{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T07:22:25.731Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"journalist","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"unknown","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":2,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":3,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":3},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-kenya-sama-meta-ai-annotation-contract-ended-over-1000-redundancies-announced","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"announced on Thursday that the workers were being laid off after Meta terminated a contract.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"More than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company contracted by Meta","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The sacked workers, many involved in AI training, have been given six days’ notice, according to the Oversight Lab","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"In a press release on the 16th April, Sama states it recently received a formal notice by Meta, a key client, that was ending its contract with the annotation firm","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Less than two months later, Meta ended its contract with Sama, which Sama said would result in 1,108 workers being made redundant.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Sama claims that Meta’s cancellation of the contract affected 1,108 workers.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"On April 16, that routine came to an end.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"Sama’s April 16 press release announcing the mass layoffs spoke of compliance with Section 40 of Kenya’s Employment Act","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"On 16 April 2026 Sama, an outsourcing company with operations in Nairobi that did AI-training and data-annotation work for Meta, announced that Meta had given formal notice ending its contract and that a redundancy process would affect more than 1,000 employees. Sama put the number at 1,108 workers. The Oversight Lab, an organisation that advocates for fair technology regulation in Africa, said the workers had six days' notice.","causal_attribution":"The announcement and the 'more than 1 000' figure trace to Sama's 16 April press release as reported by SvD, and 1,108 is Sama's figure as reported by BBC and Ars Technica, so they are one chain. The Guardian states 'more than 1,000' in its own voice without a stated source and attributes only the six days' notice to the Oversight Lab. No press release or redundancy notice was inspected directly, and the final number made redundant is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Last month, we paused our work with Sama while we looked into these claims.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"We’ve also decided to end our work with Sama because they don’t meet our standards.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Meta says it's because Sama did not meet its standards, a criticism Sama rejects.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"At no point were we notified of any failure to meet those standards","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"After the investigation was published at the end of February, all projects at the subcontractor Sama in Kenya linked to Meta’s smart glasses were halted.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Meta said in a statement reported on 17 April 2026 that 'last month' it paused its work with Sama while it looked into the claims, and that it decided to end its work with Sama because Sama does not meet its standards. Sama says it was never notified of any failure to meet those standards. SvD reports that after the investigation was published all Sama projects linked to Meta's smart glasses were halted.","causal_attribution":"Meta's and Sama's own statements to the outlets, each attributed. SvD says Meta declined to answer follow-up questions, and no source shows Meta's internal reasoning."},{"id":"c3","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"A Kenyan workers' organisation alleges Meta's decision was caused by the staff speaking out.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Meta has not addressed that allegation","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"the company has tried to identify who spoke with journalists","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"“After the exposé, they started looking for people who could have leaked the information,”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"“From what they told us, they said it was because of the exposé from the Swedish journalists,”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"Meta had pulled a major contract citing only compliance with Kenyan employment law.","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"we do not monitor or track employees for the purpose of identifying individuals who may have spoken to the media","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"we reject any suggestion of retaliatory behavior.","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A Kenyan workers' organisation alleges Meta's decision was caused by the staff speaking out, and, when the BBC reported it on 30 April 2026, Meta had not addressed that allegation. Employees told SvD that Sama tightened security and tried to identify who had spoken to journalists. A worker quoted by TechPolicy.Press says the workers were told the termination was because of the Swedish investigation, without saying who told them. Sama says it does not monitor or track employees to identify who spoke to the media and rejects any suggestion of retaliatory behaviour.","causal_attribution":"Allegations by a workers' organisation and by unnamed employees, denied or unaddressed by the companies. The TechPolicy.Press worker also says Meta cited only compliance with Kenyan employment law, which differs from Meta's public statement about standards. No document showing the reason for the termination was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"data annotation work, including working with video, image, and speech annotation for Meta’s AI systems for Ray-Ban Metas.