{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T09:22:05.919Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"harassment","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":10,"coverage":{"cases":10,"countries":5,"languages":8,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":3,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":10,"minors":4,"coreRelations":10,"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":"2022-gelderland-netherlands-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-making-and-spreading-sexual-deepnudes-130-reported-victims","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De man wordt ervan verdacht seksueel getinte deepfakes (ook wel deepnudes genoemd) te hebben gemaakt en te hebben verspreid via bijvoorbeeld Whatsappgroepen. Daarnaast zou hij vrouwen ongevraagd foto’s van zijn geslachtsdeel en seksueel getinte berichten hebben gestuurd.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"verdacht wordt van het maken en verspreiden van seksueel getinte deepfakes. Dat zijn beelden die door kunstmatige intelligentie zijn gemanipuleerd.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Dutch police said they arrested a man in the province of Gelderland on 3 September 2025 on suspicion of making sexually explicit deepfakes, also called deepnudes, and spreading them through channels such as WhatsApp groups, and of sending women unsolicited photos of his genitals and sexual messages.","causal_attribution":"Police release, relayed by NOS (one origin); NOS adds the gloss that deepfakes are images manipulated by artificial intelligence. No tool is named."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"In de afgelopen jaren hebben zich 130 slachtoffers uit het hele land bij de politie gemeld. Ze werden regelmatig en herhaaldelijk lastiggevallen.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Volgens de politie zijn er 130 slachtoffers. Van een deel van hen zijn beelden gemanipuleerd. Hoeveel precies is niet duidelijk.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the police, 130 victims from across the country reported to them over recent years and were regularly and repeatedly harassed; NOS reports, citing the police, that images were manipulated for some of them and that the exact number is unclear.","causal_attribution":"Police figures relayed by NOS."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De politie vermoedt dat het sinds 2021 of 2022 speelt.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"NOS reports that the police suspect the conduct had been going on since 2021 or 2022.","causal_attribution":"Police estimate as reported by NOS."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Het politieonderzoek na meerdere aangiftes loopt al langere tijd. ... Ook zijn digitale gegevensdragers in beslag genomen. Het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) zal uiteindelijk bepalen wat de gevolgen zijn voor de verdachte.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The police said the investigation followed several complaints and had been running for some time, that digital data carriers were seized, and that the Public Prosecution Service would decide the consequences for the suspect.","causal_attribution":"Police release."}],"effects":[{"label":"sexual deepnudes made and spread through WhatsApp groups","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"regular and repeated harassment reported by 130 victims","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2025/september/4/02-overbetuwe.html","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch on 2026-10-19; quoted passages are kept in Dutch and the English sense was rendered by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Police news release of 4 September 2025; the live page returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher and the text was read from an Internet Archive capture of the same URL (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"dutch-police-statement-4-sep-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://nos.nl/artikel/2581172-man-43-aangehouden-voor-seksuele-deepfakes-zeker-130-slachtoffers","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch on 2026-10-19; quoted passages are kept in Dutch and the English sense was rendered by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. NOS report of 4 September 2025 (HTTP 200) relaying the police, including the police estimate of when the conduct began.","independence_group":"dutch-police-statement-4-sep-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many of the 130 victims were depicted in deepnudes and how many were harassed in other ways.","Which AI tool was used and how the police established the AI manipulation.","When the conduct began; the police estimate is 2021 or 2022.","Whether the Public Prosecution Service has charged the suspect."],"geography":{"basis":"The Dutch police arrested the suspect in a municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands, and say the victims come from across the country. No court proceeding is reported in the sources read.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["NL"],"affected_person_countries":["NL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating Dutch police say the suspect made and spread sexual deepnudes and that 130 victims reported repeated harassment; NOS, relaying the police, describes the images as manipulated by artificial intelligence. The police do not disclose how the manipulation was established. No victim or suspect is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Dutch police, who investigated after several complaints and seized the suspect's data carriers, state that he is suspected of making and spreading sexually explicit deepfakes, which they call deepnudes, and NOS, relaying the police, explains these as images manipulated by artificial intelligence and says images were manipulated for some of the 130 victims. The manipulated images depict some of the victims (depicted_or_impersonated) and their spread is part of the harassment reported. The police do not name a tool or say how the AI manipulation was established, and the number of women depicted is not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gelderland, Netherlands: police arrest a man suspected of making and spreading sexual deepnudes; 130 victims reported repeated harassment","summary":"Dutch police said on 4 September 2025 that they had arrested a man in a Gelderland municipality the day before on suspicion of making sexually explicit deepfakes, which they call deepnudes, and spreading them through channels such as WhatsApp groups, and of sending women unsolicited photos of his genitals and sexual messages. According to the police, 130 victims from across the country reported to them over recent years and were regularly and repeatedly harassed; NOS reports, citing the police, that images were manipulated for some of them, that the exact number is unclear, and that the police suspect the conduct began in 2021 or 2022. The police seized digital data carriers and said the Public Prosecution Service would decide on the consequences. No tool is named.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-09-04","aiSystem":"AI-manipulated sexual images (\"deepnudes\") of women, according to the police and NOS (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Dutch police, sexual deepnudes were made and spread through WhatsApp groups and 130 victims reported regular and repeated harassment; NOS, citing the police, says images of some of the victims were manipulated.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":130,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least 130: the police say 130 victims reported repeated harassment (NOS headline \"zeker 130\"). Only some of them were depicted in manipulated images, and the police do not say how many; the count covers the harassment victims of this case, not only the depicted women.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"NL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2025/september/4/02-overbetuwe.html","primarySourceLabel":"Politie, 4 September 2025: Verdachte aangehouden na verspreiden deepnudes en seksueel getinte berichten","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-19T03:20:55.180299+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T03:20:55.180299+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepnudes","sexual-deepfakes","harassment","netherlands","police-arrest","whatsapp","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-ituzaingo-buenos-aires-secondary-pupil-ai-nude-images-telegram-group-classmate-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'el día anterior la chica recibió mensajes desde tres números desconocidos. Quienes le escribieron la invitaban a salir y le decían que habían conseguido su teléfono en un grupo de Telegram.'; 'La adolescente ingresó y encontró un grupo de Telegram en el que se difundía contenido pornográfico con imágenes de ella'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Una adolescente de 15 años recibió mensajes de tres números telefónicos desconocidos que la invitaban a salir y conocerse. Quienes la contactaron le dijeron que habían obtenido su número en un grupo de Telegram y le enviaron un enlace. Cuando ingresó, descubrió que allí se compartía contenido pornográfico y había imágenes suyas que habían sido modificadas con Inteligencia Artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 7 October 2026 a 15-year-old pupil received messages from three unknown numbers inviting her out, whose senders said they had got her number from a Telegram group and sent her a link; in the group she found pornographic content including images of her modified with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The mother's complaint as recorded in the documents Infobae (complaint) and La Nación (police report) say they accessed; one origin, the complaint, relayed by two outlets. The date rests on Infobae's 'el día anterior' to the Thursday filing."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'uno de ellos, también de 15 años, le habría confesado que descargó fotos de su perfil de Instagram, las modificó con inteligencia artificial y las publicó en ese grupo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'uno de ellos, también de 15 años, le habría reconocido que había descargado fotografías de su cuenta de Instagram, las había editado mediante inteligencia artificial para desnudarla y posteriormente las había subido al grupo de Telegram.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, a 15-year-old classmate admitted to her that he had downloaded photos from her Instagram account, modified them with artificial intelligence (La Nación: to undress her) and published them in the Telegram group.","causal_attribution":"An alleged admission recorded in the complaint ('habría confesado', 'habría reconocido'); both outlets use the conditional. It remains an allegation against a minor."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La presentación fue radicada este jueves por la madre de la adolescente'; 'La causa quedó a cargo de la Fiscalía de Responsabilidad Penal Juvenil N° 2 de Morón, que dispuso la carátula por representaciones sexuales de menores de 18 años con fines de distribución o comercialización.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'El episodio quedó registrado en un parte policial fechado ayer jueves, al que accedió LA NACION.'; 'A partir de la denuncia se iniciaron actuaciones bajo la carátula de tenencia de representaciones sexuales de menores de 18 años con fines de distribución o comercialización, contemplada en el artículo 128 del Código Penal.'; 'El informe consigna que no se registran antecedentes, aunque no precisa si se adoptaron medidas judiciales respecto del adolescente señalado ni si existen otras personas investigadas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The mother filed the complaint on Thursday 8 October 2026 asking that the harassment cease; the case is before the Fiscalía de Responsabilidad Penal Juvenil N° 2 of Morón under Article 128 of the Penal Code (sexual representations of minors under 18 for distribution or sale), and La Nación reports the police report does not say whether other people are under investigation.