{ "meta": { "exportedAt": "2026-09-22T14:32:28.816Z", "formatVersion": 2, "selection": { "q": "delhi", "system": "", "harm": "", "context": "", "country": "", "role": "", "relation": "", "evidence": "", "year": "", "response": "", "severity": "", "verification": "", "view": "incidents", "sort": "added" }, "totalIncidents": 2, "coverage": { "cases": 2, "countries": 1, "languages": 1, "unknownLocation": 0, "locationPending": 0, "unknownLanguage": 0, "unknownDate": 1, "lawsuits": 0, "regulatory": 0, "minors": 0, "coreRelations": 2, "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": "NOPE Incident Tracker", "url": "https://nope.net/incidents", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "incidents": [ { "id": "2026-delhi-ai-obscene-images-college-acquaintance-discord", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'the 22-year-old woman approached the Cyber Police Station in North Delhi and alleged that unknown persons had created and circulated AI-generated obscene photographs and videos using her facial images'; 'her morphed photographs and videos were being circulated through Discord servers'; 'threatening messages were being sent to her with the intention of humiliating and harassing her'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'Police received a complaint from the 22-year-old woman telling that unknown persons had created and circulated obscene AI-generated photographs and videos using her facial images'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "The 22-year-old complainant reported to the Cyber Police Station in North Delhi that AI-generated obscene photographs and videos using her facial images were being created and circulated through Discord servers and fake Instagram accounts, and that threatening messages were being sent to humiliate and harass her.", "causal_attribution": "Police account of the complaint (one chain)." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using photographs of a college acquaintance taken from her private social media account to create obscene AI-generated images and circulate them through fake social media accounts, police said on Wednesday'; 'He obtained photographs of the complainant from her private account and used AI-based image-generation and editing technology to create obscene morphed images'; 'after the initial content was uploaded, unknown online users created more explicit AI-generated images and videos, which he subsequently reposted on the platform'; 'allegedly operated multiple fake Instagram, Discord and Facebook accounts and used several Gmail IDs to maintain anonymity'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'used AI-based tools to create obscene images, which he uploaded on anonymous Discord servers'; 'later reposted more explicit AI-generated images and videos created by other users'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "Police arrested a 22-year-old BTech graduate from East Punjabi Bagh, saying he took her photographs from her private account, used AI image-generation and editing tools to create obscene morphed images, uploaded them to anonymous Discord servers and reposted more explicit AI-generated material made by other users, operating multiple fake accounts to stay anonymous.", "causal_attribution": "Police statement; the accused is untried." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'he knew the complainant from college and that personal resentment had developed between them following repeated insults'; 'police recovered a mobile phone, two SIM cards'; 'Further investigation is under way'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'he allegedly told police that he knew the woman from college and was resentful of her after repeated insults'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "Police say the accused told them he knew the complainant from college and had developed personal resentment after repeated insults; a mobile phone, two SIM cards and other digital evidence were recovered, and investigation continues.", "causal_attribution": "Police account of the interrogation." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "AI-generated obscene images and videos of the complainant circulated on Discord servers and fake Instagram accounts, with threatening messages sent to humiliate and harass her", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/delhi/delhi-man-held-for-circulating-obscene-ai-generated-photos-of-college-acquaintance/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). PTI report quoting a senior police officer.", "independence_group": "delhi-police-2026-09-09" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/resentment-leads-techie-to-circulate-fake-obscene-images-of-woman-online/articleshow/133980172.cms", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Times of India Delhi report of the same police account.", "independence_group": "delhi-police-2026-09-09" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "everyday_life", "privacy", "relationships" ], "unknowns": [ "The dates of the circulation and of the complaint are not stated; only the arrest announcement (9 September 2026) is dated.", "The AI tools used are not identified.", "The other online users who made further images and videos are unidentified.", "No charge sheet or court proceeding is reported." ], "geography": { "basis": "Complaint at the Cyber Police Station, North Delhi; accused resident of East Punjabi Bagh, Delhi (police statement in both reports). No court proceeding reported.", "court_countries": [], "event_countries": [ "IN" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "IN" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact and harassment case with one identified (unnamed) depicted person, a police complaint and an arrest. Two English reports read, both carrying the Delhi Police account; claims recorded as reported. The complainant is unnamed in the sources; the accused, named by police, is not named here because the case is untried; no image content is described beyond 'obscene AI-generated images'.