{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T07:13:42.106Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"extortion","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":3,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":4,"coreRelations":4,"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-reported-teen-deepfake-video-extortion-demand","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 14: paragraph about Telegram messages and fabricated video.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 14: paragraph about Telegram messages and fabricated video.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The creator report says the boy received his photograph and a doctored sexual video on Telegram.","causal_attribution":"One Newswav creator article relaying a mother's public account. It is not represented as an independently corroborated police finding. The mother's original post was not read."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 16: paragraph about extortion demand and police complaint.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 16: paragraph about extortion demand and police complaint.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The mother's relayed account says an extortionist demanded RM5,800 and threatened to release fabricated footage, and that the family went to police.","causal_attribution":"One Newswav creator article relaying a mother's public account. It is not represented as an independently corroborated police finding. The mother's original post was not read."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 13: paragraph about reported AI method.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 16: paragraph about reported AI method.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The article attributes the footage to AI and relays police comments describing deepfake tools.","causal_attribution":"One Newswav creator article relaying a mother's public account. It is not represented as an independently corroborated police finding. The mother's original post was not read."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported threat using a fabricated sexual video","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://newswav.com/article/ai-deepfake-extortion-targets-children-a-mother-s-warned-after-her-son-was-A2510_dMUjVW","kind":"public_creator_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1241"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","finance"],"unknowns":["The precise event date and country are not established from the inspected article.","The original family post, police report, footage and technical generation method were not inspected. No payment or case outcome is reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The article describes a local family and uses Malaysian currency but gives no explicit event location. Publisher location and currency are not used to establish the family's country.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"A concrete, attributed public creator account describes a minor's experience of fabricated sexual-video extortion. The limited reporting chain and missing original account remain explicit. The boy and family are not identified and the event is undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The creator account relays the mother's report of an AI-generated video and police comments, without the original post, footage or a technical determination.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Mother reportedly sought police help after a teen received a fabricated sexual video and extortion demand","summary":"A Newswav creator article relays a mother's account that her teenage son received his photograph and a purported AI-generated sexual video through Telegram, followed by a demand for RM5,800. The mother said the family sought police help and that the boy asked a school contact for advice. The article attributes the AI explanation to the family's account and reported police comments. No payment, precise event location or independently verified generation method is established.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-10-18","aiSystem":"Purported AI-generated sexual video","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The relayed family account describes a teenage boy threatened with circulation of fabricated sexual footage and a demand for RM5,800. No payment is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One teenage boy is the described target. A mentioned earlier student and the boy's relatives are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://newswav.com/article/ai-deepfake-extortion-targets-children-a-mother-s-warned-after-her-son-was-A2510_dMUjVW","primarySourceLabel":"Newswav creator account, 18 October 2025, mother's reported sextortion complaint","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:43.053379+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:11.054712+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-hachioji-high-school-extortion-chatgpt-settlement-figure","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「5人の逮捕容疑は共謀して1月27日午後11時20分～28日午前1時ごろ、八王子市…の広場で、…男子生徒（17）に暴行を加えて鼻の骨を折るなどのけがを負わせた上」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「警視庁によりますと、高校生の少女や少年ら5人はことし1月、東京・八王子市で元交際相手の男子高校生に「妹の体に触ったでしょ」などと言って、暴行を加えケガをさせ、現金を脅し取ろうとした疑いがもたれています。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"「過去に男子生徒と交際していた女が「ツーリングに行こう」などと呼び出し、「妹の脚を触ったでしょ」などと因縁をつけたのが発端とみられる。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police allege that late on 27 January 2026, after a suspect who had previously dated a 17-year-old high-school boy invited him out on a motorcycle ride and accused him of touching her younger sister, five high-school students assaulted him in a public square in Hachioji and broke his nose.