-enrolled for 2027; El Destape, by contrast, reported that the school did not plan to sanction or expel them and would hold awareness talks, and El Destape and Código Baires describe the move to online classes as a measure under evaluation. Families also allege the school knew for about a month before telling parents. On 9 October 2026 La Nación reported that the Prosecutor General's office had confirmed that four adolescents were under investigation, and Infobae reported that police had searched the homes of three 15-year-olds the previous day. 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Investigators identified 45 possible victims (families say about 50); the figures are estimates.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted pupil is established: the daughter of the mother quoted by El Destape and Código Baires; the remainder is unquantified. Urgente24 reports that investigators identified 45 possible victims and that families speak of about 50 affected pupils; these are an investigative estimate and a families’ estimate of possible victims, not a documented count, so they are not entered as the minimum. The accused pupils are not counted. The depicted pupils did not use the tool themselves, so participant_users_affected_min is 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://urgente24.com/actualidad/lomas-zamora-imputaron-dos-alumnos-crear-imagenes-sexuales-ia-n634288","primarySourceLabel":"Urgente24, 7 October 2026: Lomas de Zamora: imputaron a dos alumnos por crear imágenes sexuales con IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:33:42.851953+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:16:12.20272+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","minors","education","criminal_charges","argentina"]},{"id":"2026-new-orleans-former-teacher-charged-ai-generated-sexual-images-from-social-media-photos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used artificial intelligence to create fake'; 'images of females after obtaining their photos from social media, according to investigators'; 'The documents say that images were placed into an online artificial intelligence platform where they could be altered from their original state'; 'numerous images of the same females at various stages of life'; 'the females appear to be from the New Orleans metro area'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Investigators say, according to court records reported by Fox 8, that photographs obtained from social media accounts were placed into an online artificial intelligence platform and that the accused obtained AI-generated sexual images of the females, including collages and numerous images of the same females at various stages of life, who appear to be from the New Orleans metro area.","causal_attribution":"Investigators' court records as obtained and reported by Fox 8; allegations untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'made from teenage girls'; 'The Attorney General's office said the charges stem from deepfakes allegedly made from photos of his students'; 'saying they did not know who the girls pictured in the deepfakes were'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors said, as reported by KPLC, that the deepfakes were AI-generated images made from teenage girls' Instagram posts and the Attorney General's office said they were made from photos of the accused's students, while the school emailed parents that it did not know who the girls pictured were.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' and Attorney General's statements and the school's email as reported by KPLC (WVUE); the accounts conflict and are recorded as such."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'60 counts of 14:73.13, Unlawful Deepfakes'; 'was arrested on January 8, 2026, for violating 22 counts'; 'remains in custody at the Orleans Justice Center'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'was arrested on 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes on Wednesday (April 1)'; 'was first taken into custody on Jan. 8'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Attorney General's office announced on 2 April 2026 that the former teacher, in custody since the arrest of 8 January 2026, had been rearrested on 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes.","causal_attribution":"The Attorney General's release directly establishes the announcement, the counts and the custody; it does not establish the conduct."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'60 counts of unlawful deepfakes of minors'; 'is being held without bond and will be arraigned at a later, unknown date'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 27 May 2026 an Orleans Parish special grand jury indicted the former teacher on charges including 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes of minors; the accused is held without bond with the arraignment date unreported.","causal_attribution":"Attorney General's office as reported by Fox 8; the indictment itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'called the bond exorbitant'; 'saying he had not yet received evidence from the state'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The defence attorney called the bond exorbitant and declined to comment on the allegations, saying the state had not yet provided evidence.","causal_attribution":"Defence attorney's statements as reported by KPLC (WVUE)."}],"effects":[{"label":"females' social-media photographs allegedly turned into AI-generated sexual images, including collages, on the accused's devices","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.fox8live.com/2026/04/02/former-new-orleans-teacher-arrested-third-time-now-faces-deepfake-charges/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the page. Fox 8 (WVUE, Gray) report of 2 April 2026 based on court records it obtained and Louisiana Bureau of Investigation statements; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"gray-wvue-court-records-and-ag-reports"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kplctv.com/2026/04/03/former-newman-teacher-held-8m-bond-alleged-ai-generated-nude-images-students/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the page. KPLC carrying the WVUE report of 2/3 April 2026 on the bond hearing, with prosecutors', the Attorney General's office's, the defence attorney's and the school's statements; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"gray-wvue-court-records-and-ag-reports"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ag.louisiana.gov/Article/475","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the page. Louisiana Attorney General's Office release of 2 April 2026, read from the Internet Archive capture of 9 May 2026; whole release.","independence_group":"louisiana-attorney-general-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.fox8live.com/2026/05/27/former-newman-teacher-indicted-dozens-child-sex-abuse-material-charges/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the page. Fox 8 (WVUE) report of 27 May 2026 on the grand jury indictment, citing the Attorney General's office; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"gray-wvue-court-records-and-ag-reports"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","education"],"unknowns":["When any AI-generated image was made; the accused has been in custody since 8 January 2026, so the alleged creation falls on or before that date, and no filing dating it was found.","How many people are depicted, who they are, whether any are the accused's students (prosecutors and the Attorney General's office say students or teenage girls; the school says it did not know who they were), and whether any depicted person has been told.","Which AI platform was used, and whether any image was shared or distributed; no source says so.","The outcome of the charges; the arraignment date was unreported as of 27 May 2026 and the accused is presumed innocent."],"geography":{"basis":"The accused lived and taught in New Orleans, the devices were seized there, and investigators say the depicted females appear to be from the New Orleans metro area (Fox 8). The charges are in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (KPLC, Fox 8).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on investigators' court records reported by Fox 8, prosecutors' statements reported by KPLC and the Attorney General's release: an online AI platform was allegedly used to turn females' social-media photographs into sexual images, the accused was charged with 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes and indicted on counts naming the depicted people as minors. The conduct claims are reported and the conflicting accounts of who is depicted are preserved. The accused, the school and the depicted people are not named; no image content beyond AI-generated sexual images is described; the event date is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Court records reported by Fox 8 say investigators found that images obtained from social media accounts were placed into an online artificial intelligence platform and that the accused then obtained AI-generated sexual images of the females with their faces unchanged, including collages; KPLC reports prosecutors saying the deepfakes were AI-generated images made from teenage girls' Instagram posts. The AI-generated images are the alleged offence (60 counts of unlawful deepfakes) and depict the females (depicted_or_impersonated). The platform is not identified, no image or filing was inspected by the research agent, and the allegations are investigators' and prosecutors' statements untested at trial.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New Orleans: former school teacher charged with 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes; investigators say an AI platform turned social-media photos into sexual images","summary":"Louisiana's Attorney General announced on 2 April 2026 that a former New Orleans school teacher and coach, already in custody since 8 January 2026 on child sexual abuse material charges, had been rearrested on 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes. According to court records reported by Fox 8, investigators from the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation say the former teacher obtained photographs that account owners had posted on social media, placed them into an online artificial intelligence platform and obtained AI-generated sexual images of the females with their faces unchanged, including collages and images of the same females at various stages of life; the females appear to be from the New Orleans metro area. Prosecutors said the images were made from teenage girls' Instagram posts, while the school emailed parents that it did not know who the depicted girls were. A grand jury indicted the former teacher on 27 May 2026 on 102 counts including 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes of minors. The number and identities of the depicted people are not reported, no source dates the creation of the images, and the charges are untested in court.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-02","aiSystem":"Online artificial intelligence platform, not identified, into which investigators say social-media photographs were placed to obtain AI-generated sexual images of the depicted females","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to investigators' court records and prosecutors as reported by Fox 8 and KPLC, females whose photographs were posted on social media were depicted in AI-generated sexual images, including collages; the indictment counts describe them as minors. Whether any image was distributed or any depicted person knows is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"No source counts the depicted people: the records speak of numerous images of the same females and of 60 counts, which count charges rather than people, so both numeric fields are zero placeholders. The students in the separate video-voyeurism counts are not AI-related and are not counted. The accused used the tool, so no participant user is a harmed person.