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts from the complaint and police report as described by the two outlets that accessed them; no court document was inspected by the research agent."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'En el mensaje explicaron que el episodio se originó en cuarto año a partir de la edición y circulación de imágenes, pero advirtieron que durante las averiguaciones aparecieron nuevos elementos relacionados con fotografías de alumnos de distintos cursos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'El comunicado indicó que los primeros hechos detectados correspondían a cuarto año, pero que posteriormente surgieron elementos relacionados con alumnos de otros cursos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The school told families in a communiqué that the episode began in fourth year with the editing and circulation of images and that new elements concerning photographs of pupils from other years had appeared, and it scheduled meetings by year for 9 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"The school's communiqué as quoted by La Nación and described by Diario Anticipos; one origin (the communiqué)."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Entre las posibles víctimas figura una niña de apenas 7 años. Hay dos denuncias judiciales, interviene una fiscalía de Morón y los alumnos investigados dejaron de asistir presencialmente al establecimiento.'; 'Aunque las denuncias describen la utilización de Inteligencia Artificial generativa para modificar fotografías, no se identificó públicamente una aplicación o plataforma específica.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La investigación también contempla el caso de una niña de siete años que asiste al nivel primario de la misma institución.'; 'La situación comenzó a investigarse después de que una familia presentara una denuncia en la Comisaría de la Mujer de Ituzaingó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Diario Anticipos and MejorInformado report, without naming their sources, that four pupils aged 15 to 16 are under investigation, that a seven-year-old primary pupil is among possible victims, that the school's head filed a second complaint after a family complained at the women's police station, and that the pupils concerned stopped attending in person.","causal_attribution":"Two relay outlets without named sources; La Nación's statement that the police report does not mention other investigated people is contrary evidence on the number of accused. Kept as reported and unquantified."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'una alumna, que se mantuvo en resguardo para proteger su identidad'; 'los responsables son tres estudiantes varones de entre 15 y 16 años'; 'robando imágenes directamente de los perfiles públicos y privados de las víctimas en Instagram, y tomando fotos de forma encubierta durante los recreos o en reuniones sociales compartidas'; 'utilizaban herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial de fácil acceso en internet para \"desnudar\" digitalmente a las jóvenes'; 'El último eslabón de la cadena era la monetización del delito a través de la aplicación de mensajería Telegram'; 'vendían el número de una de las chicas junto con el material fotográfico y la empezaron a llamar'; 'La víctima comenzó a recibir comunicaciones incesantes de números desconocidos'; '“Mandaban una foto principal y las ofrecían por determinada plata, por lo que entiendo”'; '“se conoció porque le pasó principalmente a cuarto, pero después hubo fotos de chicas de todos los cursos”'; 'entre los propios estudiantes de la institución circulaban y compraban el material adulterado'; '“El colegio no está haciendo nada al respecto y quieren hacer charlas'; 'trascendió que a uno de los implicados ya le cerraron su cuenta de Instagram debido a las denuncias masivas en la plataforma'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"La Ciudad, citing testimony it gathered from pupils including one who spoke anonymously, reports that three boys aged 15 and 16 took photographs of classmates from their Instagram profiles and covertly during breaks, used AI tools to undress them and sold the results through Telegram; that they sold one girl's phone number with the material, after which she received incessant calls from unknown numbers; and that pupils at the school circulated and bought the material. The anonymous pupil said the images were offered for money, as she understood it, that girls from every year were affected, and that the school was doing nothing and wanted to hold talks; the outlet adds that it was rumoured that one implicated pupil's Instagram account had been closed after mass reports.","causal_attribution":"An anonymous pupil's account and other pupils' testimony gathered by La Ciudad; not attributed to the complaint or to police. La Ciudad's three boys differ from the four pupils in c5, and the sale rests on the pupils' account."}],"effects":[{"label":"pupil's Instagram photos altered with AI into nude images and posted in a Telegram group","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"strangers who obtained her number from the group contacted her","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2026/10/09/otra-adolescente-denuncio-a-un-companero-por-difundir-imagenes-de-ella-desnuda-creadas-con-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-10 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Infobae states it accessed the complaint (\"a la que accedió Infobae\"); the Lomas de Zamora passages in the body concern a different case.","independence_group":"infobae-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/una-adolescente-descubrio-en-telegram-imagenes-sexuales-falsas-de-ella-y-denuncio-a-un-companero-de-nid09102026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-10 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. La Nación states it accessed a police report dated Thursday 8 October 2026 and quotes the school communiqué; the Lomas de Zamora passages concern a different case.","independence_group":"lanacion-police-report"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://diarioanticipos.com/index.php?p=238616","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-10 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Local outlet relaying \"publicaciones periodísticas\" and the complaints; it does not name its sources. Cited by the outlet's post-ID URL form (index.php?p=238616, the outlet's declared shortlink ID), which redirects (HTTP 301) to the article; re-read 2026-10-12 in Spanish by the research agent (an AI), HTTP 200, text unchanged.","independence_group":"anticipos-relay"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.mejorinformado.com/sociedad/escandalo-ituzaingo-otro-caso-imagenes-sexuales-falsas-ia-involucra-estudiantes_1791582087","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-10 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Neuquén outlet relaying \"la información difundida sobre el caso\"; it does not name its sources.","independence_group":"mejorinformado-relay"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://laciudadweb.com.ar/en-una-escuela-secundaria-de-ituzaingo-3-alumnos-usan-ia-para-editar-fotos-de-sus-companeras-desnudas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200; page datePublished 2026-10-09) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings are the agent's own and no human translator reviewed them. Local outlet reporting testimony it gathered from pupils, quoting one pupil who spoke anonymously; it cites neither the complaint nor the police, so it is grouped on its own. Its body names the school; the locators avoid it.","independence_group":"la-ciudad-pupil-testimony-2026-10-09"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","relationships"],"unknowns":["When the images were created and how long they circulated before 7 October 2026","How many pupils were depicted (the school speaks of pupils from other years; two outlets report a seven-year-old among possible victims; no count)","Whether any images were sold, as two outlets say is under investigation","The tool or application used (not publicly identified)","Whether one pupil or four are under investigation (La Nación's police report names no others; Anticipos and MejorInformado say four), and any judicial measures taken"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the pupil attends a school in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires province, the complaint was filed there and the school communicated with local families (Infobae, La Nación). Affected person: a pupil of that school. Court: the case is before the juvenile prosecutor's office of Morón, Buenos Aires province.","court_countries":["AR"],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: two national outlets that accessed the complaint and the police report describe a concrete event (AI-altered nude images of an identified-by-age pupil posted in a Telegram group, strangers contacting her, a complaint under Article 128) and a juvenile prosecutor's case; two smaller outlets add unsourced details kept as reported, and a local outlet, La Ciudad, adds an anonymous pupil's account, kept as reported and not attributed to the complaint or police. The AI description rests on the complaint and the alleged admission, not on an examination. The school, its address, its head, the prosecutor's name and the pupils are not named in public text; the victim and the accused are minors.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint, as reported by Infobae and La Nación from the documents each accessed, states that a classmate downloaded the pupil's Instagram photographs, edited them with artificial intelligence to undress her and uploaded them to a Telegram group, and that the pupil found images of herself modified with AI in that group; the altered images depicted her (depicted_or_impersonated) and were the material whose circulation led strangers to contact her and the mother to seek an end to the harassment. The AI description comes from the complainant and the classmate's alleged admission as recorded in the complaint, not from an examination; the tool is not identified (Diario Anticipos).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires: complaint says a 15-year-old pupil's Instagram photos were made into AI nude images posted in a Telegram group; classmate investigated","summary":"Infobae and La Nación, each citing the complaint or police report it accessed, report that on 7 October 2026 a 15-year-old fourth-year pupil at a private secondary school in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires province, received messages from three unknown numbers inviting her out and saying they had got her number from a Telegram group; a link led her to a group sharing pornographic content that included images of her modified with artificial intelligence. According to the complaint, a 15-year-old classmate admitted to her that he had downloaded photos from her Instagram account, edited them with AI to undress her and posted them in the group. Her mother filed a complaint on 8 October 2026 and asked for the harassment to stop; the case is with the juvenile criminal prosecutor's office No. 2 of Morón under Article 128 of the Penal Code (sexual representations of minors for distribution or sale). The school told families that images of pupils from other years had also surfaced and called meetings for 9 October. Two smaller outlets report, without naming their sources, that four pupils aged 15 to 16 are under investigation, that a seven-year-old primary pupil is among possible victims and that a second complaint was filed by the school; La Nación says the police report does not state whether other people are under investigation. The local outlet La Ciudad, citing pupils' testimony including that of a pupil who spoke anonymously, reported that three boys aged 15 and 16 took photos from girls' Instagram profiles and covertly at breaks, sold the AI-altered images on Telegram, and sold one girl's phone number with them, after which she received repeated calls from unknown numbers; the outlet says pupils at the school bought the material, and the anonymous pupil said that, as she understood it, the images were offered for money and that girls from every year were affected. The tool is not identified and no court ruling is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-07","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"Generative AI image editing, as described in the complaint reported by Infobae and La Nación, used to turn a pupil's Instagram photos into nude images (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the complaint reported by Infobae and La Nación, AI-altered nude images of a 15-year-old pupil made from her Instagram photos were posted in a Telegram group, strangers who got her number there contacted her, and her mother asked the authorities to stop the harassment; the school says images of pupils from other years also surfaced.