{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-08T07:40:34.437Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"criminal_charges","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-lomas-de-zamora-secondary-school-ai-nude-images-of-classmates-alleged-online-sale-two-pupils-charged","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"La denuncia apunta a un grupo de estudiantes que habría utilizado fotografías reales de sus compañeras para generar, mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial, imágenes falsas en las que aparecían desnudas.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"un grupo de estudiantes habría utilizado inteligencia artificial para modificar fotografías de compañeras, simular que estaban desnudas y difundir las imágenes en sitios pornográficos y otras plataformas.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"se denunciara que un grupo de estudiantes utilizó inteligencia artificial para modificar fotografías de sus compañeras, simular que estaban desnudas y difundir el material.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Families complained that a group of pupils at the school used artificial intelligence to alter real photographs of female classmates so that they appeared naked, and circulated the images through social networks and messaging apps.","causal_attribution":"Families’ complaint as reported by the three outlets; under investigation, untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"circulaba una suerte de \"catálogo\" que incluía el nombre de las alumnas, una fotografía original obtenida de redes sociales y junto a ella, una versión manipulada digitalmente para simular un desnudo.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"Las nenas estaban traumadas, con vergüenza, siendo ellas las víctimas\", describió.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"El material consistía en fotografías originales tomadas de redes sociales y versiones manipuladas digitalmente para simular desnudos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"las fotografías originales de las adolescentes fueron alteradas mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial para generar imágenes y en algunos casos, videos de contenido sexual falso.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A mother of an affected pupil said the images circulated as a \"catalogue\" pairing each girl’s name and original social-media photo with a manipulated nude version, and that the girls were traumatised and ashamed.","causal_attribution":"One mother’s account, quoted by El Destape and Código Baires."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"algunas de esas imágenes también habrían terminado en sitios de contenido para adultos y plataformas donde presuntamente eran ofrecidas a cambio de dinero.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"difundidas en distintas plataformas y, de acuerdo con los testimonios, incluso comercializadas.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Families allege that some of the images were offered for money on adult-content sites and platforms.","causal_attribution":"Families’ allegation; Urgente24 notes the prosecutor still has to determine whether an organised sale existed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Dos alumnos de 15 años fueron imputados en una causa que investiga la creación y difusión de imágenes sexuales falsas de compañeras mediante inteligencia artificial.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Hasta el momento, la investigación identificó 45 posibles víctimas, aunque las familias hablan de alrededor de 50 alumnas afectadas.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Los dos adolescentes imputados ya se presentaron ante la Fiscalía para ser notificados de su vinculación con la causa.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Urgente24 reported that two 15-year-old pupils were charged in a case investigating the creation and circulation of fake sexual images of classmates made with AI, that they presented themselves to the prosecutor’s office, and that investigators had identified 45 possible victims while families spoke of about 50.","causal_attribution":"Urgente24 report of the case; no prosecutor’s release inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Ya existe una causa penal en la fiscalía 6 de Menores de Lomas de Zamora por los hechos denunciados.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"la Inspección General de Educación tomó intervención formal en el caso","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"En paralelo, avanza una investigación en la UFI N° 6 del Fuero de Responsabilidad Penal Juvenil de Lomas de Zamora.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A criminal case is open before the juvenile prosecutor’s office no. 6 of Lomas de Zamora, and the provincial schools inspectorate took formal intervention after meeting the parents.","causal_attribution":"Reported by El Destape (a mother’s account of the meeting) and Código Baires."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"la institución habría conocido el caso desde hacía aproximadamente un mes sin comunicarlo de inmediato a los padres","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"la institución resolvió que los alumnos involucrados continúen las clases de manera virtual y que sus matrículas no sean renovadas para el ciclo lectivo 2027, según la información difundida hasta el momento.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"según pudo saber El Destape, el colegio no planea sancionarlos ni expulsarlos de la institución sino que van a llevar a cabo diversas charlas durante varios días para \"concientizar\".","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Families allege the school knew of the images for about a month before informing parents; Urgente24 reports the school decided the pupils involved would continue classes online and would not be re-enrolled for 2027.","causal_attribution":"Families’ allegation (school knowledge); the online-classes and non-renewal decision is Urgente24’s relay of circulated information, which El Destape contradicts; the school’s own statement was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"female pupils’ photographs allegedly altered with AI to appear naked, circulated among pupils and sold online; the girls reported traumatised and ashamed","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://urgente24.com/actualidad/lomas-zamora-imputaron-dos-alumnos-crear-imagenes-sexuales-ia-n634288","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-08 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. Urgente24 staff report; carries an embedded MDZ Online post quoting a mother and relays the charge information.","independence_group":"urgente24-lomas-7oct"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/no-vamos-ir-clases-reclamo-alumnas-colegio-denunciar-creacion-fotos-desnudos-hechas-ia-20261071430","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-08 