{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-19T08:19:18.474Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"criminal-charge","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":13,"coverage":{"cases":13,"countries":5,"languages":5,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":8,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":13,"coreRelations":13,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"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. The service is unnamed and the account is the sheriff's office's alone, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Lake County sheriff says an Illinois man used an online AI service to make sexual videos of a child relative and her mother from photos; charges filed","summary":"The Lake County Sheriff's Office in Illinois says that on 25 March 2026 a man from unincorporated Antioch told deputies a stranger had handed him a phone containing sexual videos of a young child he identified as a relative, and that he later admitted the story was fabricated. According to the sheriff's office, investigators found that he had taken photographs of the child and the child's mother and used an online service to generate sexually explicit videos from those images, including videos depicting the child, and a forensic analysis of his phone found further AI-generated videos exploiting the child and her mother. 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-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-edmonton-junior-high-two-14-year-olds-charged-ai-sexualised-images-of-classmates","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit charged two 14-year-old boys on June 1, 2026.'; 'ALERT alleges that the two boys took photos of the girls without their consent, and also took photos from their social media accounts, in order to sexualize the images using AI software. They were charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials as well as voyeurism.'; 'Several students were victimized and ICE’s investigation remains ongoing.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Investigators allege the teens took photos of girls at their school without consent, in addition to obtaining photos of female classmates from their social media accounts, and then used AI software to sexualize the images.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'On June 1, the two boys were charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials as well as voyeurism.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"ALERT's ICE unit charged two 14-year-old boys on 1 June 2026 with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism, alleging they took photos of girls at their Edmonton junior high school without consent and from the girls' social media accounts and sexualised the images using AI software; several students were identified as victims.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation in a news release and news conference; untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A teacher at the school first brought this to police attention in late March 2026 after complaints from students.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The investigation determined that sexualized images were shared between the two teens but word about the existence of the images eventually spread through the school, she said.'; 'Investigators declined to say which application was used to manipulate the photographs.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Currently, the evidence suggests they shared the images with each other, but not more broadly.'; 'As the forensic analysis of the boys’ devices has not been completed, ALERT also could not say which AI software was used or how many images were created.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Police began investigating after a teacher at the school reported the images in late March.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A teacher reported the matter to police in late March 2026 after students complained; police say the evidence so far indicates the images were shared between the two boys rather than more broadly, that word of their existence spread through the school, and that the AI application used and the number of images had not been determined because forensic analysis was incomplete.","causal_attribution":"Police statements at the news conference as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The case has left the girls with intense feelings of shame and embarrassment, she said.'; '“These are very convincing images, and that’s why the impact on victims is so significant'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Several girls – potentially more than 10 – were targeted, according to police.'; '“We have kids now that are too scared to post on social media because they’re paranoid that this could happen again,” Bosch said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Church said forensic review of the evidence is ongoing but the number of victims could be in the “double digits.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The lead investigator said the case left the girls with intense feelings of shame and embarrassment, that the images are very convincing, and that some students are now too scared to post on social media; police said the number of victims could be more than ten or in the double digits pending forensic review.","causal_attribution":"Police characterisation of the victims' reactions; no statement from the victims or families is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of several female classmates, taken at school without consent and from social media, were sexualised with AI software (police allegation)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"police say the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and some are too scared to post online","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://alert-ab.ca/students-charged-after-using-ai-to-sexual-classmates/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. ALERT news release dated 17 June 2026 (datePublished 2026-06-17T14:20 UTC).","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ai-student-charges-9.7238575","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. CBC News Edmonton, Wallis Snowdon, 17 June 2026; covers the release and the ALERT news conference.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/11909790/edmonton-students-artificial-intelligence-sexual-exploitation-classmates/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. Global News, 17 June 2026; covers the release and news conference; carries the 1 June charge date.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/2-teen-boys-accused-of-using-ai-to-make-sexual-photos-of-classmates/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. CTV News Edmonton, 17 June 2026; article body taken from the page's JSON-LD articleBody.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/alberta/boys-charged-after-exploitative-images-of-girls-at-edmonton-school-created-using-ai/article_1d72d9fc-cb13-5df0-a7e2-50dbb43eca5c.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (first attempt returned HTTP 429, second 200). The Canadian Press wire story, 17 June 2026, from the news conference; the page notes a correction to how ALERT was described.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI application was used and how many images were created.","The confirmed number of girls depicted (police estimate potentially more than ten pending forensic review).","When the images were made; a teacher reported them to police in late March 2026.","Whether any image was shared beyond the two accused (police say the current evidence indicates not).","The court outcome for the two accused."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is an Edmonton junior high school and the charges were laid by ALERT's ICE unit, with the Edmonton Police Service involved in the investigation (ALERT release); the victims are its students. The charges were laid in Canada; no court or court appearance is reported.","court_countries":["CA"],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) consistent with existing school AI-imagery rows (Jaú, Jeju, Colchester): police charged two 14-year-old students with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism after allegedly sexualising classmates' photos with AI software, and described the harm to the girls. One police chain (release plus news conference) read across five outlets; the accused, the victims and the school are not named by police or here. Event dated to March 2026 (month), when a teacher reported the images to police after complaints from students; creation dates are not stated.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ALERT alleges the two boys sexualised photos of classmates using AI software; investigators said at the news conference that they had not determined which application was used and that forensic analysis of the devices was incomplete (CBC, CTV). The allegation is untested in court.