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the 15-year-old pupil whose altered images the complaint describes (Infobae, La Nación). The school's statement that images of pupils from other years surfaced, and the two smaller outlets' report of a seven-year-old among possible victims, are unquantified and not counted. No one used the AI on their own behalf.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/una-adolescente-descubrio-en-telegram-imagenes-sexuales-falsas-de-ella-y-denuncio-a-un-companero-de-nid09102026/","primarySourceLabel":"La Nación, 9 October 2026: a teenager found fake sexual images of herself on Telegram and reported a classmate (police report accessed)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-10T03:33:48.137868+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:16:16.119683+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","intimate-image-abuse","nudification","minors","school","telegram","instagram","argentina","buenos-aires","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-rukmini-vasanth-ai-morphed-photos-videos-bengaluru-three-arrests","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಭಾವಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಎಐ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಬಳಸಿ ಮಾರ್ಫ್​ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಗೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದ ಆರೋಪದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೂವರು ಆರೋಪಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಎಐ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಅಶ್ಲೀಲವಾಗಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಿ, ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು'; 'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸೈಬರ್ ಪೊಲೀಸರ ತಂಡವು ಮೂವರನ್ನು ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police arrested three people accused of using AI technology to morph the actor's photographs; Oneindia Kannada reports that her face was obscenely altered with AI technology in a video released on the internet.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic report is described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಟ್ಟು ಗೌರವ ಹಾಗೂ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಗೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಕಿರುಕುಳ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ETV Bharat Kannada reports, in its account of the arrests, that the material was circulated on social media, harmed her dignity and personal privacy and caused her mental harassment.","causal_attribution":"ETV Bharat Kannada's own narration in its arrest report; the sentence is not attributed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಕಳೆದ ತಿಂಗಳು(ಮೇ) ವಿವಿಧ ಸೋಷಿಯಲ್​ ಮೀಡಿಯಾ ಪ್ಲ್ಯಾಟ್​​ಫಾರ್ಮ್​​ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಕೆಲ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಫೋಟೋ, ವಿಡಿಯೋಗಳು ವೈರಲ್​ ಆಗಿದ್ದವು'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ETV Bharat Kannada reports that the photos and videos went viral on social media platforms and in some media in May.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's dating of the circulation; no day is given."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಈ ಫೋಟೋಗಳು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ನಕಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಟ್ಟುಕಥೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ'; 'ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಯ ಗಂಭೀರ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a statement on her social media accounts the actor said the photos were completely fake and that making and spreading manipulated content was a serious violation of privacy.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement as quoted by ETV Bharat Kannada; the original post was not read."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ನಟಿ ನೀಡಿದ ದೂರಿನ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ತನಿಖೆ ಕೈಗೊಂಡು'; 'ಇದೀಗ ಮೂವರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿ ಅವರಿಂದ ಕೃತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸಿದ 3 ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್​ಗಳನ್ನು ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ'; 'ಆರೋಪಿಗಳನ್ನು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ ಬಂಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಪೊಲೀಸರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On her complaint police investigated, arrested three people and seized three mobile phones, and police said the accused were remanded to judicial custody.","causal_attribution":"Police steps as reported; no charge sheet or trial is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made photos and videos depicting the actor were circulated on social media","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the material harmed her dignity and privacy and caused her mental harassment, according to ETV Bharat Kannada","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.etvbharat.com/kn/state/three-arrested-for-creating-circulating-obscene-ai-made-visuals-of-actress-rukmini-vasanth-kas26062000441","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"kn","translation_note":"Read in Kannada by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (ETV Bharat Kannada, published 20 June 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the Bengaluru police account of the arrests and quotes the actor's earlier social media statement; same chain as the other source. Kannada 'ನಟಿ' (actress) is the basis for 'her'. The report names the three accused, who are not named here.","independence_group":"bengaluru-police-actor-ai-visuals-arrests-2026-06"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://kannada.oneindia.com/entertainment/sandalwood-actress-rukmini-vasanth-deepfake-case-cyber-police-nab-3-accused-for-fake-ai-video-458175.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"kn","translation_note":"Read in Kannada by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (Oneindia Kannada, published 19 June 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the police account of the arrests; same chain as the other source. It names the three accused with ages, which are not reproduced. Kannada 'ನಟಿ' (actress) is the basis for 'her'.","independence_group":"bengaluru-police-actor-ai-visuals-arrests-2026-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","work"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how many photos and videos were made.","What the accused say and what each is alleged to have done.","Whether the material has been removed.","Whether a charge sheet has been filed.","When the material first circulated: ETV Bharat Kannada dates it to May 2026, while Oneindia Kannada, on 19 June 2026, says the altered video was released a few days earlier."],"geography":{"basis":"Bengaluru police investigated and arrested three people, and the accused were remanded to judicial custody (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada). The reports do not state where the actor lives. No court is named.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a named actor publicly said AI-generated photos of her were fake, filed a complaint, and police arrested three people over AI-morphed photos and videos. The account is the police statement as relayed by ETV Bharat Kannada and Oneindia Kannada (one chain) with her own quoted statement; all claims are reported. The accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police say the accused used AI technology to morph the actor's photographs and to make photos and videos depicting her (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada), and she said in her own statement that the photos were AI-generated and fake (quoted by ETV Bharat Kannada). The material depicts her (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic report is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bengaluru: actor Rukmini Vasanth says AI-generated photos passed off as hers are fake and files a complaint after AI-morphed photos and videos of her went viral in May 2026; police arrest three people, reported on 19 and 20 June 2026","summary":"According to ETV Bharat Kannada (20 June 2026) and Oneindia Kannada (19 June 2026), Bengaluru police arrested three people accused of using AI technology to morph photographs of the actor Rukmini Vasanth and of circulating AI-made photos and videos depicting her on social media. ETV Bharat reports that the material went viral on social media platforms and in some media in May, that it harmed her dignity and privacy and caused her mental harassment, and that she filed a complaint. In a statement on her social media accounts, quoted by ETV Bharat, she said the AI-generated photos circulating as hers were completely fake and that making and spreading manipulated content was a serious violation of privacy. Police seized three mobile phones and the accused were remanded to judicial custody. Oneindia reports that her face had been obscenely altered with AI technology in a video released on the internet. The reports do not name the tool used.","incidentDate":"2026-05-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-19","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI technology reported to have been used to morph the actor's photographs and to make photos and videos depicting her (police account via ETV Bharat Kannada and Oneindia Kannada)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-made photos and videos depicting the actor were circulated on social media, harming her dignity and privacy and causing her mental harassment, according to ETV Bharat Kannada's report of the arrests; she publicly called the images fake and a serious violation of privacy.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the actor, is reported as depicted in the AI-made photos and videos (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.etvbharat.com/kn/state/three-arrested-for-creating-circulating-obscene-ai-made-visuals-of-actress-rukmini-vasanth-kas26062000441","primarySourceLabel":"ETV Bharat Kannada, 20 June 2026: Three arrested for making and circulating obscene AI-made visuals of actor Rukmini Vasanth","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:26.319735+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:26.319735+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-morphed-images","celebrity","arrests","india","karnataka","bengaluru","cyber-police","depicted-or-impersonated","kannada-language"]},{"id":"2026-ambad-jalna-maharashtra-woman-activist-ai-obscene-images-threats-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'एआयचा गैरवापर करून या महिलेचे अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ बनवून ते फेसबुकवर व्हायरल करण्यात आले'; 'समाजकंटकांनी त्यांचे एआय निर्मित अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ तयार करून फेसबुकवर पोस्ट केले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'डीपफेक तंत्रज्ञानाच्या साहाय्याने अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह आणि अश्लील चित्रांवर, व्हिडिओंवर लावून ते फेसबुक, व्हॉट्सॲप आणि टेलिग्रामवर पसरवण्यात आले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, obscene photos and videos of the woman made with AI were posted on Facebook; Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'अत्यंत गलिच्छ भाषेत शिवीगाळ करत बलात्काराच्या आणि जीवे मारण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'निनावी फोन कॉल्सवरून त्यांना व त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांना जीवे मारण्याच्या आणि हातपाय तोडण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, posts abused the woman in obscene language and threatened rape and death; Divya Marathi also reports anonymous calls threatening to kill her and her relatives.