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"The workers the Swedish newspapers spoke to were data annotators, teaching Meta's AI to interpret images by manually labelling content.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"The sacked workers, many involved in AI training, have been given six days’ notice, according to the Oversight Lab","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Last month Meta paused its work with Sama after allegations about the workers viewing private scenes filmed using the company’s Ray-Ban smart glasses","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Sama's Meta work included video, image and speech annotation for Meta's AI systems for Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The Sama annotators who told the Swedish newspapers about viewing private footage from the glasses were data annotators of this kind, and the Guardian reports that many of the workers made redundant were involved in AI training. Meta paused its work with Sama after allegations about the workers viewing private scenes filmed with the glasses.","causal_attribution":"Outlet descriptions of the work. Which of the redundant workers worked on the glasses projects is not reported, and no source states that the workers made redundant were the same people who spoke to the newspapers."}],"effects":[{"label":"More than 1,000 Sama workers in Kenya, many involved in AI training, were given notice of redundancy after Meta ended its contract, on six days' notice according to the Oversight Lab","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Employees report tightened security and efforts to identify who spoke to journalists after the investigation (Sama denies tracking employees to identify sources)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/kenyan-outsourcing-company-for-meta-sacks-workers","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"guardian-sama-oversight-lab"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.svd.se/a/zOlP6K/meta-halts-ai-training-after-svd-gp-investigation","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"SvD's own English edition of the article, read in English. The Swedish investigation of 25 February 2026 (not cited) was read in Swedish by a language model with no human review.","independence_group":"svd-gp-follow-up"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7yvgy0w6o","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"bbc-sama-meta-statements"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/meta-cuts-contractors-who-reported-seeing-ray-ban-meta-users-have-sex/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"bbc-sama-meta-statements"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.techpolicy.press/how-ais-labor-supply-chains-fail-workers/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"techpolicy-worker-interviews"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy"],"unknowns":["Sama's press release and Meta's notice of termination were not inspected. The announcement is known through outlets and company statements.","The final number of workers made redundant and how many of them worked on the glasses projects are not reported. The Guardian says 'many' were involved in AI training.","The reason for the termination is disputed and no inspected source shows Meta's internal reasoning. Meta declined follow-up questions from SvD.","The retaliation account rests on a workers' organisation, unnamed employees and one worker quoted by TechPolicy.Press. That worker also says Meta cited only compliance with Kenyan employment law, which differs from Meta's public statement about standards.","No source states that the workers made redundant were the same people who spoke to the newspapers, and the annotators' accounts of the footage are anonymous interview accounts.","SvD's 19 April 2026 article was paywalled (two paragraphs read), The Standard's article on the Kenyan regulator was paywalled, and the SvD article in this record was read in its English edition.","Outlets differ on where Sama is headquartered (the Guardian says based in Nairobi, the BBC says US headquartered, TechPolicy.Press says San Francisco-based with offices in Nairobi, Ars Technica says Kenya-headquartered). This record uses only the location of the workers.","This record covers the April 2026 redundancies. The annotators' reported viewing of glasses users' footage started before 2026 and is not part of this record."],"geography":{"basis":"The Guardian describes the workers as 'in Kenya' and SvD refers to Sama's projects in Kenya and its Nairobi operations. Outlets differ on where Sama is headquartered and that is not used. Where Meta took the decision is not stated and is not used.