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation relayed by the press; not attributed to the AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「現場には当時約10人がおり、1人が対話型生成AI「ChatGPT」に「児童に対する性被害」などと入力したところ、示談金として最低15万円という金額が表示されたことから、脅し取ろうとしたとみられる。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「犯行時、少女の仲間の1人がチャットGPTに「児童に対する性被害」と相談すると、「示談金として最低15万円」と回答があり、現金を要求したとみられています。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"「この“15万円”という金額は女子高校生の仲間が生成AIの『チャットGPT』に相談して決めたとのこと。“児童に対する性被害”について相談したところ、“示談金は最低15万円”と回答があったそうです。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"During the incident a member of the group entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child' into ChatGPT, which displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen, and police believe this is why the group told the boy to produce 150,000 yen.","causal_attribution":"Police belief (とみられる) relayed by the press. The prompt and full reply are not published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「「15万円、親とか友達に借りてでも用意しろ」などと言って現金を脅し取ろうとしたとしている」; 「傷害と恐喝未遂の疑いで」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The group told the boy to produce 150,000 yen, borrowing from his parents or friends if necessary; the charge is attempted extortion and no payment is reported.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation relayed by the press."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「警視庁少年事件課は傷害と恐喝未遂の疑いで、東京都八王子市の高校3年生の女（17）ら高校生の男女計5人を逮捕した」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「すでに加害者となった5人は逮捕されていますが、女子生徒ら4人は容疑を認めている中、少年1人は一部否認している状況です」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Five high-school students were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department's juvenile crimes division; four admit the allegations and one partly denies them.","causal_attribution":"Police arrest announcement; the admission detail comes from a reporter quoted by Shukan Josei PRIME."}],"effects":[{"label":"the boy was told to produce 150,000 yen, an amount police believe was taken from a ChatGPT answer about minimum settlements obtained during the incident","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the boy was assaulted and his nose was broken (not attributed to the AI)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/2606/10/1260610086/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Sankei Shimbun article republished by ITmedia NEWS, full body read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29; quotations here are the reviewer's English translations. Relays the Metropolitan Police Department juvenile crimes division's account.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/society/f4b412aed650460c9cd4e3720590a043","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"NTV (Nippon TV) news LOG text summary of a 13 June 2026 broadcast, read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29; the video was not viewed. Attributes the facts to the Metropolitan Police Department.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.jprime.jp/articles/-/42114?display=b","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Shukan Josei PRIME, 11 June 2026, read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29. Relies on an unnamed national-newspaper crime reporter whose account tracks the police announcement; grouped with it.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["The exact prompt entered and the full text of ChatGPT's reply.","Whether any money was paid (the charge is attempted extortion).","The outcome of the juvenile proceedings."],"geography":{"basis":"Sankei places the offence in a public square in Hachioji, Tokyo, and describes the victim as a high-school student; the arrests were made by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a police-reported case in which a chatbot answer obtained during an assault supplied the amount of an extortion demand against a 17-year-old. All read reports relay the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's account and count as one source chain; the allegations are untested. No suspect or victim is named, and the suspects' relationships are described only as far as needed to explain the event.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Metropolitan Police Department's account, relayed by Sankei Shimbun and NTV, says a member of the group entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child' into ChatGPT, which displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen, and that police believe this is why that amount was demanded. The chatbot communicated with a member of the suspect group, not with the boy; the relation is recorded as in the published Zurich planning case. The prompt and full reply are not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Hachioji, Tokyo: police say five high-school students assaulted a 17-year-old boy and demanded 150,000 yen, a figure they believe one of the group got from ChatGPT by asking about settlements for 'sexual harm to a child'","summary":"Sankei Shimbun reported on 10 June 2026, and NTV on 13-14 June, that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's juvenile crimes division had arrested five high-school students on suspicion of injury and attempted extortion. According to the police account, late on 27 January 2026 a suspect who had previously dated a 17-year-old high-school boy invited him to a public square in Hachioji, where the group accused him of having touched her younger sister, assaulted him and broke his nose, and then told him to raise 150,000 yen, borrowing from his parents or friends if necessary. About ten people were present. Police believe the amount came from ChatGPT: one of them entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child', and the chatbot displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen. No payment is reported. Shukan Josei PRIME reports that four of the five admit the allegations and one partly denies them. The allegations are untested.","incidentDate":"2026-01-27","incidentEndDate":"2026-01-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-06-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI), queried on a phone by a member of the group during the incident, per the police account","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 17-year-old boy was assaulted, suffering a broken nose, and was told to produce 150,000 yen; police believe the amount of the extortion demand was taken from a ChatGPT answer about minimum settlements obtained during the incident (Metropolitan Police Department, via Sankei Shimbun and NTV). The assault itself is not attributed to the AI.