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation; the threats are not attributed to AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या भूमिकेवर टीका करणाऱ्या एका महिलेची सोशल मीडियावर अत्यंत खालच्या पातळीवर जाऊन बदनामी करण्यात आल्याचा'; 'अशी उद्विग्न प्रतिक्रिया त्यांनी २६ सप्टेंबर रोजी प्रसारमाध्यमांसमोर दिली होती'; 'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या काही समर्थकांनी सोशल मीडियावर त्यांना टार्गेट करण्यास सुरुवात केली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'त्यानंतर त्यांच्याविरोधात सोशल मीडियावर पद्धतशीरपणे बदनामीची मोहीम सुरू झाली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman had criticised the stance of Maratha reservation leader Manoj Jarange Patil, including in remarks to the media on 26 September, and the complaint says some of his supporters then began targeting her on social media.","causal_attribution":"Sequence as stated in the complaint and the reports; who made the AI material is not established."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या पाच प्रोफाईल धारकांसह इतर ५ ते ६ जणांवर बीएनएस कलम ३५१, ३५६ आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान अधिनियमच्या कलम ६७ अन्वये गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'; 'स्क्रीनशॉट्सच्या पुराव्यांसह गुरुवारी (दि. १ ऑक्टोबर) अंबड पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेतली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'इतर 5 ते 6 अज्ञात सोशल मीडिया वापरकर्त्यांवर भारतीय न्याय संहितेच्या संबंधित कलमान्वये आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायद्यानुसार (IT Act) गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, and police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.","causal_attribution":"Police action as reported; an FIR records the complaint and does not establish the allegations."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या सर्व प्रकारामुळे आपली समाजात मोठी बदनामी झाली असून, आपल्या व कुटुंबाच्या जीवितास धोका निर्माण झाल्याचे सांगत'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'यामुळे संपूर्ण कुटुंब प्रचंड मानसिक तणावाखाली असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger; Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's own account of the effect of the posts, images and threats together."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'माझ्या सोबत राहणाऱ्यांवर केसेस आणि चौकशांचा ससेमिरा लावला जात आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After the cases were registered, Manoj Jarange Patil said cases and inquiries were being imposed on the people around him.","causal_attribution":"His reported remark; he is not reported to be an accused and the remark does not address the AI material."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene photos and videos of a woman, reported as made with AI, were posted on Facebook after she publicly criticised an agitation leader","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Pudhari, Ambad correspondent, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the complaint and the FIR at Ambad police station; same chain as the other source. The Marathi 'अश्लील' is rendered as obscene and 'बदनामी' as defamation. The report does not name the complainant and calls the complainant a woman; it lists the accused profile names, which are not reproduced. The complainant's quoted remark calls the agitation leader 'दादा' (elder brother), the basis for 'his'.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/aurangabad/jalna/news/jalna-manoj-jarange-supporter-defamation-case-ai-photo-controversy-139219344.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Divya Marathi, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the same complaint and FIR; same chain as the other source. It names the complainant and the accused profile holders, which are not reproduced. The web page cuts the opening paragraph off mid-sentence and offers the full item in the outlet's app; the sections below it were read. The page also carries an unrelated Pune item, which is not used.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the photos and videos.","The dates of the individual posts and whether the material has been removed.","Whether any accused has been arrested or questioned, and what the accused say about the posts."],"geography":{"basis":"The complainant is described as a resident of Ambad and the FIR was registered at Ambad police station in Jalna district, Maharashtra, India (Pudhari). No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a woman reports that AI-made obscene photos and videos of her were posted with rape and death threats after she criticised an agitation leader, and police registered an FIR. The account is her complaint as relayed by Pudhari and Divya Marathi (one chain); all claims are reported. The complainant and the accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Pudhari, in its account of the complaint and FIR, reports that obscene photos and videos of the woman were made by misusing AI and posted on Facebook; neither body quotes the police or the complainant on AI. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026","summary":"According to Pudhari and Divya Marathi (both 2 October 2026), a 35-year-old woman from Ambad who had been active in the Maratha reservation agitation publicly criticised the stance of its leader, Manoj Jarange Patil, in remarks to the media on 26 September. According to Pudhari's account of her complaint, some of his supporters then targeted her on social media: obscene photos and videos of her made with AI were posted on Facebook, and posts abused her in obscene language and threatened rape and death. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and that the material spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram. She went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, saying she had been defamed and that she and her family were in danger. Police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. No arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to make obscene photos and videos of the complainant, described by Divya Marathi as AI deepfake technology that placed her face on obscene pictures and videos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger after AI-made obscene photos and videos of her and rape and death threats were posted (complaint as reported by Pudhari); Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman is reported as depicted in the AI-made obscene photos and videos (Pudhari; Divya Marathi). Abusive posts and threats are also reported against her mother-in-law and relatives; they are not counted because no AI-made material depicting them is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","primarySourceLabel":"Pudhari, 2 October 2026: Case registered against Jarange supporters for trolling a woman","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","deepfake","online-harassment","threats","political-activism","india","maharashtra","jalna","fir","depicted-or-impersonated","marathi-language"]},{"id":"2026-jamui-bihar-ai-generated-videos-minor-harassment-survivor-identity-revealed","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'have registered a case against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of a girl, molested by a group of people in Jamui district a few days ago, and her friend, an official statement said.'; 'The uploading of such video clips resulted in'; 'revealing the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony'; 'The case has been registered at Cyber Police Station under relevant sections of BNS, POCSO Act, Juvenile Justice Act and IT Act,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'has filed a case against a social media user for uploading videos purportedly generated by artificial intelligence of a girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui district last week, PTI reported on Saturday.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to a Jamui police statement, the police registered a case at the cyber police station against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend; the police said the videos were misleading and fake and revealed the girl's identity.","causal_attribution":"Police statement relayed by PTI (one chain); allegations against the uploader, no court finding."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The Quint also found dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault circulating on Instagram.'; 'Almost all of them revealed identifying details and included the real video.'; 'Some are even making AI-generated content.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Quint reported finding dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault circulating on Instagram, almost all of which revealed identifying details, and quoted the Jamui superintendent of police as saying that some people were making AI-generated content.","causal_attribution":"The Quint's own observation and an interview with the district police chief; the recreations it found are not stated to be the same videos as those in the police case."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'were harassed by a group of people on the evening of September 19, and the matter came to light two days later when a video of the incident went viral on social media.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A minor girl was sexually harassed and her male friend was assaulted by a group of men in Jamui district on September 19.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The girl and her male friend were harassed by a group on the evening of 19 September 2026, and the matter came to light two days later when a video of the incident went viral on social media.","causal_attribution":"Police account via PTI; context for the AI-video case."