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fox8live.com/2026/04/02/former-new-orleans-teacher-arrested-third-time-now-faces-deepfake-charges/","primarySourceLabel":"Fox 8 (WVUE), 2 April 2026: former New Orleans teacher accused of using AI to make fake images from social media photos, per court records","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:22:11.595654+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:28:01.608528+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","minors","criminal_charges","united_states","louisiana","social_media"]},{"id":"2026-shawnee-oklahoma-ai-app-child-sexual-abuse-images-from-local-children-photos-felony-charges","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Shawnee man has been charged with five felony counts of possession and creating child pornography by using an AI app.'; 'first court appearance on the charges is Tuesday at the Pottawatomie County Courthouse'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Prosecutors in Pottawatomie County have since filed the five felony counts'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Pottawatomie County prosecutors charged the Shawnee man with five felony counts of possession and creating child pornography by using an AI app, with a first court appearance at the Pottawatomie County Courthouse.","causal_attribution":"Charging facts as reported by News On 6 and repeated by Hoodline from the same reporting; the charging document itself was not read."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'more than 200 child sexual abuse images and videos on two separate phones. About 100 of those images appeared to be created through an AI app.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'including about 100 images that appeared to have been created through an AI app'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say they found more than 200 child sexual abuse images and videos on two phones, about 100 of which appeared to have been created through an AI app.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as reported; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used pictures of children in his community'; 'According to court documents, police identified some of the young victims through selfies they posted on social media.'; 'he took of a neighbor from his front porch'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'investigators believe he used a photo of a neighbor taken from the neighbor's front porch'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the man used pictures of children in his community; court documents cited by News On 6 say some young victims were identified through selfies they posted on social media, and investigators believe one photo he used was taken of a neighbour from his front porch.","causal_attribution":"Police and court-document account as reported; the neighbour identification is stated as investigators' belief."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was tipped off in August through a national database'; 'State agents alerted Shawnee police, and a search warrant was executed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The OSBI Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was tipped off in August through a national database, state agents alerted Shawnee police, and a search warrant was executed at the man's home.","causal_attribution":"OSBI and police account as reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'explained why AI-generated child pornography is illegal'; 'it might be kind of a mash-up of children’s images that are being used and so these children are being victimized'; 'Two years ago, the Oklahoma legislature passed a law making AI-generated child sexual abuse material illegal'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An OSBI agent, speaking generally rather than about this case, said AI-generated images are pulled from other images on the internet so the children whose images are used are victimised; the outlet adds that Oklahoma passed a law two years earlier making AI-generated child sexual abuse material illegal.","causal_attribution":"General context from the OSBI; not evidence about this case's images."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Shawnee man is facing multiple felonies for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material.'; 'was arrested in August after investigators found over 200 child sexual abuse images and videos on his devices; about half of them appeared to be created with AI'; 'admitted to investigators that he uses an app called \"Desire AI\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"KFOR reported on 6 October 2026 that the man is facing multiple felonies for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material, that he was arrested in August after investigators found over 200 abuse images and videos on his devices, about half of which appeared AI-made, and that court documents say he admitted to investigators that he uses an app called \"Desire AI\".","causal_attribution":"Court documents as characterised by KFOR; the admission is reported, not inspected."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Court documents describe'; 'using a juvenile's selfie that had been posted online and turning it into sexually explicit AI-generated images'; 'took a photo from his driveway of a mother and her'; 'investigators found that same photo altered with AI, making the two naked'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Court documents described by KFOR say the man used a juvenile's selfie that had been posted online to make sexually explicit AI-generated images, and that a photo he took from his driveway of a mother and her young daughter was found altered with AI to make both appear naked.","causal_attribution":"Court documents as characterised by KFOR; News On 6 and Hoodline place the neighbour photo on a front porch, KFOR on his driveway."}],"effects":[{"label":"children depicted in AI-generated sexual abuse images made from their photographs (police account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a neighbouring mother and her young daughter photographed from the accused's property and depicted naked in an AI-altered image (court documents as reported)","claim_id":"c7","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-man-charged-ai-creating-child-sexual-abuse-images","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07 (bodies/tr-newson6-shawnee.txt). Original report; carries the Shawnee police statements, the OSBI agent interview and the court-document details.","independence_group":"shawnee-police-osbi-via-news9"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://hoodline.com/2026/09/shawnee-man-64-charged-after-ai-allegedly-turned-neighbor-s-photo-into-abuse-images/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07 (bodies/tr-hoodline-shawnee.txt). States that it draws on 'the seed reporting that originated with News 9'; same police and OSBI origin.","independence_group":"shawnee-police-osbi-via-news9"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/shawnee-man-facing-felonies-using-220000513.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07 (bodies/vc-yahoo-com-news-us-articles-shawnee-man-facing-felonies-using-220000513-html.txt): Yahoo's syndicated copy of KFOR's 6 October 2026 text article (Sydnee Batzlaff/KFOR); KFOR's own page returned 403. Same police and court-document origin for the charges; the OSBI agent's quotes to KFOR are his own statements to that station.","independence_group":"shawnee-police-osbi-via-news9"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were made; the app identification (\"Desire AI\") rests on an admission described in court documents as characterised by KFOR.","How many children were depicted; police say 'some' victims were identified and name no number.","Whether any depicted child or family has been notified or has spoken; no victim account exists in the sources.","The outcome of the first court appearance and any plea.","Whether the neighbour photo was taken from the accused's front porch (News On 6), the neighbour's front porch (Hoodline) or the accused's driveway (KFOR)."],"geography":{"basis":"News On 6 places the search, arrest and the children's community in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and the charges in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States; the court is the Pottawatomie County Courthouse.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete criminal case in which police say an AI image app was used to make sexual abuse images of real, identifiable local children, including a juvenile's online selfie and a neighbouring mother and her young daughter, with felony charges filed. Attributed throughout to the Shawnee police, OSBI and charging documents as reported by News On 6; the accused and the children are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police say about 100 of the images found on the man's phones appeared to be created through an AI app and that he used pictures of children in his community; court documents cited by News On 6 say some young victims were identified through their social-media selfies and investigators believe one photo used was of a neighbour. The generated sexual images of real children are the harm. KFOR reports that court documents say he admitted using an app called \"Desire AI\" and that a juvenile's online selfie and a photo of a mother and her young daughter were altered with AI into sexual or naked images. The images were not inspected by any outlet; everything rests on the police, OSBI and charging-document account as reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Shawnee, Oklahoma police say a man used an AI app to make child sexual abuse images from photos of local children, one of a neighbour; five felony counts filed","summary":"Police in Shawnee, Oklahoma, say a local man used an artificial-intelligence app to create child sexual abuse images from photographs of children in his community, and Pottawatomie County prosecutors have charged him with five felony counts of possessing and creating child pornography. According to News On 6 (28 September 2026), the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crimes Against Children task force was tipped through a national database in August, Shawnee police executed a search warrant, and police say they found more than 200 child sexual abuse images and videos on two phones, about 100 of which appeared to have been created through an AI app. Court documents cited by the outlet say police identified some of the young victims through selfies they had posted on social media, and investigators believe one photo used was of a neighbour, taken from the man's front porch. KFOR reported on 6 October 2026 that court documents say he admitted using an app called \"Desire AI\", that a juvenile's online selfie was turned into sexually explicit AI images, and that a photo he took of a mother and her young daughter was altered to make both appear naked. The account rests on the police and OSBI statements and the charging documents as reported; the total number of children depicted is not stated.