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The police account names one victim: a 17-year-old high-school boy who was injured and from whom 150,000 yen was demanded (Sankei, NTV). The ChatGPT user was a member of the suspect group; the five arrested suspects and the roughly ten people present are not counted as harmed. Exact count of one.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"JP-13","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/2606/10/1260610086/","primarySourceLabel":"Sankei Shimbun via ITmedia NEWS, 10 June 2026: 「妹の脚を触った」因縁つけ仲間に暴行、AI基に恐喝未遂 容疑の高校生5人逮捕","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:08:54.144434+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:39.125062+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","extortion","assault","minors","japan","tokyo","police-account","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2025-heacock-ai-sextortion-death","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Local teenager Eli Heacock died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last month'; 'he took his life on Feb 28'; 'at 11:30 p.m. on that Thursday night, Eli's twin sister found him'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He died by suicide shortly after receiving the message, CBS affiliate KFDA reported'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'After their 16-year-old son died by suicide, a Kentucky family is pushing for stronger sextortion laws'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Elijah Heacock died Feb. 28 at a local hospital, WBKO-TV reported'; 'the Barren County Sheriff's Office responded to the hospital on Feb. 27'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Elijah Heacock, 16, a Caverna High School student in Barren County, Kentucky, died by suicide on 28 February 2025 after being found injured at home on the night of 27 February.","causal_attribution":"The death is reported independently by WKMS (own reporting) and CBS (citing KFDA), with Spectrum and the WBKO/ABC relay consistent; the 27/28 February dates come from WKMS and NewsNation."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'During a search of Eli's phone, AI-generated images used to extort the young man were discovered. The offender created the images, some sexually explicit, and sent them to Eli. They then threatened to release the pictures unless Eli sent them $3,000.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'when Elijah received a threatening text with an A.I.-generated nude photo of himself demanding he pay $3,000 to keep it from being sent to friends and family, everything changed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'a perpetrator threatened him, saying he needed to send $3,000 or they would release sexually explicit images of him'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'fake, AI-generated nude images'; 'Though the photos were not real, it's unclear whether Elijah Heacock knew they were AI-generated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Investigators found on his phone AI-generated images of him, some sexually explicit, sent by an anonymous extortionist who threatened to release them unless he paid $3,000.","causal_attribution":"WKMS attributes the AI-generated finding to investigators' search of the phone; CBS's account rests on the parents' interview. Whether he knew the images were fake is unknown (NewsNation)."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'His parents told Spectrum News 1 that Heacock sent $50, but did not have enough to cover the rest.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Shannon Heacock said she found texts indicating that her son had sent some money to the scammer, to which the scammer replied, \"This is not enough,\" she told ABC News.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Best friend: 'The last message I got from him was, \"I love you so much\"' after Eli asked to borrow money that night.","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He sent a partial payment of $50 and the extortionist replied that it was 'not enough'.","causal_attribution":"Both accounts are the parents' descriptions of the messages on his phone, given to two separate outlets; the $50 figure appears only in Spectrum."},{"id":"c4","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The FBI continues to investigate. The family hopes the exploiter will be caught and charged with murder.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'a sheriff's detective reviewed Elijah Heacock's phone and escalated the case to the FBI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The Barren County Sheriff's Office escalated the case to the FBI, which was still investigating; no arrest has been reported.","causal_attribution":"Investigation status as of the inspected reports (March and June 2025); nothing later was inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bill into law this month, making sextortion a felony. It also mandates education about sextortion in schools and in law enforcement agencies.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'state lawmakers passed a bill that establishes sexual extortion as a felony, and mandates training about the topic at schools and law enforcement agencies. Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, signed it into law.'; Rep. Guthrie on the Take It Down Act","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The recently-passed \"Take It Down\" Act... makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit images'; 'They said they hope the \"Take It Down\" Act will make a difference.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Kentucky's governor signed a law in March 2025 making sexual extortion a felony and mandating education in schools and law-enforcement agencies; the parents publicly supported the federal Take It Down Act, signed in May 2025.","causal_attribution":"Legislative context reported by three outlets; the Kentucky law is described, not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"a 16-year-old was extorted with AI-generated sexual images of himself and died by suicide","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wkms.org/health/2025-03-24/suicide-of-ky-teen-investigated-as-financial-sextortion","kind":"public_radio_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (datePublished 2025-03-24; WKU Public Radio, Lisa Autry); own interviews with his mother, father and best friend; quotes the KSP Electronic Crime Branch commander.","independence_group":"wkms"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sextortion-generative-ai-scam-elijah-heacock-take-it-down-act/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 from the Internet Archive capture of 28 December 2025 (datePublished 2025-05-31; CBS Saturday Morning interview with the parents); the live URL answers HTTP 406 to this box. The article attributes the death report to CBS affiliate KFDA and the advocacy to WLKY.","independence_group":"cbs"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2025/04/10/sextortion-kentucky-elijah-heacock","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (datePublished 2025-04-10; Glasgow, Ky. dateline; the parents' own statements to Spectrum News 1).","independence_group":"spectrum"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/ai/teen-suicide-ai-images/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 from the Internet Archive capture of 26 November 2025 (datePublished 2025-06-11); the live URL answers HTTP 403. NewsNation relays WBKO-TV and ABC News interviews with the parents, so it is grouped with those originals rather than counted as independent.","independence_group":"wbko-abc"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["The tool used to generate the images and the identity or location of the extortionist are not reported; no arrest has been reported in the inspected sources.","Whether he knew the images were AI-generated is unclear (NewsNation).","When the extortion messages began is not reported; the record uses the night of 27 February (when his friend received his last messages and the sheriff reviewed the phone) and the 28 February death date.","The earliest local report (WBKO-TV, cited by NewsNation) was not inspected: its URL answers HTTP 404; the reported_date uses the earliest inspected report (WKMS, 24 March 2025).","The CBS article's cited affiliate reports (KFDA, WLKY) were not inspected.","Investigation status after June 2025 was not researched in this review."],"geography":{"basis":"Event and residence: Barren County (Glasgow area), Kentucky, per WKMS ('In southern Kentucky, the Barren County community') and Spectrum's Glasgow, Ky. dateline. No court proceeding is reported; the extortionist has not been identified.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case with a reported death: AI-generated sexual images of a minor were used to extort him and he died by suicide. The death and the AI connection are each carried by two independent inspected chains (WKMS own reporting and CBS), meeting the additional death rule; causation rests on investigators and the family, recorded as supported, not established. He is named because his parents campaign publicly in his name; the method of death is not described here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"WKMS reports that investigators searching his phone found AI-generated images used to extort him, and quotes the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch commander on AI-generated exploitation; CBS separately describes the extortion message as carrying an AI-generated nude photo of him. The generation tool is not identified in any inspected source.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kentucky: Elijah Heacock, 16, died by suicide after a sextortion demand backed by AI-generated nude images of him","summary":"Elijah Heacock, a 16-year-old Caverna High School student in Barren County, Kentucky, died by suicide on 28 February 2025. Investigators searching his phone found AI-generated images of him, some sexually explicit, that an anonymous extortionist had sent with a demand for $3,000 and a threat to share them with his family and friends; his parents say he sent a small partial payment and was told it was 'not enough'. The Barren County Sheriff's Office escalated the case to the FBI, which was still investigating in the inspected reports; no arrest has been reported. His parents have campaigned publicly, Kentucky made sextortion a felony in March 2025, and the family supported the federal Take It Down Act.","incidentDate":"2025-02-27","incidentEndDate":"2025-02-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-03-24","aiSystem":"AI image-generation or manipulation tools (unspecified; investigators described the extortion images as AI-generated)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["death","exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 16-year-old was extorted with AI-generated sexual images of himself and a $3,000 demand, and died by suicide the same night his best friend received his last message; investigators and his parents connect the death to the sextortion.