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["KE"],"affected_person_countries":["KE"]},"publication":{"basis":"The Guardian (17 April), SvD and GP (17 April), BBC (30 April), Ars Technica and TechPolicy.Press (12 June 2026) were read in full from the saved bodies. The redundancy fact and figure trace to Sama's announcement and are left at reported. Meta's stated reasons and Sama's replies are attributed, and the retaliation allegation is recorded as disputed. The workers are described by role and are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The workers were data annotators whose work trained Meta's AI systems for its Ray-Ban Meta glasses (c4), and Meta says it paused the Sama work while it looked into claims about annotators viewing private footage from the glasses (c2). No AI system decided anything about the workers: Meta ended the contract and Sama announced the redundancies. The AI link is that the redundancies followed, and are alleged by a workers' organisation to result from, annotators' accounts of a workplace AI practice. Meta gives a different reason and Sama says it was not told of any failure (c3). No relation between an AI system and the workers is established, so the relation recorded is unknown.","status":"disputed"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Kenya: Sama announces more than 1,000 redundancies (1,108 by its own figure) after Meta ends its AI data-annotation contract, less than two months after annotators described intimate footage from Meta's AI glasses, and whether the two are linked is disputed","summary":"On 16 April 2026 Sama, an outsourcing company with operations in Nairobi that did AI data-annotation work for Meta, announced that Meta had given formal notice ending its contract and that a redundancy process would affect more than 1,000 employees. Sama put the figure at 1,108 workers, and the Oversight Lab said the workers had six days' notice. The decision came less than two months after the SvD and GP investigation in which Sama annotators said they had seen intimate footage from users of Meta's AI glasses. Meta said it paused its work with Sama the month before while it looked into those claims and then decided to end the work because Sama does not meet its standards. Sama says it was never notified of any failure to meet those standards. A Kenyan workers' organisation alleges Meta's decision was caused by staff speaking out, which Meta had not addressed when the BBC reported it on 30 April 2026. Employees told SvD that Sama tightened security and tried to identify who had spoken to journalists, which Sama denies. The workers are described by role and are not named.","incidentDate":"2026-04-16","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-17","aiSystem":"Human review of Meta AI assistant data from Ray-Ban Meta glasses by Sama annotators (AI training and data-annotation work), as reported","aiProduct":"Meta AI (reported)","aiCompany":"Meta","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Sama announced that more than 1,000 employees in Kenya, many involved in AI training for Meta, would be made redundant (1,108 by Sama's figure, on six days' notice according to the Oversight Lab) after Meta ended its contract. Whether the termination responded to annotators speaking about footage from Meta's AI glasses is disputed: a Kenyan workers' organisation alleges it did, Meta says Sama does not meet its standards, and Sama says it was never notified of a failure.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"disputed","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1000,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Guardian states 'more than 1,000' workers were sacked without saying where the figure comes from, and SvD's 17 April article says Sama's press release announced a redundancy process that 'will affect more than 1 000 employees'. BBC and Ars Technica give Sama's own figure of 1,108. The lower bound of 1,000 is counted and the 1,108 figure is attributed to Sama. The Guardian says many of the workers were involved in AI training and does not say how many. Dependants are not counted. The final number made redundant is not reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/kenyan-outsourcing-company-for-meta-sacks-workers","primarySourceLabel":"The Guardian (17 Apr 2026): Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T21:16:44.033365+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:42.812683+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2026"]},{"id":"2026-argentina-jorge-martinez-ai-messi-milei-video-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó cuando Martínez se interesó por una supuesta plataforma de inversión que utilizaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei, creados con Inteligencia Artificial, como parte de una estrategia para atraer a posibles víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó en una plataforma digital que usaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei creados con Inteligencia Artificial para captar víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Fue estafado por una plataforma promocionada con IA en la que utilizaban un video de Messi y otro de Milei para captar gente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La segunda maniobra ocurrió mediante una plataforma que, según relató, utilizaba videos falsos elaborados con inteligencia artificial y referencias a Lionel Messi para captar posibles inversores.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'después de realizar el primer pago comenzó a recibir mensajes que mostraban acreditaciones de dinero'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Es esta plataforma que tenía como titular a Messi, después veo que es una inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'la propuesta era promocionada con imágenes generadas mediante inteligencia artificial de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The 79-year-old actor Jorge Martínez was drawn into a supposed investment platform that used AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi (and, in several reports, Javier Milei), and paid money into it.","causal_attribution":"La Criti's post and the outlets relaying it say the platform used AI-made videos of Messi and Milei to attract people. In the televised account he says the platform had Messi as its figurehead and that he later saw it was an artificial intelligence; Infobae, Crónica and TN mention only Messi, while La Nación also names Milei. No body says the videos were inspected, and none says the videos were what persuaded him to pay."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Cuando llegaron a los $19.300 de intereses me preguntaron a dónde me los mandaban y les dije que a mi cuenta. Les di mi cuenta, como un bol…, y cuando fui al banco a la tarde me habían dejado en cero mis cuatro cuentas”, relató Martínez.