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"An app called \"Desire AI\", which court documents say the accused admitted using, as reported by KFOR; police say about 100 of the images found appeared to be created through an AI app","aiProduct":"Desire AI (reported)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Children in the accused's community, including a juvenile whose online selfie was altered and a neighbouring mother and her young daughter, were depicted in AI-generated sexual or naked images, according to police and court documents as reported by News On 6 and KFOR; at least three people are individually described and no further individual consequence is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Documented minimum 3: KFOR's account of the court documents individually describes a juvenile whose online selfie was altered into sexually explicit AI images, and a mother and her young daughter whose photo was altered to make both appear naked. News On 6 adds that 'some' young victims were identified through selfies, which is not a further lower bound, and the ~100 AI-made files are not converted into people. The accused is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-OK","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-man-charged-ai-creating-child-sexual-abuse-images","primarySourceLabel":"News On 6 (KOTV), 28 September 2026: Oklahoma man charged with creating child sexual abuse images using AI app","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:25:37.097901+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:42:41.182157+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-csam","image-generation","children","neighbour","social-media-photos","criminal-charges","oklahoma","us","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-alberta-alleged-ai-child-image-abuse-charges","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is accused of using artificial intelligence to make child sexual abuse materials'; 'ICE discovered an extensive collection of manufactured child sexual abuse materials.'; 'allegedly used AI applications to sexualize photos and videos of numerous victims that were known to him.'; 'took advantage of open social media accounts and used posted photos as his source of material to alter.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'sexualize images of underage people he knows'; 'The accused allegedly used AI applications to sexualize photos and videos of numerous victims that were known to him.'; 'ALERT said the accused took advantage of open social media accounts and used posted photos as a source of material to alter.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'is accused of using AI applications to sexualize photos and videos of victims known to him.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit alleges that the man used AI applications to sexualise photos and videos of numerous victims known to him, described by Global News as underage people he knows, taking posted photos from open social media accounts as his source material, and that a forensic analysis of devices seized from his home found an extensive collection of manufactured child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation in a news release, relayed by two outlets; no court finding, and the accused has not entered a plea in the inspected sources."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was charged by ICE on September 25, 2026 on one charge of making child sexual abuse materials that cover numerous instances.'; 'He was initially arrested by ICE on June 25, 2026 following reports that he allegedly shared child sexual abuse materials online. At that time, he was charged with possessing, accessing, and transmitting child sexual abuse materials.'; 'was released from custody on a number of court-imposed conditions, including not to have any communication with anyone under the age of 16 and not to attend public pools, schools, playgrounds, or public libraries.'; 'He is scheduled to appear in court in [locality/biographical detail withheld] on October 16, 2026.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'initially arrested a [locality/biographical detail withheld] man on June 25, following reports he allegedly was sharing child sexual abuse materials online.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'He was released from custody on court-imposed conditions, including not to have any communication with anyone under the age of 16 and to not attend public schools, playgrounds or public libraries.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The accused was charged with making child sexual abuse material in September 2026, after earlier charges of possession, access and transmission. He was released under court-imposed conditions.","causal_attribution":"Charge and court details as stated in the police release; the outlets repeat them."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'unit believes there are numerous victims.'; 'investigation is ongoing and is attempting to identify victims.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'believes there are numerous victims in the case out of [locality/biographical detail withheld]'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"ALERT says it believes there are numerous victims and that the investigation is ongoing to identify them.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; no count is given."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos and videos of numerous children known to the accused were sexualised with AI applications, using photos posted on open social media accounts as source material (police allegation)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://alert-ab.ca/sherwood-park-man-accused-of-using-ai-to-make-child-sexual-abuse-materials/","kind":"official_police_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (ALERT news release dated 29 September 2026, Edmonton). The originating police account.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/12077556/sherwood-park-artificial-intelligence-child-sexual-abuse-materials/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (Global News, Karen Bartko, posted 29 September 2026). Relays the ALERT release and adds context on earlier Alberta AI-image cases; no independent reporting of this case.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-area-man-accused-of-making-child-sexual-abuse-materials-with-ai/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (CTV News Edmonton, Hannah Kavanagh, published 29 September 2026); the article text was taken from the page's structured data. Relays the ALERT release.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which AI applications were used.","How many children were depicted, who they are, and whether they or their families have been informed.","Whether the AI-altered material was shared or distributed.","When the altered material was made.","Whether he has entered a plea; the outcome of the charges.","Whether the earlier June 2026 charges concern material of the same children."],"geography":{"basis":"The accused lives in [locality/biographical detail withheld], Alberta, where devices were seized from his home; the charge is laid by Alberta's ICE unit and the case is before the court in [locality/biographical detail withheld], Alberta (ALERT release). Where the depicted children live is not stated, though ALERT says they were known to him.","court_countries":["CA"],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Alberta's police child-exploitation unit alleges that a man used AI applications to sexualise photos and videos of numerous children known to him, using photos posted on open social media accounts as source material, and has charged him with making child sexual abuse material. The account is a single police chain (the ALERT release relayed by Global News and CTV); neither the accused nor any child is named here, and the charge is untested in court.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit alleges in its news release that the man used AI applications to sexualise photos and videos of numerous victims known to him, using photos posted on open social media accounts as source material; Global News and CTV News Edmonton relay the same release. The applications are not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Alberta authorities allege AI sexual-image abuse of children known to the accused","summary":"Alberta authorities charged a man with making child sexual abuse material, alleging that he used AI to sexualise photographs and videos of children known to him. Investigators were identifying the children. He was released under conditions. The allegations remained untried.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"AI applications used, according to ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit, to sexualise photos and videos of children taken from open social media accounts (tools not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photos and videos of numerous children known to the accused were sexualised with AI applications, using photos posted on open social media accounts as source material, according to ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit; he is charged with making child sexual abuse materials covering numerous instances.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"ALERT says it believes there are numerous victims and is still identifying them; no count is given, and image counts are not person counts. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://alert-ab.ca/sherwood-park-man-accused-of-using-ai-to-make-child-sexual-abuse-materials/","primarySourceLabel":"ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) news release — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:27.674268+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:51.147312+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","deepfakes","children","alberta","sherwood-park","strathcona-county","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-missouri-alleged-ai-child-image-abuse-charges","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is accused of using an AI chatbot to remove the clothing of photographed children and create sexually explicit images'; 'would get photographs of children off of (information redacted) and upload them to an AI generator to undress them'; 'He stated one that had absolutely no regulations was on (information redacted).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police probable cause statement as reported by the Daily American Republic, the man told officers in an interview that he would take photographs of children from a source redacted in the filing and upload them to an AI generator to undress them, and that one such tool had no regulations; the newspaper reports that he is accused of using an AI chatbot to remove the clothing of photographed children and create sexually explicit images.","causal_attribution":"The accused's statement as recorded by police in the probable cause statement and read by one newspaper. He has pleaded not guilty, and the police accounts given to KFVS12 and KWOC do not mention AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A North Carolina task force received the initial cybertip April 20 regarding the possible possession, manufacture, or distribution of child pornography, also referred to as CSAM.'; 'The tip came from an LLC whose company name was redacted in a probable cause filed with'; 'The LLC operates a publicly accessible generative artificial intelligence chatbot.'; 'DPD said there were two other cybertips linked to the case.