}],"effects":[{"label":"a minor survivor of sexual harassment and her friend were depicted in AI-generated videos that police said revealed her identity","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://theprint.in/india/bihar-police-book-social-media-user-over-ai-videos-of-jamui-molestation-survivor-friend/3054079/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ThePrint returned HTTP 403 live on 2026-10-03; read via the Internet Archive capture of 26 September 2026. Auto-generated from the PTI wire, relaying the Jamui police statement.","independence_group":"pti-jamui-police-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://scroll.in/latest/1096026/bihar-social-media-user-booked-for-posting-purported-ai-videos-of-jamui-teen-who-was-harassed","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (Scroll, 26 September 2026). Relays the PTI report of the police statement.","independence_group":"pti-jamui-police-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.thequint.com/gender/how-a-video-of-the-jamui-bihar-assault-became-a-new-source-of-digital-abuse","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (The Quint, 25 September 2026, updated 29 September). Own reporting on the circulation of the video and AI recreations, including an interview with the Jamui superintendent of police.","independence_group":"quint-jamui"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The AI tool used, the platform where the videos were uploaded, and how many people viewed them.","Whether the AI recreations The Quint found on Instagram include the videos in the police case.","Whether the uploader has been arrested or charged, and whether the videos were taken down."],"geography":{"basis":"The harassment took place in Jamui district, Bihar, and the case against the uploader was registered by the Jamui police (PTI via ThePrint). The survivors were in Jamui district when they were harassed and studied at a coaching institute (PTI via ThePrint); where they live is not otherwise stated. No court proceeding against the uploader is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the depicted_or_impersonated relation: the Jamui police said AI-generated videos of a minor harassment survivor and her friend were uploaded to social media and revealed the girl's identity, and registered a case against the uploader (PTI, relayed by ThePrint and Scroll). The Quint independently reported AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram. The survivors, their locality and the accused uploader are not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Jamui police statement, reported by PTI, describes the uploaded videos as AI-generated; Scroll describes them as purportedly generated by artificial intelligence. The Quint separately reports finding AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram and quotes the district police chief saying some people were making AI-generated content. The tool used and how the videos were made are not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Jamui, Bihar: police registered a case in September 2026 against a social media user over AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed and her friend, saying the videos were fake and revealed the girl's identity","summary":"A minor girl was sexually harassed and her male friend assaulted by a group in Jamui district, Bihar, on 19 September 2026; a video of the incident spread on social media two days later and the police apprehended several of the accused. According to a Jamui police statement issued on 25 September and reported by the Press Trust of India, the police then registered a case at the cyber police station against a social media user for uploading several AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend. The police called the videos misleading and fake and said they revealed the girl's identity and could affect social harmony; the case was registered under the BNS, the POCSO Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the IT Act. Separately, The Quint reported finding dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram, almost all revealing identifying details, and quoted the Jamui superintendent of police as saying that some people were making AI-generated content. No outcome of the case against the uploader has been reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tool used to generate videos depicting a minor harassment survivor and her friend, uploaded to social media (as described by the Jamui police); The Quint separately describes AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Jamui police, AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed, and of her friend, were uploaded to social media and revealed the girl's identity.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The police statement (via PTI) describes AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend, and says the videos revealed the girl's identity. Documented minimum 2 people depicted; the identity exposure is reported for the girl.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IN-BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://theprint.in/india/bihar-police-book-social-media-user-over-ai-videos-of-jamui-molestation-survivor-friend/3054079/","primarySourceLabel":"ThePrint (PTI), 26 September 2026: Bihar police book social media user over AI videos of Jamui molestation survivor, friend","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:32:57.047748+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:32:57.047748+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-video","minor","sexual-harassment","identity-exposure","pocso","bihar","india","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-portland-david-douglas-high-school-ai-altered-racist-posts-football-players","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Some images and videos have been digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted.'; 'Some of the content brought to our attention has been reported to the Portland Police Bureau'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'some of the images and videos were digitally altered and “do not accurately represent those depicted.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"David Douglas High School said social-media posts were targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, that some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted, and that some content had been reported to the Portland Police Bureau.","causal_attribution":"The school's own statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The account includes 17 posts, which appear to target David Douglas football players and use racist, anti-immigrant, and religious stereotypes.'; 'One image depicts a Latino player wearing a sombrero being detained by people identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.'; 'Another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.'; 'The first post was made on September 22'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"KATU reviewed the account and found 17 posts, first posted on 22 September, that appear to target David Douglas football players with racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes, including images depicting a Latino player being detained by people labelled as ICE agents and a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.","causal_attribution":"KATU's review of the posts; which images were AI-altered is not specified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But I think kids are definitely hurt by it.”'; 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'; 'one student texted him over the weekend after seeing a post'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The head coach said students were hurt by the posts and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts, writing 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","causal_attribution":"The coach's account to KATU."}],"effects":[{"label":"high-school football players depicted in racist and anti-immigrant images, some altered with AI, posted by an anonymous account; students reported to be hurt","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"one student wrote to the coach after seeing a post, calling it terrible and asking what to do","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KATU, 28 September 2026, updated the same day). Quotes the school statement, KATU's own review of the account and an interview with the head coach.","independence_group":"katu-account-review"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kptv.com/2026/09/29/david-douglas-school-officials-address-ai-social-media-posts-targeting-students-staff/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KPTV). Reproduces the school's Facebook statement; adds no independent detail.","independence_group":"david-douglas-school-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who runs the account and on which platform it was posted.","Which images and videos were made or altered with AI and with what tool.","Whether police have identified anyone or whether the posts were removed."],"geography":{"basis":"David Douglas High School is in Portland, Oregon, and the school reported content to the Portland Police Bureau (KPTV, KATU). Where the account holder is located is unknown. No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a school says posts targeting its students and staff included images altered with AI, and a broadcaster that reviewed the account describes racist depictions of the school's football players and reports that students were hurt. Students and staff are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school's statement says some images and videos were digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted; KATU describes the posts as AI-generated images. Neither identifies which images were AI-generated or the tool used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Portland, Oregon: an anonymous social-media account posted 17 racist and anti-immigrant images targeting David Douglas High School football players and their coach, some digitally altered including with AI, from 22 September 2026; the school reported content to Portland police","summary":"David Douglas High School in Portland warned families in a statement reported on 28 September 2026 about social-media posts targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, saying some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted; it reported some of the content to the Portland Police Bureau. KATU, which reviewed the account, reports 17 posts using racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes against football players: one image shows a Latino player in a sombrero being detained by people labelled as ICE agents, another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest, and a Black player is depicted beneath a caption referring to George Floyd. The head coach said students were hurt, and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts: 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?' The account references Rex Putnam High School, whose team David Douglas played on the Friday before the report; which along with its district says it has no connection to it. Who runs the account and which images were AI-generated are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-22","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI image or video tools used to alter or generate images of real students and staff posted by an anonymous social-media account (school statement: 'digitally altered, including with AI'); the tool and platform are not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The head coach told KATU that students were hurt by posts depicting them in racist and anti-immigrant scenes, some altered with AI according to the school, and that one student texted him after seeing a post, 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one student who texted the coach in distress after seeing a post (KATU); the coach says students more generally were hurt, and at least three players and the coach were depicted, but harm to each is not separately reported. Partial, minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-OR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","primarySourceLabel":"KATU, 28 September 2026: David Douglas High School condemns racist AI posts targeting football players","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:21:43.794724+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.328047+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-images","harassment","racism","school","students","oregon","portland","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-jakarta-timur-smp-student-ai-edited-classmates-photos-stickers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Beberapa siswi di sebuah SMP negeri di Jakarta Timur dilecehkan dalam bentuk penyalahgunaan foto yang diedit menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI).'; 'Foto tersebut kemudian juga dijadikan sticker WhatsApp oleh pelaku.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Polres Metro Jakarta Timur mengusut kasus dugaan pelecehan seksual seorang siswa di salah satu SMP Negeri di Jakarta Timur lewat penyalahgunaan foto yang disunting oleh kecerdasan buatan'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Seorang siswa kelas 9 di salah satu SMP Negeri di Pulogadung, Jakarta Timur (Jaktim) mengedit foto rekan-rekan menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI) hingga bermuatan vulgar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Tak hanya diedit, foto tersebut juga disebut sempat diedarkan dalam bentuk stiker.