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Edmonton: two 14-year-old junior high students charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism after police allege they used AI software to sexualise photos of female classmates taken at school without consent and from social media","summary":"The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation unit announced on 17 June 2026 that two 14-year-old boys at an Edmonton junior high school had been charged on 1 June with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism. Police allege the boys took photos of girls at their school without consent and from the girls' social media accounts and used AI software to sexualise them; several students were identified as victims and police said the number could be more than ten pending forensic review. A teacher reported the matter to police in late March 2026 after students complained. Police said the evidence so far indicates the images were shared between the two boys rather than more widely, but that word of their existence spread through the school. The lead investigator said the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and that some are now too scared to post on social media. The software has not been identified; the school and the accused are not named to protect the victims. CBC, Global News, CTV News and The Canadian Press covered the release and news conference.","incidentDate":"2026-03-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-17","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI software that police allege the two students used to sexualise photos of female classmates; investigators said they had not determined which application was used (ALERT news release and news conference, 17 June 2026)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photos of several female junior high students, taken at school without consent and from social media, were sexualised with AI software according to police, who charged two 14-year-old classmates; the lead investigator said the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and some are now too scared to post online (ALERT release; CBC, Global News, CTV, 17 June 2026).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say several students were victimised and that the number could be more than ten or in the double digits pending forensic review; no confirmed count is published. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://alert-ab.ca/students-charged-after-using-ai-to-sexual-classmates/","primarySourceLabel":"ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) news release, 17 June 2026: Students charged after using AI to sexual classmates","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:11:30.099634+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:11:30.099634+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","deepfakes","school","minors","minor-perpetrators","voyeurism","edmonton","alberta","canada","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated","historical-2026"]},{"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":"'A [identifying detail withheld] man is accused of using an AI chatbot to remove the clothing of photographed children and create sexually explicit images.'; '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 probable cause statement as reported by the Daily American Republic, the man is accused of using an AI chatbot to remove the clothing of photographed children and create sexually explicit images; interviewed by police, he said he would get photographs of children from a redacted source and upload them to an AI generator to undress them, and that one such tool had no regulations.","causal_attribution":"The allegation and the reported admission come from the probable cause statement as read by one newspaper; the accused has pleaded not guilty and the police statements carried by other outlets do not mention AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'On September 25, [identifying detail withheld] Prosecutor Sawyer Smith and Assistant Prosecutor Chase Dembowski formally charged'; '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'; 'is currently being held on a no-bond warrant at the [identifying detail withheld] Jail.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"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. He is being held at [identifying detail withheld] jail'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"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":"The accused faces two felony sexual-exploitation counts and three felony possession counts and was held without bond.","causal_attribution":"The charge list is given by the Daily American Republic from the preliminary hearing and, in one police chain, by KFVS12 and KWOC from the [identifying detail withheld] Police Department; the filing date, felony classes and no-bond status are in the police chain only (c7)."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday, Sept. 29, during a preliminary hearing before [identifying detail withheld] Judge Leann Below.'; 'is next due in court Oct. 22'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He pleaded not guilty in September 2026 and was next due in court in October.","causal_attribution":"Court report by the Daily American Republic; no other inspected source covers the hearing."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The [identifying detail withheld] Police Department said in August, the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force contacted one of its detectives about a tip involving suspicious internet activity.'; '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.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The DPD conducted a two-month investigation'; 'A search warrant was obtained Sept. 21 for the residence'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Missouri investigators acted on a tip and obtained a warrant to search electronic devices and accounts; police said the investigation was ongoing.","causal_attribution":"The [identifying detail withheld] Police Department's account carried by KFVS12 and KWOC (one police chain). The Daily American Republic attributes the two-month investigation to the same police chief and the 21 September search warrant to the police-authored probable cause statement, so no independent chain supports this claim; its intake account also differs (a North Carolina task force received the cybertip on 20 April and the case was assigned to [identifying detail withheld] police on 30 July, see c5)."},{"id":"c5","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'; 'The tip came from an LLC whose company name was redacted in a probable cause filed with [identifying detail withheld] courts. The LLC operates a publicly accessible generative artificial intelligence chatbot.'; 'The case was assigned to the DPD jurisdiction July 30. DPD said there were two other cybertips linked to the case.'; 'The probable cause lists descriptions of multiple files of sexually explicit images of an adult male and a young girl.'; 'The case went from North Carolina law enforcement to South Carolina law enforcement before'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reported probable-cause statement describes an April 2026 cybertip from a company operating a generative AI chatbot, followed by referrals between law-enforcement agencies and linked tips about sexual images involving children.","causal_attribution":"Single newspaper account of the probable cause statement; the company is redacted and the report does not say whether the described files were AI-generated."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'registered sex offender for two cases of child sex crimes in South Carolina, according to the [identifying detail withheld] Police Department.'; 'he was convicted in 2018 in South Carolina for sexual exploitation of a minor.'; 'He was then convicted in 2023 in South Carolina of sexual exploitation of a minor.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The newspaper reports prior sexual-exploitation convictions in South Carolina, citing police and the probable-cause statement.","causal_attribution":"Context for the charge wording (second subsequent offense) from one newspaper's account of the probable cause statement."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On September 25, [identifying detail withheld] Prosecutor Sawyer Smith and Assistant Prosecutor Chase Dembowski formally charged'; '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'; 'is currently being held on a no-bond warrant at the [identifying detail withheld] Jail.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'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":"KFVS12 and KWOC report filed felony charges and detention without bond, attributing the information to police and prosecutors.","causal_attribution":"[identifying detail withheld] Police Department statement carried by KFVS12 and KWOC (one chain)."}],"effects":[{"label":"photographs of children were uploaded to an AI tool to undress them and create sexually explicit images (probable cause statement 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 2026-09-30 from an Internet Archive capture (20260930031802) requested during this review because darnews.com answers HTTP 403 to this host; the article body was recovered from the page's embedded data payload (the page is marked not free to access). Court and probable-cause reporting by Donna Farley, Daily American Republic, published 29 September 2026; the [identifying detail withheld] police chief is also quoted.","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 2026-09-30 (KFVS12 Heartland News, Olivia Tock, 28 September 2026). Carries the [identifying detail withheld] Police Department's account of the investigation and the prosecutor's charges.","independence_group":"dexter-pd-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 2026-09-30 (KWOC News, Today's Talk for 29 September 2026, Shawn Mannon). The [identifying detail withheld] police chief's account to the station; same police chain as KFVS12.","independence_group":"dexter-pd-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI chatbot or generator was used; the company that sent the cybertip is redacted in the probable cause statement.","Which children were depicted, how many, whether they are known to the accused, and whether any were informed.","Whether the files described as depicting an adult male and a young girl are AI-generated.","Whether any images were shared or distributed.","When the images were made (before the 20 April 2026 cybertip).","The case number and the outcome of the charges; the next hearing is 22 October 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The accused lives in [identifying detail withheld], Missouri; the search, arrest and charges are in [identifying detail withheld], Missouri, and the case is before the [identifying detail withheld] court (Daily American Republic, KFVS12, KWOC). Where the depicted children live is not stated.