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reported probable cause statement says the first cybertip, received by a North Carolina task force on 20 April 2026, came from a company (name redacted) that operates a publicly accessible generative AI chatbot, and police said two other cybertips were linked to the case.","causal_attribution":"One newspaper's account of the probable cause statement; the content of the tip is not described beyond the offence categories, and the chatbot is not named."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He faces felony charges of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, second subsequent offense or possession of more than 20 items.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'One count of Class A felony of sexual exploitation of a minor'; 'One count of Class B felony of sexual exploitation of a minor'; 'Three counts of Class B felony of possession of child sexual abuse material - second subsequent offense or possess more than 20 pictures/one film/video'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He is charged with two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and three felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper and the police and prosecutor account carried by KFVS12 give the same charge list in near-identical wording, which points to a common charging document rather than independent support, so the claim is reported. The charges are allegations; the charges themselves do not mention AI."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday, Sept. 29, during a preliminary hearing'; 'is next due in court Oct. 22'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing on 29 September 2026 and was next due in court on 22 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"Court report by the Daily American Republic; no other inspected source covers the hearing."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force contacted one of its detectives about a tip involving suspicious internet activity'; 'found a significant amount of child sexual abuse material'; 'The investigation is active and ongoing. Additional charges may be filed as investigators continue to review evidence.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'in August his department was contacted by the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, regarding a tip of suspicious internet activity'; 'a warrant was obtained to search the suspects social media applications and electronic devices, which yielded a significant amount of child sexual abuse material'; 'the investigation remains active and additional charges may be filed as investigators continue to review evidence'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police said the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force passed them a tip about suspicious internet activity in August 2026, and that a warrant search of the man's social-media accounts and electronic devices found a significant amount of child sexual abuse material; the investigation was ongoing and more charges could follow.","causal_attribution":"One police chain carried by KFVS12 and KWOC; the police account does not say whether any of the material was AI-generated."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On September 25,'; 'formally charged'; 'was arrested and is currently being held on a no-bond'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was arrested and is currently being held on a no bond warrant for charges including sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors filed the charges on 25 September 2026, and he was arrested and held on a no-bond warrant.","causal_attribution":"Police and prosecutor account carried by KFVS12 and KWOC (one chain)."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The probable cause lists descriptions of multiple files of sexually explicit images of an adult male and a young girl.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reported probable cause statement also lists descriptions of multiple files of sexually explicit images of an adult male and a young girl; the report does not say whether these files were AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"One newspaper's summary of the filing; the relation of these files to the AI uploads is not described."}],"effects":[{"label":"photographs of children were allegedly uploaded to an AI generator to undress them and create sexually explicit images (police filing as reported)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.darnews.com/news/dexter-man-accused-of-using-ai-chatbot-to-create-explicit-images-of-real-children-from-clothed-photographs-0a5c9f5b","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-20 from the Internet Archive capture 20260930031802; the publisher answers HTTP 403 to this host and the capture's visible page is paywalled, so the article text was taken from the page's embedded article data. Court and probable-cause reporting by the Daily American Republic, 29 September 2026; it also quotes the local police chief.","independence_group":"dar-court-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/09/28/dexter-mo-man-accused-child-sex-crimes/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-20 (KFVS12 Heartland News, published 28 September 2026, updated 13 October 2026). Carries the local police department's account of the investigation and the prosecutors' charges.","independence_group":"local-police-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.kwoc.com/localnews/2026/9/28/0bymnd1a5eeukxwpm9srorwdax443l","kind":"local_radio_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-20 (KWOC News, Today's Talk for 29 September 2026). The police chief's account to the station; same police chain as KFVS12.","independence_group":"local-police-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI generator or chatbot was used; the company that sent the cybertip is redacted.","How many children were depicted, who they are, and whether any of them or their families were told.","Whether the files described as depicting an adult male and a young girl are AI-generated.","Whether any AI-generated image was shared or distributed.","When the images were made; the first cybertip is dated 20 April 2026.","The outcome of the charges; the next hearing was set for 22 October 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The investigation, search, arrest and charges took place in southeast Missouri (s1, s2, s3); the first cybertip passed through North Carolina and South Carolina law enforcement (s1). Where the images were made is not stated; US rests on the search of his devices and the possession charges. Where the depicted children live is not stated.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a police probable cause statement, as reported by the local newspaper, records the accused's own statement that he uploaded photographs of children to an AI generator to undress them, and that the first cybertip came from the company operating a generative AI chatbot; he is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material and has pleaded not guilty. Police statements to two local outlets, which do not mention AI, also report the charges. Neither the accused nor any child is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Daily American Republic reports from the police probable cause statement that the accused told officers he would upload photographs of children to an AI generator to undress them, and that the first cybertip came from a company operating a publicly accessible generative AI chatbot (s1). The tools are redacted or unnamed. The police accounts given to KFVS12 and KWOC do not mention AI, and the charges as reported do not distinguish AI-generated from other material.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Missouri man charged over child sexual abuse material; police filing says he told officers he used an AI generator to undress children's photographs","summary":"A Missouri man is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material after a cybertip from a company operating a generative AI chatbot. According to the police probable cause statement as reported by a local newspaper, he told officers he uploaded photographs of children to an AI generator to undress them. He pleaded not guilty; the tool and the number of children are not reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"An unnamed 'AI generator' the accused told police he used to undress photographs of children, and a publicly accessible generative AI chatbot whose operator (name redacted in the probable cause statement) sent the first cybertip, as reported by the Daily American Republic","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photographs of children were uploaded to an AI generator to undress them and create sexually explicit images, according to the accused's statement in the police probable cause statement as reported by the Daily American Republic; he is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material and has pleaded not guilty.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The reported probable cause statement refers to photographs of children uploaded to an AI generator and to files depicting a young girl, but gives no count of real children depicted. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.darnews.com/news/dexter-man-accused-of-using-ai-chatbot-to-create-explicit-images-of-real-children-from-clothed-photographs-0a5c9f5b","primarySourceLabel":"Daily American Republic, 29 September 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:23.864538+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:03:39.045048+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","nudify","children","missouri","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-portland-tennessee-ai-child-faces-sexual-images-traded-canada-30-year-sentence","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'placed the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and people engaged in sexual acts.'; 'Investigators said he then exchanged the AI-generated material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'had been placing the faces of children on nude individuals, as well as individuals who were engaging in sexual acts.'; 'would exchange the content with someone in Canada in exchange for real child sexual abuse material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the district attorney's office, he used AI to place the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and of people engaged in sexual acts, and exchanged the AI-generated material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' account via one release; the source images, the children and the AI tool are not described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Canadian authorities alerted U.S. law enforcement after arresting the person who'; 'charged with tampering with evidence after investigators alleged he deleted some material before officers entered his home to execute a search warrant.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'was arrested in November 2025 after a joint investigation by Portland Police, the US Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Canadian authorities alerted US law enforcement after arresting the person he was communicating with; a joint investigation led to his arrest in November 2025, and he was also charged with tampering with evidence after investigators said he deleted material before officers entered his home.","causal_attribution":"DA release as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Judge Dee David Gay imposed the 30-year sentence, which the district attorney’s office said must be served without probation, parole or early release under Tennessee law.