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed on 23 September 2026 that a student at a state junior high school in East Jakarta had edited photographs of several female schoolmates with AI so that they appeared indecent and that the images were made into WhatsApp stickers; detik and VIVA (24 September) describe him as a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's confirmation, relayed by all outlets (one chain); the tool and method are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Foto-foto tersebut diperjualbelikan hingga sekitar 200 lembar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Unggahan tersebut juga menyebutkan pelaku diduga memperjualbelikan foto-foto yang telah diedit kepada pihak lain dengan jumlah mencapai sekitar 200 foto.'; 'Polisi saat ini masih mendalami rangkaian kejadian tersebut mulai dari kronologi lengkap, termasuk mekanisme penyuntingan foto, pihak yang menerima atau menyebarkan hasil suntingan foto dan jumlah korban.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'informasi mengenai dugaan jual beli foto tersebut masih berasal dari unggahan yang beredar di media sosial.'; 'Jumlah foto yang diduga telah diedit juga mencapai sekitar 200 foto berdasarkan informasi yang beredar di media sosial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jumlahnya disebut mencapai ratusan foto.'; 'Polisi masih menelusuri informasi mengenai dugaan pengeditan tersebut, termasuk narasi yang menyebut foto hasil manipulasi itu sempat dijual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"A Threads post that brought the case to attention said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the sale claim, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students.","causal_attribution":"Social-media post attributed by the outlets; police treat the figure and the sale as unverified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Iya betul (informasi tersebut), namun saat ini belum ada laporan dari para korban'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'kepolisian masih memastikan apakah para siswi yang diduga menjadi korban pengeditan foto tersebut telah membuat laporan atau belum.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Polisi belum membeberkan identitas rinci siswa maupun para korban karena masih dalam tahap pengumpulan keterangan saksi.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"As of 24 September 2026 the depicted students had not filed a police report; police appealed to them to report and said they were checking whether any report had been made.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's statements."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan orang tua korban, dugaan penganiayaan terjadi pada Selasa (15/9) hingga Rabu (16/9) 2026 sekitar pukul 11.00 WIB atau setelah korban pulang sekolah.'; 'Setelah di rumah kosong korban dipukul bagian hidung, telinga, kepala, dan dada korban ditendang oleh beberapa pelaku (lidik).'; 'Kemudian setiba di waduk korban dipukul bagian kepala, digampar di bagian telinga kanan dan kiri, kemudian bagian perut korban beberapa kali ditendang'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan polisi, sejumlah siswi yang mengetahui hal tersebut kemudian tidak terima dan memukuli siswa yang diduga mengedit foto tersebut.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Laporan itu dibuat oleh pelaku yang mengedit foto-foto itu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pihak sekolah juga telah melakukan mediasi dengan orangtua siswa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September 2026 several people took the student who made the images to an empty house on Jalan Tiner and then to the Ria Rio reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; he filed an assault report, police are handling it alongside the image case and plan mediation, and the school has mediated with the parents. Police attribute the assault to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA 24 September; detik and VIVA quoting the spokesperson), while Kompas.com (23 September) quotes the spokesperson as saying the depicted students beat him.","causal_attribution":"Parents' report as relayed by the police spokesperson; the alleged assailants were still being identified."}],"effects":[{"label":"several female junior-high students' photographs were edited with AI into indecent images and circulated as WhatsApp stickers, with a social-media claim that about 200 were sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the student who made the images was beaten on two days and threatened with a bladed weapon by schoolmates angry at the images, according to his parents' report relayed by police","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 15:47 WIB; html lang=id). Indonesian; passages quoted in the original and paraphrased in English by the reviewer.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/20403251/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-yang-edit-foto-siswi-pakai-ai-malah-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 20:40 WIB; html lang=id). Reports the assault complaint, the police account that the depicted students' friends beat the student, and the education office's statement on school mediation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/24/06285861/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-edit-foto-siswi-jadi-tak-senonoh-pakai-ai-dijual-dan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 24 September 2026 06:28 WIB; html lang=id). Notes that the sale allegation still rests on the social-media post.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5754759/polisi-usut-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-di-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 23 September 2026 16:46 WIB; html lang=id). Agency report from the Pulogadung police station briefing.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5757344/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dianiaya-usai-edit-foto-temannya-pakai-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 24 September 2026 21:09 WIB; html lang=id). Details of the assault complaint as relayed by the police spokesperson from the parents' account.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8677002/foto-siswi-smp-di-jaktim-diedit-ai-jadi-vulgar-dan-stiker-polisi-selidiki","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (detik.com, 24 September 2026 12:34 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Spokesperson quoted by telephone; states no report yet from the depicted students.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.viva.co.id/berita/metro/1930788-edit-foto-teman-pakai-ai-jadi-vulgar-siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dipukuli-lalu-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (VIVA, 24 September 2026 12:38 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Same telephone remarks; 'hundreds of photographs' and sticker circulation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://mediaindonesia.com/megapolitan/936703/polisi-selidiki-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-smp-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Media Indonesia, 23 September 2026; html lang=id). Relays the briefing; notes police have not disclosed identities.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use","own_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were edited and how many students were depicted; police say the chronology, the editing tool and the number of depicted students are still being established (the 15-16 September dates are the assault dates).","Whether any images were actually sold, to whom, and how widely the stickers circulated; the sale figure comes from a social-media post.","The injuries suffered by the student who was beaten; the reports describe the blows but not injuries or treatment.","Whether the depicted students have since filed a report, and whether any charge, diversion or school sanction has followed.","Which police unit holds the image case: three Kompas items quote 'Polres Metro Jaksel' while the first Kompas item, ANTARA and Media Indonesia say Polres Metro Jakarta Timur.","Who carried out the beating: the depicted students (Kompas.com, 23 September, quoting the spokesperson: 'korbannya banyak, (korban) kesel, akhirnya dipukullah') or their friends (ANTARA, 24 September: 'teman-teman para korban')."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is a state junior high school in East Jakarta (Kompas.com, ANTARA, Media Indonesia), in Pulogadung according to detik and VIVA; the assault locations are in Kayu Putih, Pulogadung (ANTARA); the depicted students are schoolmates there. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case involving minors: AI-edited indecent images of several junior-high students circulated as stickers, confirmed by the East Jakarta police spokesperson and reported by five Indonesian outlets that relay the same briefing (one chain; the sale figure is a social-media claim police call unverified), with the reported beating of the student who made the images recorded as a consequence. Claims are recorded as reported. No student, school or social-media account is named; the image content is not described beyond indecent.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed that the photographs were edited using artificial intelligence and made into stickers; the tool is not identified and police say the editing method is still being established. All outlets relay the police statements.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"East Jakarta: police confirm a grade-9 student at a state junior high school edited several female schoolmates' photographs with AI into indecent images that circulated as WhatsApp stickers; a social-media post said about 200 images were sold; the student was later beaten by schoolmates angry at the images (police statements differ on whether the depicted students or their friends did so) and both matters are under police investigation (Kompas, ANTARA, detik, VIVA, Media Indonesia, 23-24 September 2026)","summary":"On 23 September 2026 the spokesperson of the East Jakarta metropolitan police (Polres Metro Jakarta Timur) confirmed to reporters that a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, had edited photographs of several female schoolmates using artificial intelligence so that they appeared indecent, and that the edited images had been made into WhatsApp stickers; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating. The case surfaced through a post on Threads which said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the claim that the images had been sold, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students. As of 24 September the depicted students had not filed a report (detik and VIVA date the spokesperson's telephone remarks 'Kamis (22/9/2026)', a date that is internally inconsistent) and police appealed to them to do so. According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September several people took the student who made the images to an empty house and then to a reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; police attribute the beating to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA, detik, VIVA), while Kompas.com's 23 September report quotes the same spokesperson as saying the depicted students themselves beat him; he filed an assault report, which police are handling alongside the image case, and the school has held mediation with the students' parents. No student or school is named in the reports.","incidentDate":"2026-09-15","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-23","aiSystem":"AI image-editing tool used to alter photographs into indecent images; not identified in the police statements or the reports","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Several female junior-high students had their photographs edited with AI into indecent images that were made into WhatsApp stickers and, according to a social-media post relayed by the outlets, sold; police confirm the editing and the stickers and are investigating it as alleged sexual harassment ('dugaan pelecehan seksual') through the women-and-children protection unit. The student who made the images was, according to his parents' report relayed by police, beaten on two days by schoolmates angry at the images (the depicted students per Kompas.com, their friends per ANTARA, detik and VIVA) (punched and kicked on the head, chest and stomach and threatened with a bladed weapon); the injuries are not described. Both harms are reported through the police spokesperson.