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'“Me dijeron que había una suma de 19 mil dólares. Después me cambiaron el número de cuenta, la clave y me retiraron lo último que tenía, que eran USD 1.400”, relató Martínez.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"He lost money through the AI-promoted platform; his tellings give different amounts.","causal_attribution":"Both tellings are his own account. In the La Criti account the platform's payout request preceded the emptying of his four accounts; in the televised account the platform took a 149,600-peso deposit and the last 1,400 dollars. The total lost to the platform is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Cuando llegaron a los $19.300 de intereses me preguntaron a dónde me los mandaban y les dije que a mi cuenta. Les di mi cuenta, como un bol…, y cuando fui al banco a la tarde me habían dejado en cero mis cuatro cuentas”, relató Martínez.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Martínez afirmó que los delincuentes no solo tramitaron préstamos a su nombre, sino que también retiraron los fondos que tenía depositados.'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"After about two weeks of calls showing fictitious interest, the platform's callers asked for his bank details to pay out the gains, and his four bank accounts were emptied the same day.","causal_attribution":"His account as relayed by La Criti, La Opinión Austral and Pronto. In his televised account the withdrawal of his deposited savings follows the Temu-bonus call and the loans requested in his name, so his tellings conflict on which scam emptied the accounts. The amount is not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mandé a comprar unos artículos y me llamaron diciendo que como era tan buen cliente esa semana me iban a depositar 500 mil pesos en mi cuenta'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Compré unos productos en Temu, que es una internacional que vende por internet.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Martínez aseguró que, ante el pedido de los supuestos representantes, les brindó los datos de su cuenta bancaria para que pudieran realizarle el depósito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Callers posing as Temu told him he would receive a 500,000-peso deposit as a favoured customer, and he gave them his bank account details.","causal_attribution":"Recorded as context. No AI element is reported in this scam. In the televised account he says he does not blame the shopping platform, because its logo may have been copied."},{"id":"c5","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'Me sacaron los 1400 dólares que había depositado en el banco'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Finalmente, le solicitaron datos de su cuenta bancaria. Martínez aseguró que, en esa oportunidad, le retiraron los últimos ahorros que conservaba: unos 1400 dólares.'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The fake-Temu bonus call took the 1,400 dollars he had deposited in the bank.","causal_attribution":"His words in the La Criti account place the 1,400 dollars in the Temu-bonus scam. In his televised account (Infobae, TN, La Nación, Crónica) the 1,400 dollars are the last savings taken by the AI-promoted platform. Recorded as disputed between his two tellings."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Horas más tarde, un representante de su banco lo contactó para preguntarle si había solicitado dos préstamos, uno por $1.700.000 y otro por cerca de $863.000.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Según detalló, el dinero de los préstamos se pudo cancelar, aunque el resto de sus fondos desapareció de las cuentas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'“Le dije que no había pedido nada. A los diez minutos me llamaron y me dijeron que ya habían parado los dos créditos”, recordó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Y bueno, gracias a Dios, eso se pagó'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Hours after he gave his details to the bonus callers, his bank asked whether he had requested two loans of 1,700,000 and about 863,000 pesos, which he had not requested.","causal_attribution":"His televised account. Infobae and Crónica say the bank stopped the loans; TN and La Nación quote him saying the amount 'se pagó', so whether any debt remained is unclear. No AI element is reported in this step. In this telling the rest of his funds also disappeared from his accounts after this call ('el resto de sus fondos desapareció de las cuentas'), which conflicts with the La Criti account that ties the emptied accounts to the platform (see c3)."},{"id":"c7","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'Allí le ofrecieron incorporarse a un sistema de supuestas ganancias en dólares a cambio de un depósito inicial de $149.600.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Le aseguraron que tenía más de USD 1.200 disponibles y, después, que la cifra había crecido hasta llegar a USD 19.000.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Me dijeron que había una suma de 19 mil dólares. Después me cambiaron el número de cuenta, la clave y me retiraron lo último que tenía, que eran USD 1.400'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'le retiraron los últimos ahorros que conservaba: unos 1400 dólares'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Me sacaron los 1400 dólares que había depositado en el banco'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The platform asked for an initial deposit of 149,600 pesos, showed him fictitious credits rising from 1,200 to 19,000 dollars, then changed his account number and password and took the last 1,400 dollars he had.","causal_attribution":"His televised account; the 19,000-dollar balance was fictitious by his account. Disputed between his tellings: the La Criti account links the 1,400 dollars to the Temu call (see c5) and gives the platform's figure as 19,300 pesos of interest."