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a probable cause statement, as reported by the local newspaper, records that a man uploaded photographs of children to an AI generator to undress them, the first cybertip came from the company operating a generative AI chatbot, and he is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material. The charges and investigation are carried by two local outlets from the police; the AI element rests on the newspaper's reading of the probable cause statement and the accused has pleaded not guilty. Neither the accused nor any child is named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Daily American Republic reports from the probable cause statement that the man said he would get photographs of children and upload them to an AI generator to undress them, and that the initial cybertip came from a company operating a publicly accessible generative AI chatbot. The tools are redacted or unnamed, and the police statements carried by KFVS12 and KWOC do not mention AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Missouri charges allege AI sexual-image abuse of children; accused pleads not guilty","summary":"Missouri prosecutors charged a man over allegations that he used an AI generator to sexualise photographs of children. He pleaded not guilty and was detained pending proceedings. The tool and number of children were not reliably established.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"A publicly accessible generative AI chatbot operated by a company whose name is redacted in the probable cause statement, and an 'AI generator' the accused said he used to undress photographs of children (Daily American Republic's account of the probable cause statement); no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photographs of children were uploaded to an AI tool to remove their clothing and create sexually explicit images, according to the probable cause statement as reported by the Daily American Republic; the man 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 probable cause statement, as reported, refers to photographs of children uploaded to an AI generator and to files depicting a young girl, but no count of real children depicted is reported. 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 — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:23.864538+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:36.624052+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","nudify","children","missouri","dexter","stoddard-county","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2025-kulai-johor-school-ai-nude-images-sold-rm2","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'kejadian itu terbongkar apabila seorang wanita berusia 18 tahun membuat laporan polis pada 3 April lalu, selepas mendapati gambar lucah yang disunting menggunakan wajahnya tular di media sosial' (the case came to light when an 18-year-old woman lodged a police report on 3 April after finding nude images edited with her face circulating on social media); 'suspek yang masih bersekolah itu menggunakan aplikasi teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) untuk menyunting gambar mangsa yang diperoleh daripada akaun media sosial' (the suspect, still a schoolboy, used an AI application to edit victims' photos obtained from social media accounts); 'gambar yang disunting kemudian dijual kepada orang ramai dengan harga murah iaitu RM2' (the edited images were then sold to the public at the low price of RM2).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the cops had received eight reports against the teenager, who was arrested at 5pm on Tuesday (April 8) in Kulai'; 'seized a phone believed to have been used to edit and upload lewd photos of his victims on social media, which are then sold at RM2 each'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A 19-year-old victim lodged a police report after finding an explicit image with her likeness on social media' (gives the complainant's age as 19; the police statement says 18).","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s12"}],"assertion":"An 18-year-old woman lodged a police report on 3 April 2025 after finding nude images edited with her face circulating on social media and offered for sale; police arrested a 16-year-old schoolboy in Kulai at about 5 pm on 8 April, seized a phone believed used to edit and upload the images, and said he used an AI application to edit photos obtained from victims' social media accounts and sold the edited images at RM2 each.","causal_attribution":"Johor police chief's written statement of 9 April 2025, relayed by Sinar Harian and The Star; single official chain."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'gambar yang disunting kemudian dijual kepada orang ramai dengan harga murah iaitu RM2' (the edited images were sold to the public at RM2); 'polis menerima lapan laporan dari mangsa lain melibatkan isu kes sama' (police received eight reports from other victims on the same matter).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'一名女学生昨日在网络发长文控诉，除了发现自己的照片遭同班男同学合成裸照，并发现对方在通讯软件Telegram开设一个聊天室，并在内散播合成照片予其他人观赏，该聊天室内有超过200人' (a female pupil posted a long complaint online yesterday: besides finding her photos composited into nude images by a male classmate, she found he had opened a Telegram chat room, spreading the composites for others to view, with more than 200 members).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'said it has expelled a student over his involvement in distributing deepfake pornographic images of students and alumni'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Kami dimaklumkan terdapat beberapa kumpulan di media sosial yang menyebarkan gambar-gambar telah dimanipulasi secara digital' (we were informed that several social media groups were spreading digitally manipulated images).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"AI-generated nude composites of current and former pupils of the school were produced from their social media photos, shared in online groups including a Telegram chat room of more than 200 members, and sold online.","causal_attribution":"Supported by four separate accounts: the police statement, the pupil's own post, the school board's statement and the deputy minister's post. Recorded as reported (not corroborated) because the Telegram-group size and the social-media origin of the photos each rest on a single chain."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'该女生向校方反映有关情况，但该男生仅被记了两个小过或者一个大过' (the girl reported the situation to the school, but the boy was only given two minor demerits or one major demerit); '老师接获女校友投诉相关事件后，竟指受害者们将自己的照片发在社交媒体上，就需要自行承担后果的回应，令她们觉得受到二次伤害' (after receiving alumni complaints, a teacher responded that the victims had posted their own photos on social media and had to bear the consequences themselves, which made them feel they had suffered a second injury).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'The school acknowledged its delay in handling the incident and said it would implement stricter measures moving forward'; 'An internal probe found online allegations against a disciplinary teacher to be baseless and distorted, the board said'.","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Mangsa memaklumkan kes seperti ini bukan pertama kali berlaku. Sebaliknya ada insiden serupa telah dilaporkan kepada pihak sekolah sejak tahun lepas, namun tiada tindakan berkesan diambil' (victims informed [the deputy minister] that such a case was not the first; similar incidents had been reported to the school since the previous year without effective action).","relation":"context","source_id":"s11"}],"assertion":"A female pupil's post of 8 April 2025 said the school had responded to her complaint with only minor demerits for the classmate, and that a teacher told alumni complainants they had to bear the consequences of posting their own photos online, which the complainants experienced as a second injury.","causal_attribution":"The pupil's own post as relayed by Oriental Daily; the school board acknowledged delay but said allegations against a disciplinary teacher were distorted."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'30 to 40 of the student's schoolmates and his school's alumni were believed to have become victims'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Sehingga kini, polis menerima lapan laporan dari mangsa lain melibatkan isu kes sama' (so far, police have received eight reports from other victims on the same matter).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'as of noon yesterday, 22 reports had been lodged by victims against the 16-year-old suspect'; 'so far, 38 individuals have been identified as victims, with the youngest reportedly only 12 or 13 years old'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'29 police reports had been lodged against the teen, as of noon Tuesday (April 15)'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'Sekurang-kurangnya 40 individu dipercayai menjadi mangsa' (at least 40 people are believed to be victims); 'mangsa terdiri daripada bekas pelajar dan pelajar semasa sekolah tersebut, termasuk remaja seawal usia 14 tahun' (the victims are former and current pupils of the school, including teenagers as young as 14); 'seramai tujuh orang mangsa telah dibantu oleh pegawai dari pejabat saya untuk membuat laporan polis' (seven victims have been helped by officers from my office to lodge police reports).