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'On Thursday, Sept. 24, a judge sentenced'; 'to serve 30 years in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A Sumner County judge imposed the 30-year sentence Thursday.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A Sumner County Criminal Court judge sentenced him to 30 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served without probation, parole or early release.","causal_attribution":"DA release as relayed; WSMV gives the day as Friday, WKRN and WZTV as Thursday 24 September. The court record was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"children's faces were placed onto AI-made sexual images and videos that were traded for real child sexual abuse material, according to prosecutors","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/25/middle-tennessee-man-sentenced-30-years-using-ai-create-trade-child-pornography/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28 (WSMV, 25 September 2026). Relays the DA's release. WVLT carries the same Gray text.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/portland-man-sentenced-using-ai-162610165.html","kind":"local_tv_news_syndicated_copy","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28: Yahoo's syndicated copy of WKRN's report (25 September 2026); wkrn.com returned 403 to this host. Quotes the DA's release.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://newschannel9.com/news/local/tennessee-sumner-county-man-gets-30-years-for-trading-ai-generated-child-abuse-images-with-canadian-man","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28: WZTV (FOX 17) report of 25 September 2026 as carried by sister station WTVC.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://fox17.com/news/local/after-30-year-sentence-in-tn-ai-child-abuse-case-former-fbi-agent-warns-more-are-coming","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28 (WZTV/FOX 17, 26 September 2026). Case facts from the DA; adds a former FBI agent's general comments, not used as case evidence.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which offences he was convicted of, and whether by plea or at trial.","Which AI tool was used, where the children's images came from, and whether any depicted child has been identified or notified.","How many children's faces were used.","When the images were made and traded (the arrest was in November 2025).","The exact sentencing date (24 or 25 September 2026)."],"geography":{"basis":"He lived in Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee, where officers searched his home, and was sentenced in Sumner County Criminal Court. The other party was a Canadian resident arrested by Canadian authorities; where the exchanges took place beyond that is not stated. The children's countries are not reported.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depiction case: prosecutors say AI was used to place the faces of children onto sexual images and videos that were traded internationally, and a court imposed a 30-year sentence. One DA release chain; all claims reported. The children are unidentified and uncounted, and the defendant is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The district attorney's release says he used artificial intelligence to place children's faces onto sexual images and videos (via WSMV, WKRN, WZTV). The tool, the source images and the identity of the children are not reported. The depicted_or_impersonated relation rests on the prosecutors' description of the faces of children being placed onto the images and videos.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Portland, Tennessee: a man who prosecutors say used AI to put children's faces onto sexual images and videos and traded them with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material was sentenced to 30 years in Sumner County in September 2026","summary":"The Sumner County (18th Judicial District) District Attorney's Office said a 30-year-old Portland, Tennessee man was sentenced in Sumner County Criminal Court in September 2026 to 30 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served without probation, parole or early release. According to the prosecutors, he used artificial intelligence to place the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and of people engaged in sexual acts, then exchanged the material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material. Canadian authorities found messages and material connected to him after arresting the person he was communicating with and alerted US law enforcement; a joint investigation by Portland police, Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI and the TBI led to his arrest in November 2025. He was also charged with tampering with evidence after investigators said he deleted material before officers entered his home to execute a search warrant. The children whose faces were used are not identified, their number is not reported, and the reports do not say which AI tool was used or which offences he was convicted of.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool or tools that prosecutors say he used to place children's faces onto sexual images and videos; the tool is not identified in any inspected report","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say children's faces were placed onto AI-made sexual images and videos that were traded internationally in exchange for real child sexual abuse material (Sumner County DA release via WSMV, WKRN and WZTV). The children are not identified.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The prosecutors refer to 'children' whose faces were used but give no number, and none is identified; children depicted in the real material he received are not counted because that material is not AI-made and is not described. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-TN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/25/middle-tennessee-man-sentenced-30-years-using-ai-create-trade-child-pornography/","primarySourceLabel":"WSMV, 25 September 2026: Middle Tennessee man sentenced to 30 years for using AI to create, trade child pornography","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-28T03:31:23.326395+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.53008+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","deepfake","child-sexual-abuse-material","sentencing","tennessee","sumner-county","canada","others-use","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-gilmer-county-georgia-school-vending-vendor-ai-child-abuse-images-pepsi-lawsuit","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The student told authorities he had asked her to send him pictures through a social media app, a request she considered inappropriate.'; 'Investigators ultimately identified more than 150 underage victims from Georgia and other states, according to prosecutors.'; 'He then used the technology to manipulate the photos to make the children appear nude or, in some cases, engaged in sexual activity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'then used AI applications to digitally alter the photos to make the subjects appear nude or engage in sexual activity, the district attorney’s office said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'after authorities said they discovered a trove of child sex abuse material that he generated by running normal photographs of the victims through artificial intelligence programs.'; 'included sexual abuse content of more than 150 victims, many of whom were identified as students in Gilmer County, prosecutors said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'the report prompted an extensive investigation that ultimately uncovered hundreds of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, including digitally altered images involving minors from the local community.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to the prosecuting DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, the investigation began in December 2024 when a Gilmer High School student reported that a vendor who refilled drink machines on campus had asked her through a social media app to send him pictures; he downloaded photographs of minors from social media and used AI applications and bots to alter them so the children appeared nude or engaged in sexual activity; investigators identified more than 150 underage victims from Georgia and other states.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' account (one chain via CBS Atlanta, FOX 5 and Atlanta News First; the AJC attributes the same to authorities and prosecutors). The sheriff's separate statement supports digitally altered images of local minors but does not itself describe the AI tools."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'118 counts of sexual exploitation of children.'; 'with 40 to serve in prison and the remainder on probation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'has been sentenced to 60 years, with 40 years to be served in prison, following his conviction on 118 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'was convicted last month on 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children, court records show.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The vendor was convicted on 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children and sentenced to 60 years, with 40 to be served in prison.","causal_attribution":"Conviction and sentence reported through the DA's statement (CBS Atlanta), the Gilmer County Sheriff's separate statement (FetchYourNews) and the AJC citing court records. The court record itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was found guilty Aug. 13 of 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children.'; 'The DeKalb County District Attorney's Office prosecuted the case after being appointed as conflict prosecutor in February 2025.'; 'Cobb County Senior Judge Grant Brantley presided over the case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'was sentenced Sept. 2 following an investigation that began in December 2024'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Nineteen victims gave impact statements at the sentencing hearing in Ellijay, according to the DeKalb County district attorney’s office'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The verdict was rendered on 13 August 2026 by a Cobb County senior judge after the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office took the case as conflict prosecutor in February 2025; at the sentencing hearing on 2 September 2026 in Ellijay, 19 victims gave impact statements.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts as reported by the DA's chain, the sheriff's statement and the AJC."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At least eight female students were victimized by a vendor allowed access to Gilmer County schools even after students complained that he was taking photos and videos of them in school without their consent.'; 'The girls range from 12 to 17 years old.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'On Friday, the parents of eight victims filed a lawsuit against'; 'the Pepsi defendants conducted an investigation but later reinstated'; 'caused fear, mental suffering, shame, and humiliation and sustained damages'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'A civil lawsuit filed in Georgia accuses PepsiCo of negligence, saying the company failed to protect students from a vending machine vendor who photographed middle and high school girls and then used AI tools to alter the images into sexually explicit material.'; 'Pepsi has not yet filed a public response to the negligence claims.