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Elijah Heacock, was depicted in the AI-generated images and died; his family members are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wkms.org/health/2025-03-24/suicide-of-ky-teen-investigated-as-financial-sextortion","primarySourceLabel":"WKMS / WKU Public Radio, 24 March 2025: investigators found AI-generated images used to extort him; KSP Electronic Crime Branch commander quoted","firstPublishedAt":"2026-03-09T05:43:08.739008+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:04.61944+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["sextortion","deepfake","minor","kentucky","suicide","depicted-or-impersonated","take-it-down-act"]},{"id":"2023-spain-almendralejo-deepfake-minors","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 2-4: images created from clothed photos taken from the girls' own social media accounts and processed by an application that generates an imagined nude image.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Opening paragraphs: pupils reported fake nude photos made 'a través de una aplicación de inteligencia artificial' circulating on phones at the start of the school year.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Paragraph 2: images arose from a WhatsApp group linked to several Almendralejo schools; profile photos from WhatsApp and Instagram were used.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"Paragraph 3: the judgment's proven facts describe AI applications superimposing the girls' faces, taken from WhatsApp and Instagram profiles, on other nude bodies, and circulation through two WhatsApp groups.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In September 2023 artificial-intelligence image-manipulation applications were used to create fake nude images of secondary-school girls in Almendralejo from photographs taken from their WhatsApp and Instagram profiles, and the images circulated in WhatsApp groups.","causal_attribution":"The juvenile court's agreed judgment records the use of AI applications as proven fact (El País and Infobae, 9 July 2024, citing the TSJEx)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraph 4: 'more than 20 girls, aged between 11 and 17, have come forward as victims'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Opening paragraph: 'Ya son 22 menores las víctimas'; 10 presuntos autores identificados, todos menores.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Paragraph 1: 'al menos 20 niñas residentes en Almendralejo'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"At least 20 girls aged 11 to 17 were affected; police had counted 22 victims and identified 10 suspected authors, all minors, by 21 September 2023.","causal_attribution":"Counts are the police and court figures as reported; the BBC also reports a parents' group of 28, which is not used as a harm count."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 1 and 3: sentence of 20 June 2024 in conformity; 15 minors; 20 delitos de pornografía infantil y otros tantos contra la integridad moral; libertad vigilada durante un año.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Paragraphs 1-2: Juzgado de Menores de Badajoz; quince menores; veinte delitos de pornografía infantil y otros tantos contra la integridad moral; un año de libertad vigilada with the described programme.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"Paragraph 1: 'a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation'.","relation":"context","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"On 20 June 2024 the Badajoz juvenile court, in an agreed judgment, held 15 minors responsible for 20 counts of child pornography and 20 counts against moral integrity and imposed one year of supervised release (libertad vigilada) with affective-sexual education, responsible-technology and gender-equality content.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome as reported from the TSJEx; the judgment text itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraph 7: 'Investigators are also looking into the claim that an attempt was made to extort one of the girls by using a fake image of her.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraph 5: 'según han denunciado varias madres, chantajearon a sus hijas con dinero para no distribuir sus fotografías manipuladas'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Mothers reported that girls were blackmailed with the fake images, and police investigated an attempt to extort one of the girls.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the families to police and the press; no charge for extortion is recorded in the inspected judgment reporting."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Passage beginning 'The impact the images’ circulation has had on the girls affected varies': the interviewed mother says her daughter is bearing up well, while some other girls would not leave home.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"One mother said some affected girls would not leave their homes after the images circulated, while her own daughter was bearing up well.","causal_attribution":"A parent's account reported by the BBC; not independently confirmed."}],"effects":[{"label":"nonconsensual_sexualized_imagery_of_minors","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"extortion_attempt","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"psychological_distress","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15; datePublished 2023-09-23.","independence_group":"bbc"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://elpais.com/espana/2023-09-18/la-policia-investiga-el-desnudo-integral-de-varias-menores-en-extremadura-con-inteligencia-artificial-me-dio-un-vuelco-el-corazon.