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Setakat ini, mangsa-mangsa yang dikenal pasti adalah 38 orang dan ada antara mereka yang menghubungi kami berumur 13 tahun' (so far 38 victims have been identified and some of those who contacted us are 13).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s11"}],"assertion":"Police reports lodged by victims against the suspect rose from eight at the arrest to 22 by noon on 12 April and 29 by noon on 15 April 2025; the deputy minister said on 9 April, when her office had helped seven victims lodge reports, that 30 to 40 people were believed affected, including pupils as young as 14, and on 12 April that 38 people had been identified, the youngest 12 or 13.","causal_attribution":"Police counts from the Johor police chief; victim estimates from the deputy minister, who assisted victims. The counts differ by date and by counting method."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The board said that contrary to online claims, the student did not receive only light reprimands but was removed from the school entirely'; 'pledged full support for the victims and their families, including counselling services by school and external professionals'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'surat perletakan jawatan daripada pengetua ... telah diterima pada 12 April lalu' (the principal's resignation letter was received on 12 April); 'dalam mesyuarat bulanan pada 17 April, kami sebulat suara bersetuju untuk menghormati keputusan' (at the monthly meeting on 17 April we unanimously agreed to respect the decision); 'satu pasukan bebas terdiri daripada lima ahli ditubuhkan bagi menyemak aduan yang dikemukakan oleh bekas pelajar' (an independent five-member team was formed to review complaints submitted by former pupils).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"The school board announced on 10 April 2025 that the pupil had been expelled, acknowledged delay in handling the case and promised counselling and legal aid for victims; the principal submitted his resignation on 12 April, which the board accepted at a 17 April meeting while forming a five-member team to review former pupils' complaints.","causal_attribution":"School board statements of 10 and 18 April 2025 as reported by Malay Mail and FMT."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Also remanded alongside the teenager is a 19-year-old male, who has been remanded for six days starting Wednesday for the same purpose'; 'The remand application was made to facilitate investigations under Section 7 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'A 16-year-old student today pleaded guilty in the Kulai Magistrate's Court to possessing pornographic materials on his mobile phone'; 'the teen denied a second charge under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017. This charge relates to allegedly using artificial intelligence to digitally alter photographs of a 17-year-old female classmate into explicit images'; 'Magistrate R. Salini granted bail at RM4,000 for each charge and set June 23 for the next hearing'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"},{"locator":"'dia didakwa menghasilkan bahan penganiayaan seksual seorang mangsa perempuan berusia 17 tahun dengan cara menyunting gambar menjadi gambar lucah' (he is charged with producing sexual abuse material of a 17-year-old female victim by editing an image into a pornographic image); 'remaja berkenaan mengaku bersalah memiliki bahan lucah dalam telefon bimbitnya' (the teenager pleaded guilty to possessing pornographic material on his phone); 'menetapkan 23 Jun ini untuk sebutan semula kes' (fixed 23 June for mention).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s10"},{"locator":"'If found guilty, the court may impose a warning, a good behaviour bond, a fine, community service, or placement in an approved school'.","relation":"context","source_id":"s12"}],"assertion":"The boy's remand was extended to 20 April 2025 and a 19-year-old male was remanded alongside him for investigation under Section 7 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998; on 23 April 2025 the boy pleaded guilty at the Kulai Magistrate's Court to possessing 14 pornographic images on his phone under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code and not guilty to producing sexual abuse material by editing a 17-year-old girl's image under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, with bail of RM4,000 per charge and mention fixed for 23 June 2025.","causal_attribution":"Court reports of the closed-door hearing of 23 April 2025 and The Star's remand report of 16 April; the charge sheet itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-edited nude images of schoolmates and alumni, including minors, were circulated in a Telegram chat room and sold online at RM2 each","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a victim described the school treating the matter as a minor infraction and a teacher blaming complainants, which she called a second injury","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/721913/berita/semasa/pelajar-sekolah-ditahan-sunting-jual-gambar-lucah-guna-aii","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-09-19 (Sinar Harian, published 2025-04-09 16:38 +08:00). Johor police chief's written statement of Wednesday 9 April 2025. Model reading of the original; English glosses in the locators are the reviewer's own.","independence_group":"johor-police-statement-2025-04-09"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/04/09/johor-teenager-nabbed-for-allegedly-creating-selling-lewd-ai-pics-of-schoolmates","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (The Star, 9 April 2025). Same police statement; also carries the deputy minister's 9 April statement, which is cited here only through s3.","independence_group":"johor-police-statement-2025-04-09"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://malaysiatribune.news/40-pelajar-mangsa-gambar-lucah-deepfake-suspek-remaja-ditahan/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-09-19 (Malaysia Tribune, published 2025-04-10 19:00 +08:00). Deputy Communications Minister's Facebook post and the Johor police chief's remand confirmation. Model reading of the original.","independence_group":"deputy-minister-facebook-2025-04-09"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/society/2025/04/09/724881","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-09-19 through a Wayback Machine capture (the live page returns HTTP 403); Oriental Daily, published 2025-04-09 14:42 +08:00. Relays a female pupil's long social media post of 8 April, the principal's confirmation of the arrest and the deputy minister's post. Model reading of the original.","independence_group":"pupil-viral-post-2025-04-08"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/04/10/kulai-school-says-expelled-student-in-deepfake-porn-scandal-admits-slow-action/172624","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Malay Mail, 10 April 2025). School board statement as reported by Malaysiakini.","independence_group":"school-board-statement-2025-04-10"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/04/13/deepfake-scandal-widens","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (The Star, published 2025-04-12 16:00 UTC, print date 13 April). Deputy minister's press conference at the Kulai MP office on 12 April and the Johor police chief's count of reports and remand extension.","independence_group":"deputy-minister-press-conference-2025-04-12"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/04/16/johor-teen-in-ai-doctored-lewd-pics-probe-remanded-another-five-days","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (The Star, 16 April 2025). Remand extension, the 19-year-old, the statutes and the 29-report count.","independence_group":"remand-hearing-2025-04-16"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/18/pelajar-jual-gambar-bogel-pengetua-sekolah-menengah-di-kulai-letak-jawatan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-09-19 (FMT Malay edition, 18 April 2025). School board statement on the principal's resignation and the review team. Model reading of the original.","independence_group":"school-board-statement-2025-04-18"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/04/23/johor-teen-denies-ai-doctored-lewd-photo-charge-admits-to-porn-possession/174177","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Malay Mail, 23 April 2025). Court report of the closed-door charging at the Kulai Magistrate's Court.","independence_group":"kulai-magistrate-court-2025-04-23"},{"id":"s10","url":"https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/724591/berita/semasa/remaja-mengaku-tidak-bersalah-miliki-sunting-gambar-lucah-guna-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-09-19 (Sinar Harian, published 2025-04-23 14:17 +08:00). Court report of the same hearing. Model reading of the original.","independence_group":"kulai-magistrate-court-2025-04-23"},{"id":"s11","url":"https://themerdekatimes.com/news/2025/04/38-termasuk-pelajar-jadi-mangsa-suntingan-gambar-lucah-babit-sekolah-menengah-persendirian-cina/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-09-19 through a Wayback Machine capture (the live page returns HTTP 403); The Merdeka Times, published 2025-04-16 15:17 +08:00, reporting the 12 April press conference. Model