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Yo di usuario y clave. Por eso no puedo hacer absolutamente nada”, lamentó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Según su testimonio, le explicaron que esa circunstancia podía complicar el reclamo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"He gave the scammers his bank user name and password, and was told this complicates a formal claim.","causal_attribution":"His account of what the bank and others told him; no complaint outcome is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"savings lost to online scams, including money taken through an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026). Relays the actor's account as told by journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti). Researcher translation. Re-read from the retained body on 2026-10-03.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.pronto.com.ar/espectaculos/2026/9/28/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-le-vaciaron-las-cuentas-y-perdio-todos-sus-ahorros-264332.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Pronto, 28 September 2026); same account and quotes. Researcher translation. Re-read from the retained body on 2026-10-03.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://x.com/LaCritiok/status/2104695128891756941","kind":"journalist_social_post","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Post text read in Spanish on 2026-09-29 via api.fxtwitter.com (bodies/verify-ar-lacriti-x-2104695128891756941.json); the attached 99-second video of Martínez speaking was not transcribed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/2026/09/29/jorge-martinez-conto-que-sufrio-dos-estafas-por-internet-me-sacaron-los-ahorros-de-toda-la-vida/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-03 (Infobae, 29 September 2026). Reports the actor's interview on Lape Club Social. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"martinez-tv-interviews"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://tn.com.ar/show/famosos/2026/09/29/jorge-martinez-sufrio-dos-estafas-virtuales-y-perdio-todos-sus-ahorros-a-los-79-anos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-03 (TN, 29 September 2026). Quotes the actor's interview with América. Treated with s4, s6 and s7 as one group: the actor's own televised account. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"martinez-tv-interviews"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/jorge-martinez-sufrio-una-doble-estafa-virtual-y-le-vaciaron-sus-cuentas-bancarias-nid29092026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-03 (La Nación, 29 September 2026). Quotes interviews with LN+ and América TV. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"martinez-tv-interviews"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.cronica.com.ar/diarioshow/farandula/jorge-martinez-sufrio-dos-estafas-virtuales-y-revelo-lo-que-mas-lamenta-me-sacaron-los-ahorros-de-toda-la-vida/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-03 (Crónica, 29 September 2026); text closely follows Infobae (s4) on the Lape Club Social interview. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"martinez-tv-interviews"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["How much he lost to each scam: his tellings conflict on which scam emptied his accounts and which took the 1,400 dollars.","When the scams happened. In the interview reported on 29 September 2026 he said 'el mes pasado me sacaron todo', but no body states the interview's air date, so no month is recorded.","Whether a police complaint was filed: TN reports a difficulty 'al momento de realizar la denuncia', and no body reports a filing or its outcome.","Whether the loans requested in his name left any debt (stopped per Infobae and Crónica; 'se pagó' per TN and La Nación).","Which platform and videos were involved; the videos were not inspected."],"geography":{"basis":"Martínez is presented by Argentine outlets as a telenovela actor and the amounts he describes are in pesos (La Opinión Austral; Pronto); no body states his residence. The scammers' phone numbers came from Spain and England per his account; the platform's location is unknown, so no event country is recorded. In the televised account he says the scammers used numbers from other countries and that an account holder linked to the transfers was registered in Córdoba; the place of the platform remains unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an adverse financial experience: he lost money through an investment platform promoted with AI-made videos of Messi (and Milei in several reports), alongside a separate fake-Temu bonus scam. Corrected 2026-10-03 after reading his televised account (Infobae, TN, La Nación, Crónica): the record now gives both of his tellings, which conflict on which scam emptied his accounts and which took 1,400 dollars, and adds the 149,600-peso deposit, the fictitious 19,000-dollar balance and the loans requested in his name. He is a public figure telling his own account; the AI element rests on that account.