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. El Destape text reproducing La Nación’s on-site reporting of the protest and the mother’s interview (the sentences match bodies/tr-lanacion-lomas.txt with the La Nación credits removed; Perfil credits the same quotation to La Nación), plus one line of El Destape’s own information on the school’s plans.","independence_group":"la-nacion-on-site-reporting-2026-10-07"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.codigobaires.com.ar/2026-10-07/denuncian-que-alumnos-vendieron-fotos-falsas-de-sus-companeras-desnudas-con-ia-251177/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-08 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. Código Baires (La Plata) report; quotes the same mother as El Destape and embeds a Radio La Plata post.","independence_group":"codigobaires-lomas-7oct"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, how many images exist and how many girls were actually depicted; the 45 and 50 figures are estimates of possible victims.","When the images were first made and circulated: families say the school knew for about a month, and the girls learned of the images on a Thursday before the 7 October protest; the start date is unknown.","Whether any image was actually sold, and whether more than the two charged pupils were involved; the prosecutor will analyse the seized phones.","The school’s own account of what it knew and when; the outlets record the families’ accusations as awaiting the school’s reply.","What sanction, if any, the school will apply to the accused pupils: Urgente24 relays that their enrolment would not be renewed for 2027, while El Destape reports that the school did not plan to sanction or expel them."],"geography":{"basis":"The school, the protest and the juvenile prosecutor’s office are in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, according to all three outlets; the depicted pupils attend that school. The criminal case is before an Argentine juvenile prosecutor’s office.","court_countries":["AR"],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) on three Spanish-language reports of a families’ complaint, a protest and a juvenile prosecutor’s case: pupils allegedly used AI to alter classmates’ photographs into fake nudes that circulated and were allegedly sold, and the depicted girls are reported traumatised and ashamed. Every claim is attributed to the families, a quoted mother or the reporting outlet. The school, the pupils, the mother and the prosecutor are not named; the district is kept because the case is public and the school is one of several in it.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Three Argentine outlets report the families’ complaint that pupils used artificial intelligence tools to alter real photographs of female classmates so that they appeared naked, and that these AI-made images were circulated in a \"catalogue\" with the girls’ names and allegedly offered for money. The generated images depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated) and are the instrument of the reported harm, which a mother describes as the girls being traumatised and ashamed. The tool is not identified, no outlet examined an image, and the account is the families’ complaint under investigation by a juvenile prosecutor; two pupils were charged according to Urgente24.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Lomas de Zamora, Argentina: families say pupils used AI to turn classmates’ photos into fake nudes that circulated and were sold; two 15-year-olds charged","summary":"On 7 October 2026 pupils and families protested outside a private secondary school in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province, after families reported that a group of pupils had used artificial intelligence to alter real photographs of female classmates so that they appeared naked, and had circulated the images through social networks and messaging apps. Families told reporters that the images were compiled in a \"catalogue\" pairing each girl’s original social-media photo with the manipulated version, that some were offered for money on adult sites, and that the girls were traumatised and ashamed. Urgente24 reported that two 15-year-old pupils were charged (imputados) in the juvenile prosecutor’s case, that investigators had identified 45 possible victims while families spoke of about 50, and that, according to information circulating, the school had decided the pupils involved would continue classes online and would not be re-enrolled for 2027; El Destape, by contrast, reported that the school did not plan to sanction or expel them and would hold awareness talks, and El Destape and Código Baires describe the move to online classes as a measure under evaluation. Families also allege the school knew for about a month before telling parents. The allegations have not been tested in court and the AI tool is not identified.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-07","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence tools, not identified, used according to the families’ complaint as reported by Urgente24, El Destape and Código Baires to alter real photographs of female pupils so that they appeared naked, and in some cases, according to the quoted mother, videos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the families’ complaint as reported by three Argentine outlets, female pupils’ photographs were altered with AI to appear naked, compiled in a \"catalogue\" with their names, circulated among pupils and allegedly sold online; a mother said the girls were traumatised and ashamed. Investigators identified 45 possible victims (families say about 50); the figures are estimates.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted pupil is established: the daughter of the mother quoted by El Destape and Código Baires; the remainder is unquantified. Urgente24 reports that investigators identified 45 possible victims and that families speak of about 50 affected pupils; these are an investigative estimate and a families’ estimate of possible victims, not a documented count, so they are not entered as the minimum. The accused pupils are not counted. The depicted pupils did not use the tool themselves, so participant_users_affected_min is 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://urgente24.com/actualidad/lomas-zamora-imputaron-dos-alumnos-crear-imagenes-sexuales-ia-n634288","primarySourceLabel":"Urgente24, 7 October 2026: Lomas de Zamora: imputaron a dos alumnos por crear imágenes sexuales con IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:33:42.851953+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:33:42.851953+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","minors","education","criminal_charges","argentina"]}]}