reading of the original.","independence_group":"deputy-minister-press-conference-2025-04-12"},{"id":"s12","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/04/24/teen-admits-having-porn-on-phone","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (The Star, published 2025-04-23 16:00 UTC, print date 24 April). Court report; gives the complainant's age as 19, against 18 in the police statement.","independence_group":"kulai-magistrate-court-2025-04-23"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were created and sold: the police statement dates only the first report (3 April 2025) and the arrest (8 April); the deputy minister said victims had reported similar incidents to the school the previous year. The composites and school complaints predate the 3 April police report (a pupil's post says demerits had already been given before 8 April; the school was told the previous year), so the series may have begun before April 2025.","The outcome of the Section 5 Sexual Offences Against Children Act charge after the 23 June 2025 mention, and whether the 19-year-old was charged, were not found.","The AI application used is not named and no forensic report has been published.","The complainant's age is given as 18 by police and 19 by The Star's court report.","Whether the 29 police reports correspond one to one with the 38 people the deputy minister said were identified is not established.","The number of people in the Telegram chat room and the number of buyers are known only from the pupil's post."],"geography":{"basis":"Arrest by Kulai district police in Kulai, Johor; victims are pupils and alumni of a school in Kulai; charges at the Kulai Magistrate's Court, Johor, Malaysia.","court_countries":["MY"],"event_countries":["MY"],"affected_person_countries":["MY"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case with consequential institutional and criminal responses: AI-edited nude images of dozens of schoolmates, including minors, sold online, followed by expulsion, criminal charges and the principal's resignation. Twelve items read across Malay, English and Chinese from five separate accounts (police, deputy minister, the pupil's post, the school board, court reports). The suspect is a minor and unnamed; victims are unnamed; the school is described by type and district only and the principal is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Johor police chief said early investigation found the suspect used an AI application to edit photos obtained from victims' social media accounts; the deputy minister and the school board described the images as deepfakes; the charge sheet describes producing sexual abuse material by editing a 17-year-old's image. No forensic finding on the tool has been published and the application is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kulai, Johor: a 16-year-old pupil was arrested and charged after AI-edited nude images of schoolmates and alumni, including minors, were sold online at RM2 each; police logged 29 victim reports and the principal resigned","summary":"In April 2025 Johor police arrested a 16-year-old pupil of a private Chinese independent secondary school in Kulai district after an 18-year-old woman reported on 3 April that nude images edited with her face were circulating on social media and being offered for sale. Police said the boy used an AI application to edit photos taken from victims' social media accounts and sold the images at RM2 each; a phone was seized and a 19-year-old was later remanded alongside him. Eight victim reports at the time of the arrest on 8 April grew to 22 by 12 April and 29 by 15 April. The Deputy Communications Minister, who is also the Kulai MP, said on 9 April that most victims were alumni but some were current pupils as young as 14, and on 12 April that 38 people had been identified, the youngest 12 or 13, and her office helped victims lodge reports. A female pupil's viral post said a Telegram chat room of more than 200 members shared the composites and that the school had initially treated the matter as a minor infraction; the school board expelled the boy, acknowledged its slow handling, offered counselling and legal aid, and the principal resigned on 12 April. On 23 April 2025 the boy pleaded guilty at the Kulai Magistrate's Court to possessing 14 pornographic images and not guilty to a charge under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 of producing sexual abuse material by editing a 17-year-old classmate's image; no verdict on that charge has been found.","incidentDate":"2025-04-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-04-09","aiSystem":"AI image-editing application used to composite victims' faces onto nude bodies (application not identified); images sold through social media and a Telegram chat room","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-edited nude images of at least 29 schoolmates and alumni, including minors, were circulated and sold online; a victim's post said complainants had silently endured the abuse and felt a second injury from a teacher's response; the case led to expulsion, criminal charges and the principal's resignation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":29,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Lower bound: 29 police reports lodged by victims against the suspect as of noon 15 April 2025 (Johor police chief, reported by The Star on 16 April); the deputy minister said 38 people had been identified as victims by 12 April and estimated 30 to 40 on 9 April. Reports are treated as one per victim because the police chief described them as reports from other victims; the identified-victim figure is not used because it was not documented person by person. Chat-room members and buyers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"MY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/04/09/johor-teenager-nabbed-for-allegedly-creating-selling-lewd-ai-pics-of-schoolmates","primarySourceLabel":"The Star, 9 April 2025: Johor teenager nabbed for allegedly creating, selling lewd AI pics of schoolmates (Johor police chief's statement)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:33.537691+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:08.091902+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ncii","minors","school","malaysia","johor","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated","image-based-abuse","telegram"]},{"id":"2026-illinois-teacher-alleged-ai-child-image-abuse","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was taken into custody Friday on eight counts of Child Pornography following a lengthy investigation that started in June, officials said.'; 'students reported to school staff that they believed their teacher was video recording students.'; 'A forensic examination by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office Cyber Lab revealed numerous images of students that had been altered using AI to create explicit images, officials said.'; 'two of the child pornography charges against Sheffer are class X felonies, while six counts are Class 1 felonies.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'authorities alleging he created \"illicit\" images by using an AI program to digitally place the heads of students on the bodies of other people, according to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.'; 'was arrested on eight felony counts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Officials said he took photos and videos of current and former students and then used generative AI to alter them into pornographic images.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'A [school/biographical detail withheld] middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with possession and/or creation of child pornography, police and the Lake County State's Attorney's Office said Friday.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'now faces eight felony counts of child pornography following his arrest Friday, according to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.'; 'detectives executed additional search warrants at Sheffer's residence and recovered multiple electronic devices.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Illinois police and prosecutors announced eight child-pornography charges against a teacher in July 2026. They allege that forensic examination found students’ photographs altered into sexual images using AI.","causal_attribution":"Police and State's Attorney statements reported by six outlets from the same release chain (one independence group), so recorded as reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'\"On the second to last day of the school year... several students reported concerns to school leaders regarding inappropriate photos/videos allegedly taken by Mr. Sheffer that afternoon in his classroom.\"'; '\"Mr. Sheffer was immediately removed from the classroom and placed on administrative leave that day,\" the statement continued.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'noting the district became aware of the accusations on the second to last day of school, June 3.'; '\"Mr. Sheffer was immediately removed from the classroom and placed on administrative leave that day,\" she wrote.'; 'Sheffer, who taught at [school/biographical detail withheld] in [school/biographical detail withheld] for [school/biographical detail withheld]'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Jenkins said in a letter to District 70 parents obtained Friday by the Lake & McHenry County Scanner that Sheffer was a [school/biographical detail withheld] with the district for [school/biographical detail withheld].'; 'the investigation followed the district's immediate outreach to the police on the second-to-last day of school on June 3.