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) posted on X on 28 September 2026 that Martínez was defrauded by a platform 'promocionada con IA' that used a video of Messi and another of Milei; La Opinión Austral and Pronto rewrite this as fake videos created with AI. In a television interview reported by TN on 29 September 2026 he said the platform had Messi as its figurehead and that he later saw it was an artificial intelligence; Infobae and Crónica report that the platform used fake videos made with AI and references to Messi. The videos were not inspected and the AI claim rests on his account. The AI depicted third parties; no AI relation to the actor himself is established, so the relation is unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Argentina: actor Jorge Martínez, 79, loses savings to two online scams days apart, one an investment platform promoted with AI-made fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei","summary":"The 79-year-old telenovela actor Jorge Martínez said in late September 2026 that he lost his savings to two online scams a few days apart. One was a supposed investment platform that, by his relayed and televised accounts, used fake videos of Lionel Messi (and, in several reports, Javier Milei) made with artificial intelligence. In a television interview he said the platform had Messi as its figurehead and that he later saw it was an artificial intelligence. The other began with callers posing as Temu, who promised him a 500,000-peso deposit as a favoured customer and asked for his bank details. His published tellings differ on which scam took what. In the account relayed by journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) on 28 September, the platform scam left his four bank accounts at zero and the Temu call took 1,400 dollars. In the television interviews reported on 29 September, the Temu call was followed by two loans requested in his name and the withdrawal of his savings, and the platform took an initial 149,600-peso deposit, showed a fictitious balance of 19,000 dollars and then took the last 1,400 dollars he had.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi (and, in several reports, Javier Milei) used to promote the investment platform (per the actor's relayed and televised accounts); the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An elderly actor lost savings to two online scams days apart, one an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos that took money from him (his account via La Criti, La Opinión Austral and Pronto, and his television interviews reported by Infobae, TN, La Nación and Crónica; the tellings differ on the amounts per scam).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Jorge Martínez (La Opinión Austral; Pronto; Infobae; TN; La Nación; Crónica). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026: Jorge Martínez, víctima de una doble estafa: un falso Messi creado con IA y una supuesta bonificación de Temu","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:15.951695+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:26:32.54818+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","investment-scam","celebrity-deepfake","messi","milei","elderly","argentina","financial-loss"]},{"id":"2026-gisi-infopro-digital-creteil-ai-dismissals-suspended","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Page 12: 'ORDONNONS la suspension du projet de réorganisation de la Société GISI et du projet de licenciement collectif (des 8 secrétaires de rédaction) en découlant, incluant la suspension des processus de reclassement, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit procédé à la réalisation des tests en situation réelle et à l'élaboration de numéros 0'; 'PRONONÇONS à l'encontre de la société GISI une astreinte provisoire de 8 000 euros par jour de retard pendant une durée de trois mois'; 'FAIT AU PALAIS DE JUSTICE DE CRETEIL, le 15 septembre 2026'. Page 1: 'ORDONNANCE DU : 15 Septembre 2026', 'N° RG 26/00991'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"la suspension du projet de réorganisation (...) et du projet de licenciement collectif (des 8 secrétaires de rédaction)\"; \"par jour de retard sur trois mois\"; \"En revanche, les dommages et intérêts réclamés ont été rejetés.\"","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"La justice a suspendu mardi en référé un projet de suppression de 8 postes au sein du groupe de presse Gisi (L'Usine nouvelle, LSA, L'Argus de l'assurance...), en lien avec le déploiement de l'intelligence artificielle\"; \"Il a par conséquent suspendu le plan jusqu'à la réalisation de tests complets. Contactée par l'AFP, la direction de Gisi a indiqué se réserver la possibilité de faire appel\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 15 September 2026 the Créteil judicial court, sitting in référé on the application of Gisi's CSE, ordered the suspension of Gisi's reorganisation project and of the resulting collective dismissal of the eight secrétaires de rédaction, including the redeployment processes, until real-situation tests and pilot issues confirm what share of sub-editor tasks the generative-AI tool can take over; it imposed a provisional penalty of 8,000 euros per day of delay for three months, refused the damages provision and awarded 2,000 euros in costs.","causal_attribution":"Established by the court order itself and confirmed by L'Informé and AFP, which each consulted the decision."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Page 11: 'représenter un risque grave et caractérisé sur la santé physique et mentale de plusieurs catégories de salariés de la société GISI'; 'la société GISI ne justifie pas de la mise en oeuvre des dispositifs de prévention du risque lié à l'introduction de la nouvelle technologie d'IA générative alors que dans le DUERP 2025 qu'elle produit (pièce 5) elle identifie 3 risques en lien avec l'introduction de l'IA (stress lié à l'insécurité de l'emploi lié à l'intelligence artificielle ; changements organisationnels liés à l'introduction de l'intelligence artificielle ; absence de repères liés à l'utilisation de l'IA et manque d'acculturation) mais ne les a pas côtés'. Page 10: 'sans aucune participation des salariés concernés, ni réalisation en situation réelle'; 'L'expert pronostique un risque d'intensification majeur du travail des rédacteurs'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"un risque grave et caractérisé sur la santé physique et mentale de plusieurs catégories de