{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-24T06:53:59.584Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"deepfake_nude_images","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","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":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-bergen-county-new-jersey-prosecutor-says-man-posted-ai-deepfake-nude-images-of-two-adults-with-their-real-names","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'authorities say he created and distributed AI-generated deepfake nude images of two adult victims on social media.' ... 'The posts included the victims' real names and photographs alongside AI-generated deepfake nude images, according to authorities.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Authorities say social-media posts showed two adult victims' real names and photographs alongside AI-generated deepfake nude images, and that the accused created and distributed the images.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutor's announcement as reported by NJ.com; the technical basis for the AI attribution is not described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'about social media posts depicting two adult victims.' ... 'The arrest followed a months-long investigation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The investigation began in May 2026 after local police referred social-media posts depicting the two adults to the prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutor's announcement as reported by NJ.com."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On Thursday, detectives from the Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at' ... 'two counts of third-degree creation of deceptive visual media, two counts of third-degree distribution of deceptive visual media, two counts of third-degree invasion of privacy, two counts of fourth-degree cyber-harassment and two counts of harassment' ... 'He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Detectives executed a search warrant at the accused's home on Thursday 22 October 2026, and he was charged with creating and distributing deceptive visual media, invasion of privacy, cyber-harassment and harassment and remanded to jail pending a first court appearance.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutor's announcement as reported by NJ.com; charges are allegations."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in deepfake nude images posted on social media with their real names and photographs","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/old-tappan-man-arrested-creating-234849597.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-24 through the Yahoo News syndication of the NJ.com report of 23 October 2026 (HTTP 200); the NJ.com page itself returned 403.","independence_group":"njcom-bergen-prosecutor-announcement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how investigators established that the images were AI-generated.","When the posts appeared, on which platform, and how long they stayed online.","The victims' own account of the effect on them.","Any plea or court outcome."],"geography":{"basis":"A New Jersey police department and county prosecutor investigated, the search warrant was executed at the accused's New Jersey home and the case is before Bergen County Superior Court (NJ.com). Where the victims live is not stated.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating county prosecutor says social-media posts paired two adults' real names and photographs with AI-generated deepfake nude images made by the accused, who is charged. The charges are unproven and the AI tool and its identification are not disclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, which investigated the posts, says they paired two adults' real names and photographs with AI-generated deepfake nude images of them that the accused created and distributed (depicted_or_impersonated). The attribution comes from the investigating authority as reported by NJ.com; the tool and the technical basis are not disclosed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New Jersey prosecutor says man posted AI-generated deepfake nude images of two adults with their real names and photos; charged","summary":"The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey announced on 22 October 2026 the arrest of a man on charges of creating and distributing deceptive visual media, invasion of privacy, cyber-harassment and harassment. According to authorities, as reported by NJ.com, social-media posts showed two adult victims' real names and photographs alongside AI-generated deepfake nude images, and investigators identified him as the person behind the accounts. The investigation began in May 2026. The charges are unproven.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-23","aiSystem":"An AI image tool, not named by authorities, that the prosecutor's office says was used to make deepfake nude images of two adults posted on social media","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to authorities, deepfake nude images of two adults were posted on social media with their real names and photographs (NJ.com).","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two adult victims depicted in the posts, according to the prosecutor's office as reported by NJ.com; the charges are two counts of each offence. The accused is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-NJ","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/old-tappan-man-arrested-creating-234849597.html","primarySourceLabel":"NJ.com (via Yahoo News), 23 October 2026: man arrested for creating deepfake images of 2 victims","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:08:10.8247+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:08:10.8247+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake_nude_images","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","criminal_charges","social_media","new_jersey"]}]}