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The charges include allegations that some of the photos showed girls who Sheffer knew, or should have known, were under the age of 13 years old, according to court documents provided to Patch.'; 'During a detention hearing on Monday, a Lake County judge ordered Sheffer remain detained as court proceedings move forward, according to online court records.'; 'Sheffer is next expected in court on July 30 for a preliminary hearing.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The district says students reported concerns about recordings in June 2026, the teacher was removed from the classroom and police and child-protection authorities were contacted. A judge ordered detention in July.","causal_attribution":"The district statement and letter (CBS Chicago, Daily Herald, Scanner) and court documents and records (Patch); the outcome of the 30 July hearing was not found."}],"effects":[{"label":"middle-school students' images were allegedly altered with AI into explicit material by their teacher; eight child-pornography counts filed and the accused detained","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/07/03/libertyville-middle-school-teacher-charged-with-videotaping-students-using-ai-to-create-explicit-images/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Lake & McHenry County Scanner, 3 July 2026). Quotes the police/State's Attorney release and the district superintendent's letter to parents obtained by the outlet.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/teacher-accused-secretly-recording-students-creating-ai-generated-explicit-images","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Patch Grayslake, 6 July 2026). Adds court documents (girls under 13 allegation), the detention hearing and the 30 July preliminary hearing from online court records.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://abc7chicago.com/post/libertyville-middle-school-teacher-matthew-sheffer-accused-using-ai-create-explicit-images-students-child-porn-charges/19442819/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (ABC7 Chicago, published 3 July 2026, body dated Monday 6 July 2026 after a correction of the teacher's first name). Release quotes; administrative leave; support services for affected families.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.dailyherald.com/20260703/crime/authorities-libertyville-middle-school-teacher-created-ai-child-sex-abuse-materials/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en-US","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-26 from an Internet Archive capture (Daily Herald, 3 July 2026), decoded from the gzip-encoded body after the second-researcher check. Release quotes and the superintendent's letter: removed from the classroom and placed on leave on 3 June, resources for students, policy review on staff use of personal technology.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/libertyville-middle-school-teacher-charged-ai-students-child-pornography/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en-US","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-26 from an Internet Archive capture (CBS News Chicago, 3 July 2026), decoded after the second-researcher check. Officials' description (photos and videos of current and former students altered with generative AI) and the district statement dating the alleged recordings to the afternoon of the second-to-last day of school.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/03/libertyville-teacher-child-porn-charges/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en-US","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-26 from an Internet Archive capture (Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2026), decoded after the second-researcher check. State's Attorney's description of the AI method (students' heads on other people's bodies), prosecutors' intention to seek detention, the district letter, the DCFS contact and the policy review on video recording.","independence_group":"police-sa-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many students appear in the altered images and whether the material was shared beyond the accused's devices.","The outcome of the 30 July 2026 preliminary hearing and the case's current status; any plea or trial date.","The software used; authorities describe an AI program placing students' heads on other bodies but do not identify it.","When the photos and videos were taken beyond the afternoon of 3 June 2026 described in the district statement; the release refers to videos taken in class without dates.","The accused's plea; officials initially gave a different first name, corrected in later copy."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is [school/biographical detail withheld] in [school/biographical detail withheld], Illinois (Scanner, Patch); the students are its current and former pupils; the charges are in Lake County Circuit Court, Illinois (Patch).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with criminal charges announced by police and the State's Attorney and reported by six outlets from one release chain, one adding court records and two the State's Attorney's and district's descriptions; allegations are charges awaiting trial and are recorded as reported. The original ID and first-publication timestamp are preserved; the teacher and the students are not named in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-26"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The [school/biographical detail withheld] Police and Lake County State's Attorney release says the forensic examination found images of students 'altered using AI to create explicit images' (Scanner wording; ABC7 and Patch paraphrase); the State's Attorney's Office told the Chicago Tribune an AI program was used to place students' heads on other people's bodies, and CBS Chicago reports officials describing generative AI alteration of photos and videos. These are charging statements, not court findings; the software is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Illinois teacher charged over alleged AI sexual images of students","summary":"Illinois authorities charged a middle-school teacher over allegations that he recorded students and used AI to make sexual images of them. Officials described a forensic examination and support for affected students. He was detained pending proceedings.","incidentDate":"2026-06-03","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-03","aiSystem":"Generative AI image-alteration software (unidentified) that police say was used to alter recordings of students into explicit images","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photos and videos of middle-school students were allegedly altered with AI into explicit images by their teacher (police and State's Attorney statements via the Lake & McHenry County Scanner, ABC7, Patch, the Daily Herald, CBS Chicago and the Chicago Tribune); the district says supporting students' well-being is its immediate focus and authorities say they are connecting affected families with support services. The allegations are charges awaiting trial.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"'Numerous images of students' (release) and 'current and former students' (CBS Chicago reporting officials) are given without a number; images are not counted as people. Unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-IL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/07/03/libertyville-middle-school-teacher-charged-with-videotaping-students-using-ai-to-create-explicit-images/","primarySourceLabel":"Lake & McHenry County Scanner — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-07-06T02:45:01.237307+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:44.712287+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["csam","deepfake","minor","school","teacher","criminal-charges","illinois","libertyville","depicted-or-impersonated","restored"]},{"id":"2026-texas-alleged-ai-child-image-abuse","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In April 2026, as part of a months-long AI-generated child pornography investigation, FBI Del Rio received consent to search and seize electronic devices at'; 'FBI Agents identified more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images created by'; 'depicting both prepubescent and pubescent children. Multiple non-AI-generated pornographic images of children were also identified in the seized digital evidence.'; 'was arrested and then booked into the Dimmit Co. Jail on May 19, 2026, for possession of computer-generated child pornography'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the FBI Del Rio Office executed a search warrant at'; 'FBI investigators said they found more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images allegedly created by'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was arrested on May 19, 2026, and booked into the [identifying detail withheld] Jail'; 'seized electronic devices that allegedly contained more than 900 AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos that depicted both prepubescent and pubescent children.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Texas DPS announced an arrest in May 2026 on a charge of possession of computer-generated child pornography. Investigators reported more than 900 AI-generated sexual images and videos involving children, alongside non-AI material.","causal_attribution":"Law-enforcement statements in the DPS release, relayed by two TV stations from the same release; charges only, no court findings. ABC13 describes a search warrant where the release describes consent to search."