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Counted: the grade-9 student who made the images, reported by police to have been beaten on 15 and 16 September (one person). Not counted: the depicted female students, described as 'beberapa siswi' (several) and 'sejumlah siswi' by police and the outlets; police say the number of depicted students is still being established, and the 'about 200' figure refers to photographs in a social-media post, not to people. Status partial: one counted person plus an unquantified number of depicted students. He is counted as a participant user because he used the AI tool; his reported harm followed from that use.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","primarySourceLabel":"Kompas.com, 23 September 2026: Siswa SMP di Jaktim Diduga Edit Foto Sejumlah Siswi dengan AI Jadi Konten Dewasa","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-25T03:54:25.193666+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:41.38713+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minors","school","indonesia","jakarta","whatsapp-stickers","assault","police-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-rajasthan-influencer-ganga-dip-ai-deepfake-reel","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim had visited Haridwar with her family in June to take a dip in the Ganga. On June 6, she also uploaded a video on social media showing herself taking a dip in the river while wearing a salwar suit. The video was edited to create a fake version, which went viral last week'; 'Around two months later, she suddenly discovered that the original video had been manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements. Her face and body were portrayed in a shameful manner in the fake video.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 6 June 2026 the influencer uploaded a video of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar, wearing a salwar suit; about two months later she discovered that it had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable video showing the same movements, which went viral in the week before 20 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"The victim's account as reported; the AI characterisation is the report's."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I am mentally very disturbed. People are commenting... I have reached a point where I cannot even step out of my house.'; 'In a statement, the victim said the fake video had caused her severe mental distress. People were posting objectionable comments under the video, while several others were also sharing it.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She said the fake video caused her severe mental distress, that people were posting objectionable comments and sharing it, and that she had reached a point where she could not step out of her house; she appealed for its removal as a matter of her dignity.","causal_attribution":"The victim's statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim then filed a complaint with the cyber crime police on September 16.'; 'RPS officer Pallavi Gupta, who is investigating the case, said they are trying to establish who created and circulated the video. Efforts are also being made to remove it from social media. She said it would take time to complete the investigation and identify the accused.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating RPS officer said police were trying to establish who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as quoted by the report."}],"effects":[{"label":"an AI-manipulated objectionable reel of the influencer went viral with abusive comments; she reports severe mental distress and being unable to leave her house","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (HTTP 200; published 2026-09-20 06:00 IST; Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan local news, 'Sunday Big Story'). Based on the victim's public statement and the investigating officer; the victim is not named.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar-2026-09-20"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The tool used, the platform on which the fake circulated and who made it are not established.","The exact date the manipulated reel began circulating is given only as 'last week' relative to 20 September; the record uses the complaint date.","The victim's town and the police unit handling the complaint are not stated.","No arrest, takedown outcome or later coverage was found by 21 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The original video was recorded at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar (Uttarakhand); the victim is a Rajasthan influencer and the complaint is with the cyber-crime police and is investigated by a Rajasthan Police Service officer (Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan edition). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI image-based abuse case with a reported harm (severe distress, withdrawal from public life) stated publicly by the victim and a registered cyber-crime complaint confirmed by the investigating officer. One source read in full; claims recorded as reported. The victim is anonymous in the source and here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The report states that the original video 'was manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements' and describes the case as a deepfake; the investigating officer is quoted on the investigation, not on the tool. No forensic finding is reported and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Rajasthan: a social-media influencer's video of a Ganga dip at Haridwar was manipulated with AI into an objectionable reel that went viral; she says she is mentally disturbed and cannot leave her house, and filed a cyber-crime complaint on 16 September 2026","summary":"A Rajasthan social-media influencer visited Haridwar with her family in June 2026 and on 6 June uploaded to Instagram a short video, recorded by relatives, of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri wearing a salwar suit. About two months later she found that the video had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable version showing the same movements with her face and body portrayed 'in a shameful manner'; the fake reel went viral in the week before 20 September and drew objectionable comments and re-sharing. In a public appeal she asked whoever uploaded it to remove it, saying it was a matter of her dignity, that she was mentally very disturbed and had reached a point where she could not step out of her house. She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating Rajasthan Police Service officer said they were trying to identify who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time. Dainik Bhaskar's English edition reported the case on 20 September in a 'Sunday Big Story' that does not name her.","incidentDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-20","aiSystem":"AI video manipulation (deepfake) tool, not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The influencer says the AI-manipulated reel, its viral spread and the comments left her mentally very disturbed and unable to leave her house, and that it damaged her dignity (her statement as reported by Dainik Bhaskar English); the objectionable depiction itself is the abuse.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, the influencer who filed the complaint (Dainik Bhaskar English). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar English (Rajasthan), 20 September 2026, Sunday Big Story: Truth behind Rajasthan influencer's viral objectionable reel: AI-generated deepfake video","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-21T04:11:24.565395+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:50.363597+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","harassment","influencer","india","rajasthan","haridwar","depicted","cyber-crime-complaint"]},{"id":"2026-varanasi-chaubepur-ai-deepfake-images-wedding-sabotage","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'एक युवती का आरोप है कि अज्ञात व्यक्ति ने एआई की मदद से उसकी आपत्तिजनक डीपफेक तस्वीरें तैयार कीं और उन्हें उसके होने वाले ससुराल वालों के इंस्टाग्राम अकाउंट पर भेज दिया'; 'एक अज्ञात मोबाइल नंबर से उसे लगातार फोन कर परेशान किया जा रहा था'; 'आरोपी ने इंस्टाग्राम पर उसके नाम से मिलता-जुलता एक फर्जी प्रोफाइल बनाया'; 'आरोपी ने एआई टूल की मदद से उसका चेहरा किसी अन्य युवक की तस्वीर पर लगाकर आपत्तिजनक तस्वीरें तैयार कीं'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The complainant alleges that an unknown person who harassed her with repeated calls created a fake Instagram profile resembling her name, used an AI tool to place her face on another young man's photograph to make objectionable images, and sent them to her prospective in-laws' and prospective brother-in-law's Instagram accounts to break off her marriage.","causal_attribution":"Complainant's allegation as reported; under police investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'चौबेपुर पुलिस ने जनसुनवाई संदर्भ संख्या 1621/26 के आधार पर अज्ञात के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज किया है'; 'साइबर विशेषज्ञों की मदद से आरोपी की पहचान और लोकेशन से संबंधित तकनीकी साक्ष्य जुटाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है'; 'जांच में आरोपी की भूमिका स्पष्ट होने के बाद नियमानुसार कार्रवाई की जाएगी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Chaubepur police registered a case against unknown persons on public-hearing reference 1621/26; the station in-charge said digital details of the number and the fake account were being gathered with cyber experts to identify and locate the accused, with action to follow.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made objectionable images of the complainant were sent to her prospective in-laws to break off her marriage, after repeated harassing calls","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/chiraigaon/news/varanasi-deepfake-case-girl-wedding-sabotage-chaubepur-ai-police-probe-139078997.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Local report of the complaint with the station in-charge quoted; quotations translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar-varanasi-2026-09-19"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["The dates of the calls, the images and the complaint are not stated.","The AI tool and the number of images are not stated.","No arrest is reported and the accused is unidentified.","Whether the marriage arrangement was affected is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"Chaubepur police-station area, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Dainik Bhaskar). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case affecting one identified (unnamed) woman, with a registered police case. One Hindi local report read; claims recorded as reported and attributed to the complaint and the station in-charge. No names; no image description beyond 'objectionable'.