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"The parents of eight female students aged 12 to 17 sued the vendor, Pepsi Beverage Co. and Pepsi-Cola Sales and Distribution in a suit reported on 28 February 2025, alleging that after students complained he was photographing them at school the companies investigated but reinstated him to the same route including the school, and that his conduct caused the plaintiffs fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation.","causal_attribution":"Allegations in the civil complaint as reported by the AJC and relayed by PetaPixel (one chain), and restated by USA Herald. The allegations are untested; the companies' response is not reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"ordinary photographs of more than 150 minors, many of them local students, were turned into child sexual abuse material with AI applications, according to prosecutors","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"eight student plaintiffs allege fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation, and that the vendor was returned to their school route after students complained","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/former-georgia-school-vendor-sentenced-for-using-ai-to-make-child-sexual-abuse-material/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (CBS Atlanta, 3 September 2026). Relays the DeKalb County DA's account.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/09/02/gilmer-county-man-convicted-over-100-counts-sexual-exploitation/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Atlanta News First, 2 September 2026). Attributes each fact to the DA's office.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ex-school-vendor-faces-sentencing-ai-child-exploitation-case","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (FOX 5 Atlanta, 31 August 2026, pre-sentencing). States that the information came from a DeKalb County DA press release.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://gilmer.fetchyournews.com/2026/09/07/gilmer-county-man-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison-after-conviction-on-118-child-exploitation-counts/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (FetchYourNews Gilmer, 7 September 2026). Relays the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office statement, a separate official source from the DA.","independence_group":"gilmer-sheriff-statement"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/09/georgia-man-sentenced-to-decades-in-prison-in-ai-child-sex-abuse-materials-case/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, byline dated 2 September 2026; page metadata 3 September 2026). Only the deck and first three paragraphs rendered as readable text; the remainder is scrambled by the publisher's anti-scraping layer and was not used. Cites court records and the DA.","independence_group":"ajc"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/student-victims-of-vendor-accused-of-using-ai-to-turn-their-images-into-porn-file-lawsuit/D6UEXAAHRFE67OXBIQCW77IHPY/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (AJC, 28 February 2025). Deck and first two paragraphs readable; the remainder scrambled by the publisher and not used. Reports the civil complaint.","independence_group":"civil-complaint-ajc"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://petapixel.com/2025/03/05/students-sue-pepsi-after-its-vendor-used-ai-to-turn-photos-into-child-porn/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (PetaPixel, 5 March 2025). Relays the AJC's report of the complaint with direct complaint quotations; same chain as s6.","independence_group":"civil-complaint-ajc"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://usaherald.com/georgia-parents-sue-pepsi-after-vending-machine-worker-used-ai-to-make-child-abuse-images-of-their-children/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (USA Herald, 26 September 2026). A legal-news write-up drawing on CBS Atlanta and other Georgia outlets; gives no court, filing date or case number for the suit.","independence_group":"usaherald"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were taken and altered; the known dated events are the student's report in December 2024 and the arrest in January 2025.","Which AI applications or bots were used.","How many of the more than 150 victims were depicted in AI-altered images rather than other material, and how many of the 118 counts concern AI-altered images.","The court, case number and current status of the civil suit, and whether USA Herald's 26 September 2026 article describes the February 2025 suit or a later filing.","Pepsi's response to the negligence allegations.","Which other states the victims live in."],"geography":{"basis":"The school, the report, the arrest and the sentencing are in Gilmer County, Georgia (FOX 5: sentencing scheduled 'at the Gilmer County Courthouse in Ellijay'; AJC: 'the sentencing hearing in Ellijay'); prosecutors say victims were 'from Georgia and other states' (the other states are not named); the civil suit is described as filed in Georgia (USA Herald).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (AI-generated sexual depictions of real children): the prosecuting DA's account, the AJC and the sheriff's statement describe AI-altered child sexual abuse material made from students' photographs, and the conviction and sentence are reported by separate official chains. The civil allegations against the Pepsi entities are reported as untested allegations. Children and the convicted vendor are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The prosecuting DeKalb County District Attorney's Office says the vendor uploaded photographs of minors to online applications and bots and used AI applications to alter them into sexually explicit images (via FOX 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First); the AJC and CBS Atlanta report the same, and the Gilmer County sheriff's separate statement refers to digitally altered or AI-generated material. He was convicted on 118 counts; the bodies do not say how many counts concerned AI-altered images, and the tools are not named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gilmer County, Georgia: a vendor who restocked drink machines in local schools used AI applications to turn ordinary photographs of students into child sexual abuse material; prosecutors identified more than 150 underage victims, he was convicted on 118 counts and sentenced on 2 September 2026 to 40 years in prison, and parents of eight students sued Pepsi entities for keeping him on the school route","summary":"According to the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case as conflict prosecutor, the investigation began in December 2024 when a Gilmer High School student told a school resource officer that a vendor who refilled drink machines on campus had asked her through a social media app to send him pictures. The Gilmer County Sheriff's Office arrested him in January 2025 and searched his devices, car and home. Prosecutors say he downloaded photographs of minors from social media and used AI applications and bots to alter them so the children appeared nude or engaged in sexual activity, and that the material related to more than 150 underage victims in Georgia and other states, many of them Gilmer County students. A Cobb County senior judge found him guilty on 13 August 2026 of 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children and on 2 September 2026, after 19 victim impact statements, sentenced him to 60 years with 40 to serve in prison. Separately, the parents of eight female students aged 12 to 17 sued him, Pepsi Beverage Co. and Pepsi-Cola Sales and Distribution in a suit reported on 28 February 2025, alleging the companies reinstated him to the same school route after students complained that he was photographing them; USA Herald reported the negligence suit again on 26 September 2026 and said Pepsi had not yet responded publicly. The AI tools are not named and the court and status of the civil suit are not reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-02-28","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI applications and online bots used to alter photographs of minors taken from social media (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office via FOX 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First); the tools are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say photographs of more than 150 minors were turned into child sexual abuse material with AI applications (DeKalb County DA via FOX 5, Atlanta News First and CBS Atlanta; AJC); the civil complaint, as reported by the AJC and PetaPixel, alleges the conduct caused eight student plaintiffs fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":150,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Prosecutors say investigators identified 'more than 150 underage victims' (FOX 5 Atlanta, from the DA press release; AJC: 'more than 150 victims'). The explicit lower bound supports a minimum of 150. The eight civil plaintiffs are among the students; how many of the 150 were depicted in AI-altered rather than other images is not reported.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-GA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/former-georgia-school-vendor-sentenced-for-using-ai-to-make-child-sexual-abuse-material/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Atlanta, 3 September 2026: Former Georgia school vendor sentenced for using AI to make child sexual abuse material","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:37.494001+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:37.519889+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","csam","minors","school","vendor","georgia","gilmer-county","criminal-conviction","lawsuit","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-logrono-14-year-old-ai-deepfakes-nine-classmates-porn-site","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'; 'imágenes falsas de contenido sexual que afectaron a nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'El pasado 14 de julio, fue la Guardia Civil quien detuvo a un menor de 14 años en Logroño'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old from Logroño as presumed author of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography, identified as responsible for creating and distributing false sexual images affecting nine underage classmates.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil release; Diario de León describes a detention where the release describes an investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'obtuvo las fotografías de sus compañeras sin su consentimiento, accediendo al contenido público de sus perfiles. Posteriormente, utilizó herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) para manipularlas, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'manipular las imágenes, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"He knew all the victims, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise them.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil account of the method."