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld] and manipulated them through AI tools to \"nudify\" the children. To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'allegedly downloaded photographs from publicly accessible social media and other online pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld] and used artificial intelligence software to create nude images of children.'; 'Authorities said approximately 30 child victims have been identified so far.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'allegedly took photos from websites associated with nearby schools and manipulated them through AI tools. DPS said they identified about 30 child victims.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"DPS alleges that the accused took publicly posted photographs of children and used AI to sexualise them. Approximately 30 affected children had been identified.","causal_attribution":"DPS attribution of the method and victim identification; the AI tools are not named and the allegation has not been tested in court."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of about 30 children from South Texas school pages were allegedly altered with AI into nude and sexual images; the accused was charged","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-arrests-man-possession-hundreds-ai-generated-images-involving-south-texas-children","kind":"official_police_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Texas Department of Public Safety news release HQ 2026-054, 29 May 2026. The live URL timed out from this host on 2026-09-28 (no HTTP response); read in full from the Internet Archive capture of 6 June 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260606045708id_/...). Law-enforcement allegations; no court findings.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://abc13.com/post/south-texas-man-accused-altering-images-real-children-create-ai-porn-dps-says/19207645/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ABC13 Houston (KTRK), 31 May 2026, read live on 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). Relays the DPS release (\"according to DPS\"); says the FBI executed a search warrant, where the release says agents received consent to search.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-man-arrested-ai-generated-child-pornography-school-photos","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"FOX 7 Austin, 2 June 2026, read live on 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). States that its information was provided by the Texas DPS; adds that the investigation remains ongoing.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/carrizo-springs-texas-ai-generated-child-porn-dimmitt-county/273-3fa912e4-2622-49f3-86d1-c811c10796c5","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"KENS5 San Antonio, 29 May 2026 (a historical source of the row). HTTP 403 live on 2026-09-28; the only Internet Archive capture (31 May 2026) also recorded a 403. Not read.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tools or services were used; DPS refers only to AI tools used to \"nudify\" the children.","Whether any of the altered images were shared beyond the seized devices; none of the inspected sources says so.","Which schools' pages the photos came from, and whether the approximately 30 identified children or their families have been notified; DPS says the FBI is coordinating victim services.","The later course of the prosecution (indictment, plea or trial); no report after 2 June 2026 was found on 2026-09-28.","Whether the charge is a first-degree felony as DPS states for this arrest, or a state jail felony as the same release describes the new SB 20 offence."],"geography":{"basis":"DPS places the search and the accused's residence in [identifying detail withheld], Texas, and the booking at the [identifying detail withheld] Jail; the photos came from pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld], so the depicted children are described as South Texas schoolchildren. The state charges are pursued in Texas.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with a criminal charge announced by Texas DPS and relayed by two TV stations from the same release; the allegations are recorded as reported. The original ID and first-publication timestamp are preserved; the accused and the children are not named in the public text.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The DPS release says the images and videos were AI-generated and that the accused used AI tools to 'nudify' photos of children; these are law-enforcement statements relayed by two TV stations, not court findings, and the tools are not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Texas authorities allege AI sexual-image abuse involving about 30 identified children","summary":"Texas authorities arrested a man over allegations that he used AI to create sexual images from photographs of children. Investigators reported about 30 identified children and were coordinating support. The allegations remained charges at review.","incidentDate":"2026-04-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-29","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation ('nudify') tools, unidentified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Texas DPS says photos of about 30 identified children, taken from pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld], were altered with AI tools into nude and sexual images, among more than 900 AI-generated abuse images and videos found on the accused's devices (DPS release, relayed by ABC13 and FOX 7). These are law-enforcement allegations awaiting trial; no effect on the children beyond the depiction is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"DPS says 'approximately 30 child victims have been identified'. An approximate figure is not a lower bound, so no minimum is recorded; images are not counted as people.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-arrests-man-possession-hundreds-ai-generated-images-involving-south-texas-children","primarySourceLabel":"Texas Department of Public Safety — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-03T07:36:20.964565+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:52.801559+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["csam","deepfake","minor","school-photos","criminal-charges","texas","sb-20","depicted-or-impersonated","restored"]},{"id":"2024-south-korea-telegram-deepfake-crisis","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1a","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"BBC 3 Sep 2024 confirms Ko Narin's Hankyoreh scoop and describes the school- and university-specific rooms.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Hankyoreh English's own exposure of the military Telegram room (27 Aug 2024).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Around 26 August 2024 The Hankyoreh (Ko Narin) exposed Telegram rooms creating and sharing AI-generated sexual deepfakes of Korean women and girls, with rooms organized by school and university.","causal_attribution":"The scoop's existence and the rooms' school/university organization are confirmed by the BBC's original reporting and Hankyoreh English's companion investigation; the original Korean article is dead-linked and retained uninspected."},{"id":"c1b","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Room-structure passages: 'humiliation rooms'/'friend of friend rooms', entry terms, the 2,000-member school group.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The rooms ran as 'humiliation rooms' and 'friend of friend rooms' with entry terms demanding at least four photos plus name, age and area, and one group for underage pupils at a single school had more than 2,000 members.","causal_attribution":"Single-chain detail from the BBC's 3 Sep 2024 account; no second inspected chain describes the entry terms or the 2,000-member group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Police-figure passages: 297 vs 180; 'The victims are often minors and the perpetrators are mostly teenagers'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Watchdog ~6,500 requests Jan-Jul (4x); 178 suspects booked, 74% aged 10-19; >half of erased deepfakes involved minors.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Police recorded 297 deepfake cases in January-July 2024 against 180 in all of 2023; the watchdog received nearly 6,500 takedown requests in the first seven months of 2024 (four times the prior year); of 178 suspects booked, 74% were aged 10-19; more than half of erased deepfakes involved minors; victims were often minors and perpetrators mostly teenagers.","causal_attribution":"Both outlets relay the same police and watchdog accounts; traced to one official origin, so the figures are reported rather than corroborated. Figures count cases, requests and suspects, not harmed people."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'more than 900 students, teachers and staff' (education ministry); 'of 964 deepfake-related sex crime cases reported from January to October last year, police made 23 arrests' (Seoul police statement).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The education ministry counted more than 900 students, teachers and staff victimized between January and early November 2024; a Seoul police statement said that of 964 deepfake-related sex crime cases reported January-October 2024, 23 arrests were made.","causal_attribution":"Single chain (CNN) relaying official figures; the education-ministry count is the record's person-count lower bound."},{"id":"c4","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"Reuters wire via CNN, 26 Sep 2024: possession/viewing criminalized.