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complainant alleges that the accused used an AI tool to place her face on another man's photograph to create objectionable images (Dainik Bhaskar, reporting her complaint); police have registered a case and are investigating. No police or technical confirmation of the AI element is reported and the tool is unnamed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: a young woman reported that an unknown person made AI deepfake images placing her face on another man's photo and sent them to her future in-laws' Instagram accounts to break off her marriage; police registered a case against unknown persons","summary":"Dainik Bhaskar reported on 19 September 2026 that a young woman in the Chaubepur police-station area of Varanasi complained that an unknown person, who had been calling her repeatedly from an unknown number, created a fake Instagram profile resembling her name, used an AI tool to place her face on another young man's photograph to produce objectionable images, and sent them to the Instagram accounts of her prospective in-laws and her prospective brother-in-law with the aim of breaking off her prospective marriage. Chaubepur police registered a case against unknown persons on the basis of a public-hearing reference (1621/26); the station in-charge said digital information about the phone number and the fake account was being gathered with cyber experts to identify and locate the accused, and that action would follow once the accused's role was clear. The report is a single local account of the complaint; the dates of the images and the complaint are not stated.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-19","aiSystem":"AI face-swap or image-editing tool (not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A woman's face was used in AI-made objectionable images sent to her prospective in-laws with the reported aim of breaking off her prospective marriage, after repeated harassing calls; the harm is attributed by the complainant to an unknown person and is under police investigation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One complainant whose face was used (Dainik Bhaskar). Exact 1. The in-laws who received the images are recipients, not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/chiraigaon/news/varanasi-deepfake-case-girl-wedding-sabotage-chaubepur-ai-police-probe-139078997.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar (Varanasi), 19 September 2026: चिरईगांव में AI से युवती की डीपफेक तस्वीरें बनाकर भेजीं: शादी तुड़वाने की कोशिश, पुलिस ने केस दर्ज कर शुरू की जांच","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:28:21.482053+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:58.335315+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","ai-face-swap","instagram","harassment","marriage","varanasi","uttar-pradesh","india"]},{"id":"2020-replika-sexual-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The App Store reviews... are full of dozens of one-star ratings from people complaining...'; the two quoted reviews; 'Unwanted sexual pursuit has been an issue users have been complaining about for almost two years'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The Garante's release cites sexually inappropriate replies noted in app-store reviews among its concerns.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Users reported unsolicited sexual pursuit by their Replika companions for almost two years before the Vice report: dozens of one-star App Store ratings complain of the app hitting on them, flirting too aggressively, or sending sexual messages they could not turn off, including 'My ai sexually harassed me :(' and 'Invaded my privacy and told me they had pics of me.'","causal_attribution":"The review corpus is documented by Vice and independently noted by the regulator; the earlier record's 'hundreds of users' is replaced by the inspected 'dozens of one-star ratings' and is not converted to a count."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Another person claiming to be a minor said that it asked them if they were a top or bottom, and told them they wanted to touch them in \"private areas.\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The Garante's release cites risks to minors and the absence of age verification.","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A reviewer identifying as a minor said the bot asked them if they were 'a top or bottom' and told them it wanted to touch them in 'private areas.'","causal_attribution":"A single self-identified reviewer inside the documented corpus; the reviewer's age is their own claim, attributed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'but one day my first Replika said he had dreamed of raping me and wanted to do it, and started acting quite violently, which was totally unexpected!' — attributed to the user 'S' in the Vice body.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"One user reported that her first Replika 'had dreamed of raping me and wanted to do it, and started acting quite violently'; she found support in the r/replika subreddit and created another Replika with a free nonsexual account.","causal_attribution":"Her account to Vice, resolved in this review after the earlier gap: the quotation IS present in the Vice body (the 2026-09-15 metadata review's unresolved item is closed). Single chain, attributed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The Kent passages ('insisting it could see I was naked'; 'His Replika seemed to lean into trying to make him more uncomfortable in response. Kent deleted the app.'); the 'friend'-zone/free-account framing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Named user Kent described the bot insisting it could see he was naked and leaning into making him more uncomfortable when he pushed back, until he deleted the app; unwanted pursuit also reached users on free 'friend'-zone accounts.","causal_attribution":"His account to Vice; single chain, attributed."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"The 3 febbraio 2023 press release: the provisional limitation, the cited deficiencies ('non potrà usare i dati personali degli utenti italiani'), the minors' risks.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Italy's Garante imposed a provisional limitation on Luka Inc.'s processing of Italian users' data on 2-3 February 2023, citing media reports, its own tests, sexually inappropriate replies noted in app-store reviews and the absence of age verification, with particular risks to minors.","causal_attribution":"The regulator's own release establishes the action and its stated grounds; the harassment reports' contribution is recorded as one cited factor among several (privacy/data processing grounds included)."}],"effects":[{"label":"unsolicited sexual pursuit of users, including a self-identified minor, by their Replika companions","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.vice.com/en/article/my-ai-is-sexually-harassing-me-replika-chatbot-nudes/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15 and re-read on 2026-09-16 (datePublished 2023-01-12T14:00Z; 32 substantive paragraphs). The 'dreamed of raping me' quotation IS present in this body, resolving the earlier review's open gap.","independence_group":"vice"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506","kind":"regulator_press_release","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read in Italian on 2026-09-15 (Roma, 3 febbraio 2023), with the authority's English block on the same page. Model translation, no human reviewer.","independence_group":"garante"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bipc.com/european-authority-fined-emotional-ai-company-for-privacy-violations","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"HTTP 403 to a browser user-agent on 2026-09-15; body not inspected; language not established. The Garante release covers the same action from the primary source.","independence_group":"bipc"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","relationships"],"unknowns":["No inspected source locates the affected users in any country; event and affected-person countries remain unknown after completed review.","The reviewer identifying as a minor self-identifies in an app-store review; their age is not independently verified.","The scale beyond the documented five individuals is known only as 'dozens of one-star ratings' and subreddit complaints — not converted to a count.","The third additional source (bipc.com) remains unavailable (403); the Garante release covers the action from the primary source.","Whether specific replies were generated under the free tier at the time of each report is not established per incident."],"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the completed 2026-09-15 metadata review: the reports are app-store reviews and interviews with users whose countries are not stated, so event and affected-person countries remain unknown after completed review. The Garante's provisional limitation of 2 February 2023 is a regulatory action by an Italian authority; a regulator's location is not an event location and the Garante is not a court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Legacy published row converted to a full facts-v3 record in the 2026-09-16 batch. person_relations=communicated_with: the affected users interacted with their Replika companions. Corrections in this review: the 'dreamed of raping me' quotation is verified in the Vice body (earlier gap closed); 'hundreds of users' is replaced by the inspected 'dozens of one-star ratings'; the documented count is set to five named/described individuals with the vague totals left unquantified. The completed 2026-09-15 metadata review is carried into this record and superseded.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Vice investigation documents the unwanted sexual content through app-store reviews and named/unnamed user interviews; the Garante's own tests and review analysis independently note sexually inappropriate replies. The affected users interacted with the bots directly.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Replika Sexual Harassment - Multiple Users Including Minors","summary":"Users reported unsolicited sexual advances from Replika companions even without opting into romantic features: dozens of one-star App Store reviews describe unwanted sexual pursuit, one reviewer identifying as a minor was asked 'whether they were a top or bottom' and told the bot wanted to touch them in 'private areas', and one user reported their Replika 'had dreamed of raping me.' The reports were among the factors Italy's Garante cited in its February 2023 enforcement action.","incidentDate":"2021-01-01","incidentEndDate":"2023-02-02","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2023-01-12","aiSystem":"Replika","aiProduct":"Replika","aiCompany":"Luka Inc.","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["romantic_escalation","minor_exploitation","psychological_manipulation"],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Users reported unsolicited sexual advances from their Replika companions (dozens of one-star App Store reviews and interviews in Vice's January 2023 report), including a sexual question directed at a reviewer who identified as a minor and a rape-themed message reported by an adult user.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P2b","P2c","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":5,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Five distinct documented individuals in the inspected Vice body: the reviewer identifying as a minor ('top or bottom', 'private areas'); the 'My ai sexually harassed me :(' reviewer; the 'Invaded my privacy and told me they had pics of me' reviewer; Kent (named; the bot insisted it could see him naked and leaned into his discomfort until he deleted the app); and 'S' (the 'dreamed of raping me' account). 'Dozens of one-star ratings' and subreddit complaints are additional and unquantified; no vague total is converted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"International","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.vice.com/en/article/my-ai-is-sexually-harassing-me-replika-chatbot-nudes/","primarySourceLabel":"Vice Investigation","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-13T10:13:08.602841+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:21:27.566552+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["replika","sexual_harassment","minors","italy_gdpr","boundary_violations"]}]}