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'el menor lo subió a una página web de pornografía para adultos.'; 'Subo chicas de mi insti hechas con IA'; 'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'; 'las imágenes falsas ya habían alcanzado cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones'; 'Esta acción facilitó el reconocimiento de las menores y multiplicó el daño emocional y social sufrido por las víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Alcanzaron cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones antes de ser retiradas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says facilitated recognition of the minors and multiplied the emotional and social harm; before the content could be removed the images had reached about 40,000 views, which the Guardia Civil says amplified the harm to the nine minors' privacy uncontrollably within hours.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil account; the emotional and social harm is the Guardia Civil's characterisation, no victim statement inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Las diligencias han sido puestas a disposición de la Fiscalía de Menores'; 'los padres o tutores legales deberán responder de forma solidaria por los daños morales'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'es la Fiscalía de Menores la que asume este tipo de diligencias'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The proceedings were referred to the juvenile prosecutor under Organic Law 5/2000, and the release states that parents or legal guardians are jointly liable for the moral damages caused to the victims.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil release."}],"effects":[{"label":"nine underage girls depicted naked and sexualised in AI-manipulated images published on a pornography site with their personal data; about 40,000 views before removal","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/va/detalle/articulo/Investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-deepfakes-pornograficos-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto/","kind":"official_release","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-23 through the r.jina.ai reader proxy (the live page returned 403); Interior Ministry press page carrying the Guardia Civil release of 14 July 2026. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.extremadura7dias.com/index.php/noticia/investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-imagenes-falsas-pornograficas-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (Extremadura7días, 14 July 2026): verbatim reproduction of the Guardia Civil release. Same chain as s1.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.diariodeleon.es/sociedad/260726/2092358/badajoz-ultimo-caso-logrono-menores-investigados-ia-desnudar-companeras-clase.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (Europa Press agency piece carried by Diario de León, 26 July 2026, JSON-LD body): the Logroño case summarised from the Guardia Civil account, with earlier Spanish school cases as context; dates a detention to 14 July where the release says investigated.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the images were made and uploaded; the release gives no dates.","The AI tools and the pornography website used.","Whether the minor was detained (Europa Press via Diario de León dates a detention to 14 July, the release date, while also calling him investigado) or only investigated (the release, which gives no date for the identification or any event).","What the juvenile prosecutor decided and whether the victims received support.","Whether all copies were removed."],"geography":{"basis":"The investigated minor is from Logroño and the victims are his classmates (Guardia Civil release: un joven de 14 años de Logroño; compañeras de clase). The proceedings went to the juvenile prosecutor (Fiscalía de Menores), which is not a court; no court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case affecting nine minors, documented by an official Guardia Civil release carried by national and regional outlets; single reporting chain, so every claim is recorded as reported. No victim, school or perpetrator is named; the perpetrator is a minor and the event date is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Guardia Civil states that the minor used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise the photographs; the tools are not named and no independent account was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Logroño: the Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old who took photographs of nine underage classmates from their public social-media profiles, used AI tools to strip and sexualise them, and uploaded the fake images to an adult pornography website under a profile describing them as girls from his school made with AI, organised in folders with each girl's personal details; the images reached about 40,000 views before removal (reported 14 July 2026)","summary":"On 14 July 2026 Spain's Interior Ministry published a Guardia Civil release stating that a 14-year-old from Logroño was under investigation as the presumed author of offences of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography. Investigators from the technology investigation team (EDITE) and Equipo@ found that he knew all nine victims, all minors and classmates, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate the images, digitally undress and sexualise them. He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says made the girls recognisable and multiplied the emotional and social harm. Before the content could be removed it had reached about 40,000 views, amplifying the harm to the nine girls' privacy within hours. The proceedings were passed to the juvenile prosecutor under the juvenile criminal responsibility law; the release notes that parents or guardians are jointly liable for moral damages. Diario de León (Europa Press, 26 July) placed the case in a series of Spanish school cases since Almendralejo in 2023 and, unlike the release, described the minor as having been arrested.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-14","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation ('undressing') tools; not named in the Guardia Civil release","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Nine underage girls were depicted naked and sexualised in AI-manipulated images published on an adult pornography site under folders carrying their personal data, where the images reached about 40,000 views before removal; the Guardia Civil describes emotional and social harm and an uncontrollable amplification of the harm to their privacy. Attribution rests on the Guardia Civil release; no victim statement was inspected.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":9,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Nine classmates, all minors, per the Guardia Civil release (nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad). Exact 9. The 40,000 figure is views, not people, and is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/va/detalle/articulo/Investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-deepfakes-pornograficos-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto/","primarySourceLabel":"Ministerio del Interior / Guardia Civil, 14 July 2026: Investigado un menor por crear y difundir deepfakes pornográficos de nueve compañeras de instituto","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-23T03:45:55.439996+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:44.638705+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","spain","la-rioja","logrono","minors","school","non-consensual-images","guardia-civil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-brazil-influencer-ai-sexualized-minors","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'O desabafo foi feito ao g1 por uma jovem evangélica de 16 anos que teve a própria imagem manipulada por um influenciador digital com uso de inteligência artificial (IA) (veja vídeo acima). A Polícia Civil de São Paulo investiga o caso.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Um influenciador digital é investigado pela Polícia Civil de São Paulo sob suspeita de usar inteligência artificial para manipular imagens de jovens evangélicas, sem consentimento, criando vídeos com conteúdos sexualizados. As manipulações eram divulgadas em perfis nas redes sociais.'; 'Segundo a SSP (Secretaria da Segurança Pública), diligências estão em andamento.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'O Metrópoles apurou que a investigação é feita por meio de um inquérito policial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"São Paulo civil police are investigating a social-media creator on suspicion of using AI to turn photographs of young women and girls from a church congregation, taken without their consent, into sexualised videos that he published on his social-media profiles.","causal_attribution":"g1's own reporting from the victims and the delegada; Folha's own confirmation with the state public security department; Metrópoles's own check of the inquiry. The suspicion has not been tried."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'aí eu jogo na IA, a IA faz dançar.'; 'admitiu usar fotos de jovens evangélicas da'; 'e ferramentas do TikTok para animar e manipular as imagens, transformando-as em vídeos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pego a foto, as irmãs postando de costas, e jogo na IA. A IA faz dançar'; 'Disse que retirou as imagens de perfis públicos em redes sociais e que não sabia que algumas das pessoas retratadas eram adolescentes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In a video he posted, the creator described taking congregants' photographs and putting them into an AI that makes them dance. In his police statement, g1 reports, he admitted using congregants' photographs and TikTok tools to animate and manipulate the images into videos, and said he had taken the photographs from public social-media profiles.","causal_attribution":"The suspect's own recorded words and his police statement as reported by g1 (one reporting chain). He disputes any sexual or criminal intent (c6)."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ele pegou a minha foto sem autorização e fez uma montagem com inteligência artificial, com as mulheres sensualizando na frente e [comigo] junto a elas'; 'Eu sou muito envergonhada, então não queria ter sido exposta. Eu tomo cuidado e também fico com medo disso afetar meu convívio social'; 'Eu não tirei mais nenhuma [fotografia].'; 'O caso veio à tona em fevereiro, quando a jovem e os pais procuraram a'; 'A família entrou com ação na Justiça pedindo indenização por dano moral.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'após uma adolescente de 16 anos, vítima do influenciador em uma das publicações, denunciar o caso à'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A teenage girl told g1 that her photograph had been used without her permission in an AI montage showing women posing sensually with her among them, that she had not wanted to be exposed and feared for her social life, and that she had stopped taking photographs of herself. She and her parents went to the police in February 2026, and her family filed a civil claim for moral damages.","causal_attribution":"The girl's and her family's account to g1; Metrópoles independently reports that her complaint started the police inquiry. Her distress is her own account."