salariés\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"Le tribunal judiciaire de Créteil, saisi par le Comité social et économique (CSE) de Gisi\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"\"des risques de surcharge de travail (...) et une baisse de la qualité du travail fourni, de l'autonomie et du conflit de valeur, de la perte de sens et de l'altération du collectif\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The judge found that implementing the generative-AI project and the dismissal of all sub-editor posts on an approximate evaluation, without real-situation testing or participation of the staff concerned, presented a serious and characterised risk to the physical and mental health of several categories of Gisi staff, and that Gisi had not shown prevention measures although its 2025 risk register listed three AI-related risks including stress linked to AI-related job insecurity.","causal_attribution":"The court's own finding; it concerns a risk to health created by the way the AI-based reorganisation was to be deployed, not an individually diagnosed injury."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Page 2: 'La société GISI emploie 127 salariés dont 92 journalistes'; 'un outil dénommé DIGI'; 'Le projet de la société GISI prévoit la suppression de 8 postes de secrétaires de rédaction (SR) et la création de 2 postes de chefs d'édition reprenant une partie des missions des SR, à savoir celles ne pouvant être automatisées par l'outil DIGI'; 'Le 4 mai 2026 le CSE était convié à une réunion dite R0 de présentation du projet'; 'Le 12 mai 2026 la société GISI convoquait le CSE à une première réunion d'information/consultation sur deux projets'; 'le CSE de la société GISI obtenait le 15 juillet 2025 une ordonnance de référé'; 'Par un arrêt du 21 mai 2026 la cour d'appel de Paris confirmait l'ordonnance de référé du 15 juillet 2025'. Page 10: 'la société GISI a évalué à environ 70 % la part des tâches des SR réalisées par l'outil IA'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"Au sein de Gisi, 8 postes de SR sont menacés\"; \"la société estimant que 70% des tâches des SR peuvent être réalisées par l'IA\"; \"Des reclassements ont été proposés à tous les secrétaires de rédaction\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"avait déjà contrainte à ouvrir un processus d\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Gisi (127 staff, 92 journalists) planned to remove its eight sub-editor posts and create two chef d'édition posts for the tasks its in-house generative-AI tool DIGI could not automate, estimating that the tool would perform about 70% of sub-editor tasks; the project was presented to the CSE on 4 May 2026 and consultation opened on 12 May 2026, after an earlier July 2025 order (confirmed on appeal on 21 May 2026) had required consultation before AI tools were used.","causal_attribution":"Facts recited in the court order and reported by AFP from the company."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"Les quelque 250 journalistes de ces 26 titres au total avaient lancé une grève au printemps pour s'opposer au projet de leur propriétaire de supprimer 19 postes de secrétaires de rédaction\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"Nous allons poursuivre les tests et faire des numéros complets\"; \"la direction de Gisi a indiqué se réserver la possibilité de faire appel\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"\"nous suspendons le projet le temps de finaliser ces tests\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Some 250 journalists across Infopro Digital's 26 titles struck in spring 2026 against the owner's plan to cut 19 sub-editor posts because of the AI deployment; after the order Gisi's president said the tests would continue with full pilot issues and that the company reserved the right to appeal.","causal_attribution":"AFP reporting of the strike and of management's reaction; L'Informé carries management's written reply."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"with five of the eight affected journalists having already received pre-dismissal interview letters\"; \"newsroom positions accompanied by training were offered to all affected editorial secretaries, although some declined them\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Digital Watch, citing Stratégies, reports that five of the eight affected sub-editors had already received pre-dismissal interview letters and that Gisi had offered three chef d'édition roles and one technical editor-in-chief position, with newsroom posts offered to all affected sub-editors, some of whom declined.","causal_attribution":"Secondary summary attributing the detail to Stratégies (not readable from this host); reported only. Its count of three chef d'édition roles differs from the two posts in the order."}],"effects":[{"label":"eight sub-editors faced collective dismissal in favour of a generative-AI tool; a court found a serious risk to the physical and mental health of several categories of staff","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://linforme.files.sirius.press/files/1789566133007-SECURISE_ordonnance%20du%2015%20septembre%202026-2.pdf","kind":"court_order","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Court record: Tribunal judiciaire de Créteil, section des référés, ordonnance de référé of 15 September 2026, RG 26/00991, CSE de la société Gisi v. SAS Gisi, published by L'Informé (watermarked, 12 scanned pages without a text layer). Pages 1, 2, 10, 11 and 12 read visually in French on 2026-09-19; pages 3-9 not read. Quotations are transcribed from the page images.","independence_group":"tj-creteil-order"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/lsa-l-usine-nouvelle-la-justice-retoque-le-remplacement-des-journalistes-par-l-ia_8645.