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-20" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "Delhi Police state that the accused used AI-based image-generation and editing technology to create obscene morphed images from photographs taken from the complainant's private account, and that other users then made more explicit AI-generated images and videos which he reposted. The tools are not identified. Both inspected reports carry the police account.", "status": "reported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Delhi: a 22-year-old engineering graduate was arrested for turning a college acquaintance's private social-media photographs into AI-generated obscene images uploaded to anonymous Discord servers, and for reposting more explicit AI-generated images and videos that other users made; the complainant also reported threatening messages from anonymous accounts", "summary": "Delhi Police announced on Wednesday 9 September 2026 the arrest of a 22-year-old BTech graduate from East Punjabi Bagh after a 22-year-old woman complained to the Cyber Police Station in North Delhi that unknown persons had created and circulated AI-generated obscene photographs and videos using her facial images. She had received messages from anonymous Instagram accounts telling her that morphed photographs and videos of her were being circulated on Discord servers; she also alleged that fake Instagram accounts were posting the material and that threatening messages were being sent to her to humiliate and harass her. Police traced linked Instagram, Discord and Gmail accounts to the accused, who they say obtained her photographs from her private account, used AI image-generation and editing tools to create the images, uploaded them to anonymous Discord servers and later reposted more explicit AI-generated images and videos made by other users. Police say he told them he knew her from college and had developed personal resentment after repeated insults. A mobile phone and two SIM cards were recovered; investigation continues. The period over which the material circulated is not stated.", "incidentKind": "bounded_series", "incidentDatePrecision": "unknown", "exposurePattern": "repeated_interactions", "reportedDate": "2026-09-09", "aiSystem": "AI-based image-generation and editing tools (not identified)", "severity": "high", "verificationStatus": "credible", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse", "psychological_distress", "reputational_harm" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "A woman's face was used in AI-generated obscene images and videos circulated on Discord servers and fake Instagram accounts, and she reported threatening messages intended to humiliate and harass her. Police attribute the initial images and the reposting to the arrested acquaintance and the more explicit images and videos to unidentified users; neither inspected report attributes the threatening messages to any identified person.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "supported", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 1, "affectedCountStatus": "exact", "affectedCountEvidence": "One complainant whose facial images were used (police statement). Exact 1. The accused used the AI tools, so she is counted as another person harmed.", "victimAgeRange": "adult", "jurisdiction": "IN", "platformType": "other", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "ongoing", "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/delhi/delhi-man-held-for-circulating-obscene-ai-generated-photos-of-college-acquaintance/", "primarySourceLabel": "The Tribune (PTI), 9 September 2026: Delhi: Man held for circulating obscene AI-generated photos of college acquaintance", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-09-20T03:28:19.105091+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "deepfake", "non-consensual-imagery", "ai-generated", "discord", "instagram", "harassment", "delhi", "india", "arrest" ] }, { "id": "2026-ahmedabad-ai-morphed-images", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts and uploading AI-generated morphed obscene images and videos of an Ahmedabad woman and her mother after she rejected his friendship request, according to a statement issued by the cybercrime police'; 'between Dec 2025 and April 2026'; 'forensic examination of the accused’s phone revealed the existence of eight to ten fake social media accounts created in the complainant’s name'; 'generated more than 100 AI-morphed images of the victim using various online tools and websites'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'created at least three separate fake Instagram IDs and a YouTube channel in her name and uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'; 'He then searched “AI Remove Clothes” on Google and uploaded these photographs on various websites. Using AI tools, he created morphed nude photographs and nude videos and uploaded them on these fake IDs. He also wrote obscene text and mentally harassed the complainant.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "'uploaded over 100 AI-generated nude photos and videos of her and her mother on social media platforms and YouTube channels'; 'He searched for AI Remove Clothes tools on Google and used different websites to create morphed nude images and videos'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" }, { "locator": "'In total, he created over a hundred fake videos and images related to the victim, and within those six months, he created 8 to 10 fake social media accounts impersonating the complainant.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s7" }, { "locator": "'Eight to 10 more fake social media accounts in the complainant's name were found on his mobile phone. Investigation revealed that the accused had created over 100 AI-morphed pornographic images'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s3" } ], "assertion": "Between December 2025 and April 2026 the accused, after the woman declined his friendship, created fake accounts in her name (initially three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel; eight to ten found across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube on forensic examination of his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used \"AI remove clothes\" websites to produce morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them on the fake accounts with obscene captions; police say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found (India Today and ANI put the figure as over 100 photos and videos of her and her mother).", "causal_attribution": "Police allegations from the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch (written statement, DCP briefing, ACP interview, officer quoted by ThePrint); the accused has not been tried." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Based on the complaint, the person was booked in an FIR on April 6.'; 'A month-and-a-half later, the team apprehended'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "'registered under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Technology Act'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch after investigators tracked him through technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" }, { "locator": "'tracked him down in Delhi and arrested him on Wednesday under its new initiative, Mission Cyber Rakshika'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s5" }, { "locator": "'A police team subsequently travelled to Delhi and arrested him there.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "The woman complained to the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Technology Act; police traced the accused through technical surveillance and human intelligence and arrested him at his home in north-east Delhi (announced 28 May 2026, the arrest reported as the previous day) under the Branch's \"Mission Cyber Rakshika\" initiative.", "causal_attribution": "Police statements; the FIR date is reported by the Indian Express only." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'He told her that he would ensure he reports these accounts, so nobody troubles her. He was just manipulating her, and trying to gain her sympathy,” said an officer probing the matter.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s8" }, { "locator": "'After doing this, he would contact the victim, assuring her that he would get her account reinstated. This went on for a total of five to six months'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s7" } ], "assertion": "The woman had confided in the accused about the fake accounts; police say he told her to keep quiet, claimed he was reporting the accounts and would get them removed, and manipulated her for sympathy for five to six months before the complaint.", "causal_attribution": "Police officers quoted by ThePrint and the DCP quoted by ANI." }, { "id": "c4", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'The woman claimed she was “mentally harassed and defamed in the society, since her nude photographs and videos morphed with AI, with obscene texts written over it, are being shared online (sic),” a senior police officer from Ahmedabad Crime Branch’s Cyber Crime unit told ThePrint.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s8" }, { "locator": "'Police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for both the woman and her mother.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" } ], "assertion": "The complainant told police she was mentally harassed and defamed in society by the morphed images; police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for her and her mother.", "causal_attribution": "The complainant's account as relayed by police; no independent impact evidence." }, { "id": "c5", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'He also utilised AI to generate videos and explicit images, not only of the victim but also of her mother and maternal aunt, and posted them on these accounts'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s7" }, { "locator": "'uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'", "relation": "context", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "The DCP said the AI images also depicted the woman's maternal aunt; the written police statement and the other reports mention only the woman and her mother.", "causal_attribution": "DCP briefing to ANI only." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) posted for months on fake accounts impersonating the woman", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" }, { "label": "the complainant reported mental harassment and defamation; police said both women suffered trauma and public humiliation", "claim_id": "c4", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/delhi-man-posts-100-obscene-ai-created-photos-of-ahmedabad-woman/articleshow/131377083.cms", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Times of India, Ahmedabad, TNN, 29 May 2026 edition, live). Reports the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch statement.", "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/delhi-man-ai-morph-pictures-videos-gujarat-woman-social-media-10712944/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). Indian Express Ahmedabad, 28 May 2026; quotes the Cyber Crime Branch statement verbatim and gives the FIR date.", "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement" }, { "id": "s3", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/gujarat-cyber-crime-branch-arrests-man-for-uploading-obscene-photos-videos-of-woman-and-her-mother-on-social-media-enn26052806767", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ETV Bharat, 28 May 2026, live). Same statement, with the investigating inspector quoted.", "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement" }, { "id": "s4", "url": "https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/over-100-ai-morphed-photos-fake-idsdelhi-man-held-for-online-harassment-of-ahmedabad-woman-mother-32482827453", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Gujarat Samachar English, 28 May 2026, live). IANS wire text of the same statement, also carried by The Statesman, Asia News Network, Mangalorean and others.", "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement" }, { "id": "s5", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-priest-creates-nudes-of-woman-using-ai-after-she-refuses-to-be-friends-on-instagram-11558612", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). NDTV, 28 May 2026, citing IANS; gives the arrest day.", "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement" }, { "id": "s6", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ai-generated-nude-photos-delhi-man-held-ahmedabad-influencer-mother-2918567-2026-05-28", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (India Today, bylined, 28 May 2026, live). Quotes the Cyber Crime Branch ACP directly.", "independence_group": "india-today-acp" }, { "id": "s7", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/ahmedabad-police-under-mission-cyber-rakshika-arrests-27-year-old-delhi-based-religious-preacher-for-creating-fake-profile-of-gujarat-woman20260529083631/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ANI, 29 May 2026, live). On-camera briefing by the Ahmedabad DCP; copied by Asianet