{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T09:23:29.488Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"harassment","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":2,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":3,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":3,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"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-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-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"]}]}