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A gente está investigando esse caso de deepfake. Houve uma simulação dessas imagens dessas meninas, algumas delas adolescentes'; 'mas pede que outras jovens expostas pelo influencer também procurem à delegacia.'; 'conforme o artigo 241-C do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA), cuja pena varia de 1 a 3 anos de reclusão, além de multa. A polícia também apura se ele cometeu difamação em relação a outras jovens expostas.'; 'O pedido foi feito pelo Ministério Público (MP).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'que foi direcionado às autoridades de'; 'por determinação judicial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The investigating delegada told g1 that the police were investigating a deepfake case in which images of girls, some of them adolescents, had been simulated, and asked other affected young women to come forward. g1 reports that the inquiry concerns the child-protection statute's offence of simulating sexual scenes with minors by digital means (article 241-C) and possible defamation, and that at the prosecutors' request a court transferred it to the district where the suspect lives.","causal_attribution":"The delegada's own words to g1; the offence and the transfer as reported by g1, with Metrópoles's own check of the judicial transfer. The delegada did not disclose a technical basis for the deepfake description."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O boletim de ocorrência mais recente foi registrado em 30 de abril, pela mãe da adolescente, na'; 'o influenciador também utilizou, sem autorização, fotos da jovem retiradas de suas redes sociais para produzir montagens de cunho sexual, publicadas em perfis dele no Instagram, no TikTok e no YouTube.'; 'A divulgação na internet afetou a garota psicologicamente.'; 'já que há vítimas adultas que aparecem nos vídeos manipulados com deep fake.'; 'o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 30 April 2026 the mother of a second adolescent registered a police report. g1 reports that, according to that report, he used her photographs from her social-media accounts without authorisation for sexual montages posted on his Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles, that the online exposure affected her psychologically, that he is also investigated for defamation because adult women appear in the manipulated videos, and that the total number of victims was still being established.","causal_attribution":"g1's report of the second complaint (one chain); the psychological effect is g1's statement without an attributed speaker."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A defesa enfatiza que as publicações realizadas em suas redes sociais tinham o intuito estrito de sátira e crítica de costumes, inseridas em um contexto de humor. Em nenhum momento houve a intenção de promover exploração sexual, pornografia ou qualquer ato que atentasse contra a dignidade sexual das pessoas mencionadas'; 'Não possuía conhecimento sobre a idade das pessoas retratadas nas imagens públicas utilizadas'; 'Eu peço perdão a todos que se sentiram ofendidos. Eu prometo ser mais cauteloso'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'negou ter vinculado a imagem da adolescente a fotografias de mulheres com pouca vestimenta ou a qualquer conteúdo sexualizado ou pornográfico'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'alegou que as publicações foram feitas em um “contexto de humor”, sem a intenção de atentar contra a dignidade sexual das vítimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Through a note from his lawyer, the creator said the posts were satire and criticism of customs made in a context of humour, denied any intention of sexual exploitation or pornography, and said he did not know the ages of the people depicted. In his police statement he denied linking the adolescent's image to sexualised content, and after his statement he posted a video apologising to those who felt offended.","causal_attribution":"The defence note was sent to both g1 and Metrópoles, so it is one origin; the denial in the police statement and the apology video are reported by g1."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O TikTok informou adotar tolerância zero para exploração sexual infantil e remover conteúdos desse tipo. O YouTube disse que retirou vídeos que violavam suas diretrizes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Os materiais foram apagados após a divulgação da investigação.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"TikTok said it has zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation and removes such content, YouTube said it had removed videos that violated its guidelines, and Folha reports that the material was deleted after the investigation became public.","causal_attribution":"The platforms' statements to g1; Folha's own statement on deletion."}],"effects":[{"label":"a teenage girl whose photograph was used without permission in an AI montage described embarrassment and fear about the exposure and stopped taking photographs of herself","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a second adolescent was reported to be affected psychologically by the montages made from her photographs","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"},{"label":"young women and girls of a church congregation inserted without consent into sexualised videos published on social media","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-19 (g1 São Paulo, 22 April 2026, updated 23 April). Own reporting: interviews with the first adolescent complainant and her parents, another congregant, the investigating delegada and the family's lawyer, plus the suspect's own posted videos and his police statement. Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/24/influencer-investigado-por-videos-sexualizados-de-evangelicas-com-ia-diz-que-usou-humor-para-criticar-roupas-usadas-por-jovens-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-19 (g1 São Paulo, 24 April 2026). The defence lawyer's note to g1, the suspect's police statement and his own recordings and apology video, and platform responses. Same g1 reporting chain as s1. Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/05/15/nova-vitima-de-17-anos-registra-bo-contra-influenciador-que-usa-ia-para-sexualizar-jovens-evangelicas.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-19 (g1 São Paulo, 15 May 2026). The second adolescent's police report of 30 April 2026 and the state of the investigation. Same g1 reporting chain as s1. Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2026/04/influenciador-e-investigado-sob-suspeita-de-criar-videos-sexualizados-de-jovens-evangelicas-em-sp.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-19 at the .shtml path (Folha de S.Paulo, 22 April 2026). Folha says the case was first reported by g1 and confirmed by Folha, and carries a statement from the São Paulo state public security department (SSP). Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"folha"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/influencer-acusado-de-sexualizar-adolescentes-usando-ia-alega-humor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-19 (Metrópoles, 24 April 2026). The defence lawyer's note as sent to Metrópoles and Metrópoles's own check of the inquiry's transfer. Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"metropoles"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice","religion"],"unknowns":["When the videos were first posted: the first girl's photograph was taken in 2025 and her complaint was made in February 2026.","The age of the first complainant: 16 per g1 on 22 April 2026, 'também de 17 anos' per g1 on 15 May 2026.","Which police station took the first complaint: g1 on 22 April and Metrópoles name one women's police station, g1 on 15 May another.","How many people were depicted; the police were still establishing the number in May 2026.","Which AI tool was used beyond the TikTok tools he named to the police.","Whether the suspect has been charged and the status of the civil damages claim; nothing after 16 May 2026 was found on 19 October 2026.","When the apology video was posted: g1's 22 April report dates an apology video to 5 April 2026 and says it does not mention the deepfakes, while g1's 24 April report describes an apology posted after his police statement."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaints were made to São Paulo civil police, the inquiry was transferred by a São Paulo court to the district of São Paulo state where the suspect lives, and the first girl's family filed a civil claim (g1; Folha; Metrópoles).","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): g1 interviewed the first adolescent and her family and the investigating delegada, Folha and Metrópoles confirmed the investigation, and the creator acknowledged in his own video and police statement that he animated congregants' photographs with AI; he disputes criminal intent. The girls, their families and the adult suspect are not named, and his town, trade and online persona are omitted.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The creator said in his own posted video that he puts congregants' photographs into an AI that makes them dance, and g1 reports that in his police statement he admitted using their photographs and TikTok tools to animate and manipulate the images into videos (an admission). The investigating delegada described the case as deepfake and said images of girls, some of them adolescents, had been simulated; Folha reports the same suspicion from the investigation. The specific tool is not named. The AI output depicted the girls and women; no AI system interacted with them.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Brazilian police investigate creator over sexualised videos made from congregants' photos he says he animated with AI; two teenage girls filed reports","summary":"São Paulo police are investigating a social-media creator over sexualised videos he made from photographs of young women and girls in a church congregation, which he said he animated with AI. Two teenage girls filed police reports, and one described embarrassment and fear about the exposure. The creator, through his lawyer, says the posts were humour and denies criminal intent; no charge has been reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-22","aiSystem":"An AI tool, not named, that animated still photographs into dancing videos; in his police statement the creator said he used TikTok tools to animate and manipulate the images, and in a posted video he said he puts the photographs into an AI that makes them dance","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Young women and adolescent girls of a church congregation were inserted without consent into AI-animated sexualised videos posted to the creator's social-media profiles. A teenage girl described embarrassment and fear about the exposure, and g1 reports that a second adolescent was affected psychologically. The creator acknowledges making the videos with AI and disputes any sexual or criminal intent.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two adolescent girls who filed police reports (the first in February 2026, g1 22 April and Metrópoles; the second on 30 April 2026, g1 15 May) are counted. Other depicted congregants, adult and adolescent, are described ('o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado', g1 15 May) but not counted. Partial: 2 counted plus an unquantified number.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"g1 São Paulo, 22 April 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-14T11:18:13.776891+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T03:06:44.552383+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","sexualised-imagery","minor","brazil","police-investigation","depicted"]}]}