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"CNN 25 Apr 2025: Sep 2024 law — possession/viewing up to 3 years or 30M won; creation maximum raised 5 to 7 years.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"On 26 September 2024 the National Assembly criminalized possessing or viewing sexually explicit deepfakes (up to 3 years' prison or a 30 million won fine); the maximum sentence for creating deepfake pornography was raised from 5 to 7 years.","causal_attribution":"The statute is a public record carried by two chains (Reuters wire; CNN original). The historical claim of an October 2024 amendment removing the distribution-intent requirement was not re-verified and is recorded as an unknown."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Military IDs turned into deepfake porn': servicewomen called 'military supplies'; at least 30 victims; channel active since 8 Aug with ~850 audience.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A separate Telegram room degraded servicewomen with deepfakes made from military-intranet ID photos, implying insider involvement, with at least 30 victims across the Army, Navy and Air Force and an audience of about 850 since 8 August 2024.","causal_attribution":"Single chain (Hankyoreh original reporting)."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Heejin passages (pseudonymous victim account).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Ruma passages (pseudonymous victim account).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Individual victims described severe harm: a pseudonymous school victim 'Heejin' spoke to the BBC, and 'Ruma', targeted in 2021 at age 27, spoke to CNN.","causal_attribution":"Pseudonymous first-person accounts carried by two outlets; the historical record's 'broke my whole belief system' quotation was not re-found in inspected sources and is dropped from the claims."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Korea Herald 16 Nov 2025 relaying the National Office of Investigation figures.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"By November 2025 the National Office of Investigation reported 3,557 people apprehended for cybersexual violence over the preceding year, with deepfake crimes the largest category (1,553 cases) and about 62% of suspects teenagers.","causal_attribution":"Single chain relaying official figures; apprehension figures count suspects, not victims."}],"effects":[{"label":"mass AI-generated sexual deepfakes of identified women and girls distributed in Telegram rooms","claim_id":"c1a","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdlpj9zn9go","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (3 Sep 2024; Jean Mackenzie, Seoul). Original reporting: victim 'Heejin', room structure, the 2,000-member school group, the 500+ activist-compiled school list.","independence_group":"bbc"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4yerrg451o","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (28 Aug 2024). Yoon cabinet order; police figures attributed.","independence_group":"bbc"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1155588.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (27 Aug 2024). Hankyoreh's own exposure of the military room.","independence_group":"hankyoreh"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/09/06/nx-s1-5101891/south-korea-deepfake","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (6 Sep 2024). Watchdog and police figures attributed.","independence_group":"npr"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/asia/south-korea-deepfake-bill-passed-intl-hnk","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (26 Sep 2024); bylined Reuters.","independence_group":"reuters"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/asia/south-korea-deepfake-crimes-intl-hnk-dst","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (25 Apr 2025). CNN original: victim 'Ruma', education-ministry figure, Seoul police statement.","independence_group":"cnn"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616925","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 (16 Nov 2025; the historical date 2025-11-01 was wrong). National Office of Investigation figures.","independence_group":"korea-herald"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/1155800.html","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"HTTP 404 on 2026-09-15. Ko Narin's original Korean investigation (~26 Aug 2024); retained as the historical reference. BBC's 3 Sep 2024 report confirms the scoop; the body was not inspected in this review and its language is not re-asserted.","independence_group":"hankyoreh"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["Not re-verified in inspected sources and therefore not claims of this record: the 220,000-member channel figure; 781 victims with 37% minors; Women's Human Rights Institute of Korea 332,341 supported cases; the October 2024 amendment removing the distribution-intent requirement; the Seoul National University graduates' 9-year and 3.5-year sentences; the teachers' union 200-school estimate; the 'broke my whole belief system' victim quotation.","The specific AI tools used are not identified in the inspected reporting.","Ko Narin's original Korean article (hani.co.kr 1155800) is HTTP 404; its contents are known only through the BBC's confirmation and the historical record.","The ScienceDirect study cited by the historical record answered 403 and was not inspected.","Cross-group overlap between police case counts, the education-ministry victim count and watchdog requests is unresolved."],"geography":{"basis":"Events, victims and the responding institutions are all in South Korea (all chains). No court proceeding is verified in this review, so court_countries is [].","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["KR"],"affected_person_countries":["KR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact crisis affecting identified women and girls, predominantly minors. The person count is the education ministry's documented lower bound; case, request and membership figures are recorded but never used as person counts. Unverifiable historical claims are preserved as unknowns rather than deleted silently. No death; the death-verification rule is not engaged. Pseudonymous victims remain pseudonymous. In a 2026-09-15 second pass the original compound first claim was split: the corroborated exposure and room organization stand as c1a, and the BBC-only structure details (entry terms, 2,000-member group) stand as reported c1b. person_relations recorded in the same pass.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Every inspected chain describes AI deepfake tools as the generation mechanism and Telegram as the distribution channel; police and watchdog figures classify the cases as deepfake sex crimes. The specific tools are not individually identified beyond 'AI deepfake/nudify tools'.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"South Korea Telegram AI Deepfake Sexual Abuse Crisis","summary":"In late August 2024, journalist Ko Narin of The Hankyoreh exposed networks of Telegram rooms in South Korea where AI tools were used to turn ordinary photos of women and girls — middle and high school pupils, university students, teachers and servicewomen — into sexual deepfakes, shared with their identities in school- and university-specific 'humiliation rooms'. Police figures showed 297 deepfake cases in January-July 2024 (vs 180 in all of 2023); the education ministry counted more than 900 victimized students, teachers and staff; President Yoon ordered a crackdown; and on 26 September 2024 the National Assembly criminalized possessing or viewing sexually explicit deepfakes. Victims were often minors and perpetrators mostly teenagers.","incidentDate":"2024-08-01","incidentEndDate":"2024-09-26","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2024-08-26","aiSystem":"AI deepfake generation tools (various)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","aiCompany":"Multiple (various free AI 'undressing' tools)","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["minor_exploitation","third_party_harm_facilitation","psychological_manipulation"],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Mass non-consensual AI sexual imagery of schoolgirls, students, teachers and servicewomen, distributed with their identities in Telegram rooms; pseudonymous victims describe severe distress, and police recorded hundreds of cases dominated by minor victims and teenage perpetrators.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":900,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Lower bound: the South Korean education ministry's count of 'more than 900 students, teachers and staff' victimized (January-early November 2024), carried by CNN's 25 April 2025 report. This counts people reported as victims to the education authorities. Police figures (297 cases; 964 cases) count cases, not people, and are not used as person counts; the watchdog's ~6,500 figures count takedown requests, not people; the 500+ schools figure is an activist-compiled list of targets, not a victim count; channel membership numbers are not counted. Cross-group overlap is unresolved.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"KR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdlpj9zn9go","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News, Jean Mackenzie (3 Sep 2024) — 'Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools' (replaces the dead Hankyoreh original)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-29T09:52:18.956616+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:53.809496+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","minor","south-korea","telegram","sexual-images","school","criminal-charges","legislation","mass-scale","non-western"]}]}