Newsable.", "independence_group": "ani-dcp-briefing" }, { "id": "s8", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/gujarat-womans-spiritual-friend-turns-stalker-held-for-posting-her-morphed-photos-online-for-months/2944720/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture of 1 June 2026 (live page answers a JavaScript challenge). ThePrint, bylined, 29 May 2026; quotes a senior Cyber Crime officer and investigators.", "independence_group": "theprint-officer" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "relationships", "privacy", "justice" ], "unknowns": [ "The AI websites or tools used are not named.", "The complainant's age: 24 (Indian Express) or 21 (ThePrint).", "Whether the maternal aunt was depicted (DCP briefing to ANI only).", "Whether the more-than-100 figure counts images only (police statement) or images and videos (India Today, ANI).", "Any charge sheet, bail decision or trial outcome; nothing later than 1 June 2026 was found.", "How far the material spread and whether the platforms removed it." ], "geography": { "basis": "Complainant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat; FIR at the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; accused arrested in north-east Delhi (all sources). No court proceeding is reported in the inspected sources.", "court_countries": [], "event_countries": [ "IN" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "IN" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact and impersonation case with identified (unnamed) depicted victims, a registered FIR and an arrest. Four police briefings read across separate outlets, all originating with the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch; claims recorded as reported. Original ID and first-publication timestamp preserved; incident dates corrected to the harassment period.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-19" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "The Cyber Crime Branch statement says the accused searched \"AI Remove Clothes\", uploaded the photographs to such websites and produced morphed images and videos with AI tools; police say forensic examination of his phone found more than 100 AI-morphed images. The specific tools are not named and the finding is a police allegation pending trial. The artifacts depicted the women and the fake accounts impersonated the complainant; no AI system interacted with them.", "status": "supported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Ahmedabad, Gujarat: a 27-year-old Delhi man was arrested for posting AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a young woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) on fake accounts in her name after she declined his friendship, while posing as the friend reporting the fake accounts for her", "summary": "On 28 May 2026 the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch announced the arrest in north-east Delhi of a 27-year-old man who posts religious discourse videos online. Police allege that after meeting a young Ahmedabad woman with a public social-media profile through religious conversations on Instagram and being refused friendship, he stalked her online from December 2025 to April 2026, created fake accounts in her name (three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel at first; eight to ten across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube were found on his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used websites found by searching \"AI remove clothes\" to generate morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them with obscene captions to damage her reputation; investigators say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found. Officers told ThePrint and ANI that she had confided in him about the accounts and that he told her to keep quiet and claimed to be reporting the accounts and getting hers reinstated. She complained to the Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under BNS Sections 78(2) and 356(2) and IT Act Sections 66(C) and 67, and the accused was traced through technical surveillance and arrested under the Branch's \"Mission Cyber Rakshika\" campaign. The complainant said she was mentally harassed and defamed; the DCP said the images also depicted her maternal aunt. Further investigation was under way; no charge sheet or court outcome was found.", "incidentDate": "2025-12-01", "incidentEndDate": "2026-04-06", "incidentKind": "bounded_series", "incidentDatePrecision": "range", "exposurePattern": "repeated_interactions", "reportedDate": "2026-05-28", "aiSystem": "Web-based AI \"remove clothes\" image-manipulation tools found via Google search (not named); used to morph photographs into obscene images and videos", "severity": "high", "verificationStatus": "credible", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse", "psychological_distress", "reputational_harm" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "A young woman and her mother were depicted in AI-morphed obscene images and videos (more than 100 images found by police) posted for months on fake accounts impersonating the woman; she told police she was mentally harassed and defamed, and police said both women suffered trauma and public humiliation. The accused was arrested and booked; the case is pending.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "supported", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 2, "affectedCountStatus": "documented_minimum", "affectedCountEvidence": "Two depicted people are reported in every chain: the complainant (also impersonated) and her mother. The DCP told ANI that a maternal aunt was also depicted, which no other source repeats, so the count is a documented minimum of 2. The accused is not counted.", "victimAgeRange": "adult", "jurisdiction": "IN", "platformType": "other", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "ongoing", "primarySourceUrl": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/delhi-man-posts-100-obscene-ai-created-photos-of-ahmedabad-woman/articleshow/131377083.cms", "primarySourceLabel": "The Times of India (Ahmedabad), 29 May 2026: Delhi man creates fake accounts and uploads 100 obscene AI-generated photos of Ahmedabad woman (Cyber Crime Branch statement)", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-15T07:52:26.434751+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "deepfake", "ai-undressing", "ncii", "impersonation", "stalking", "harassment", "india", "gujarat", "ahmedabad", "arrest", "depicted" ] } ] }