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.","independence_group":"elpais"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://elpais.com/sociedad/2023-09-21/las-victimas-por-los-desnudos-de-almendralejo-ascienden-a-22-con-10-presuntos-autores-identificados-hasta-el-momento.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.","independence_group":"elpais"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-07-09/un-ano-de-libertad-vigilada-para-15-menores-de-almendralejo-por-manipular-imagenes-de-ninas.html","kind":"news_report_court_outcome","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review. Court outcome is reported from TSJEx; the judgment itself was not inspected.","independence_group":"tsjex-judgment-account"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.infobae.com/espana/2024/07/09/los-menores-que-manipularon-desnudos-con-inteligencia-artificial-en-almendralejo-quedan-en-libertad-vigilada/","kind":"news_agency_report_court_outcome","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review. Court outcome is reported from TSJEx; the judgment itself was not inspected. Infobae credits EFE for this article.","independence_group":"tsjex-judgment-account"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.infobae.com/espana/2023/09/18/caso-almendralejo-es-delito-utilizar-la-ia-con-fines-pornograficos-hasta-nueve-anos-de-carcel-por-manipular-imagenes-de-menores-desnudas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.","independence_group":"infobae"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://fortune.com/2024/08/16/ai-nude-deepfakes-boys-social-media-classmates-school/","kind":"news_agency_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Associated Press report carried by Fortune; read in English on 2026-09-15.","independence_group":"ap"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/610/","kind":"incident_database_aggregator","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Aggregator entry listing press reports; used as context only.","independence_group":"aiid"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The application or applications used are not named in the inspected court reporting; an earlier version of this record named one app on the basis of press reports not re-inspected today.","When each image was created is not established; the BBC reports that many were believed to have been created over the summer of 2023.","Whether any image reached pornographic websites, which the families feared, is not established.","The individual consequences for the affected girls beyond the reports cited are not documented.","The judgment text was not inspected; its contents are taken from El País and Infobae reporting the TSJEx."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the images were made and circulated among pupils of secondary schools in Almendralejo, Badajoz, Spain (BBC; El País 18 and 21 September 2023). Affected persons: girls attending those schools (El País 21 September 2023). Court: Juzgado de Menores de Badajoz (El País and Infobae, 9 July 2024).","court_countries":["ES"],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under its original ID after source, duplicate and sensitivity review under the 2026-09-15 charter. Eight sources read, seven in full; no victim or suspect is named; the app named in the earlier record is omitted because the inspected court reporting does not name it.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Badajoz juvenile court's agreed judgment of 20 June 2024, as reported by El País and Infobae citing the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Extremadura, records as proven fact that the minors used artificial-intelligence applications to superimpose the girls' faces on other bodies. The application is not named in the inspected court reporting.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Almendralejo, Spain: AI-generated nude images of at least 20 schoolgirls; 15 minors placed under supervised release","summary":"In September 2023 families in Almendralejo (Badajoz, Spain) reported that artificial-intelligence 'undressing' applications had been used to create fake nude images of local girls aged 11 to 17 from their social-media photographs, and that the images circulated in WhatsApp groups. Police counted 22 victims and identified 10 suspects, all minors, within days. On 20 June 2024 the Badajoz juvenile court, in an agreed judgment, held 15 minors responsible for 20 counts of child pornography and 20 counts against moral integrity and imposed one year of supervised release with an education programme.","incidentDate":"2023-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-09-18","aiSystem":"AI image 'undressing' applications (not named in the inspected court reporting)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"At least 20 girls aged 11 to 17 had AI-manipulated nude images of them created from their social-media photographs and shared in WhatsApp groups; families reported blackmail attempts and one mother said some girls would not leave their homes.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":20,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The juvenile court's agreed judgment, as reported by El País and Infobae from the TSJEx, refers to at least 20 girls; police had counted 22 victims by 21 September 2023 (El País). The court figure is used as the documented minimum. The 15 minors held responsible are not counted as harmed persons.","victimAgeRange":"minor","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News, 23 September 2023: 'AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo'","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-29T09:52:26.746489+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:50.17392+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","minors","spain","school","non-consensual-imagery","juvenile-court"]}]}