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-09-19 (L'Informé, 15 Sep 2026, updated 16 Sep with Infopro Digital's reaction). The served page truncates the opening paragraph; the court's findings, the penalty, the union reaction and management's reply are readable. L'Informé published the order.","independence_group":"linforme"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cbnews.fr/medias/justice-suspend-projet-suppressions-postes-liees-ia-chez-usine-nouvelle-lsa","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-09-19 (CB News, 16 Sep 2026, AFP dispatch). AFP states it consulted the decision; carries Gisi president Isabelle André's comments.","independence_group":"afp"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/emploi/vie-de-bureau/un-risque-grave-et-caracterise-sur-la-sante-physique-et-mentale-la-justice-suspend-un-projet-de-suppressions-de-postes-liees-a-l-ia-dans-les-medias-du-groupe-gisi_AD-202609160444.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-09-19 (BFM Business with AFP, 16 Sep 2026). Same AFP dispatch with a definition of the sub-editor role.","independence_group":"afp"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.liberation.fr/economie/medias/la-justice-suspend-un-projet-de-suppressions-de-postes-liees-a-lia-dans-le-groupe-de-presse-infopro-digital-20260916_H7LH5VX6A5EDBFWSDNNM3DPB3U/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-09-19 via the MSN content API copy (Libération, 16 Sep 2026, AFP). Same dispatch, adding the staff representative and SNJ-CGT reactions given to L'Informé.","independence_group":"afp"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://dig.watch/updates/french-court-ai-job-cuts-journalists","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Digital Watch Observatory, 17 Sep 2026). A secondary summary that attributes the pre-dismissal-letter and redeployment details to Stratégies, whose own article returns 403 to this host.","independence_group":"strategies-via-digital-watch"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["Whether Gisi has appealed the order.","Whether the pre-dismissal procedure for the sub-editors has been formally withdrawn and whether all eight remain employed; individual health effects are not reported.","Pages 3-9 of the order (the parties' submissions) were not read.","The status of Groupe Moniteur's separate redundancy plan (PSE) covering the remaining sub-editor posts.","Digital Watch, citing Stratégies, reports three chef d'édition roles offered; the order and AFP record two chef d'édition posts. The difference (offers versus created posts, or a Stratégies error) is unresolved."],"geography":{"basis":"Gisi is registered in Créteil with its seat in Gentilly (Val-de-Marne) per the order; the staff work for its French titles; court: Tribunal judiciaire de Créteil.","court_countries":["FR"],"event_countries":["FR"],"affected_person_countries":["FR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a work-lane case of an institutional AI decision with concrete consequences for identified staff: eight sub-editors were subject to a collective dismissal plan justified by a generative-AI tool, and a court found the deployment presented a serious and characterised risk to the physical and mental health of several categories of staff and suspended it. The court order (primary record), L'Informé and AFP copies read; the affected people are unnamed.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The court order and AFP identify the generative-AI tool (DIGI) as the basis of the reorganisation and of the dismissal of the eight sub-editor posts, and the court's health-risk finding concerns deploying that tool without real-situation testing. The tool did not communicate with, decide about or depict the affected people; it was to take over their tasks, so none of the listed relations applies and the relation is recorded as unknown.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Créteil, France: a court suspended Gisi's (Infopro Digital) plan to cut eight sub-editor posts in favour of a generative-AI tool, finding a serious and characterised risk to the physical and mental health of several categories of staff","summary":"Gisi, the Infopro Digital subsidiary publishing L'Usine nouvelle, LSA and L'Argus de l'assurance (127 staff, 92 journalists), presented to its works council (CSE) on 4 May 2026 a reorganisation built around 'DIGI', an in-house generative-AI editorial tool, and on 12 May 2026 opened consultation on the reorganisation and on the resulting collective dismissal of its eight secrétaires de rédaction (sub-editors), to be replaced by two chefs d'édition, on the company's estimate that the tool would take over about 70% of sub-editor tasks. Some 250 journalists across Infopro Digital's 26 titles had struck in spring 2026 against a group-wide plan to cut 19 sub-editor posts, and according to Digital Watch (citing Stratégies) five of the eight Gisi sub-editors had received pre-dismissal interview letters. The CSE, relying on an expert report, went to the Créteil judicial court in July. On 15 September 2026 the référé judge found that deploying the plan without real-situation testing presented 'un risque grave et caractérisé sur la santé physique et mentale de plusieurs catégories de salariés', ordered the suspension of the reorganisation and the collective dismissal (including the redeployment processes) until real-situation tests and full pilot issues are produced, with a provisional penalty of 8,000 euros per day for three months, and refused the damages provision. Gisi said it would continue the tests and reserved the right to appeal.","incidentDate":"2026-05-04","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"product_change","reportedDate":"2026-09-15","aiSystem":"'DIGI', Gisi's in-house generative-AI editorial tool (transcription of interviews, drafting and correction help; planned spelling, grammar and typography correction, editorial-coherence and fact-reliability checks)","aiProduct":"DIGI editorial tool","aiCompany":"Gisi (Groupe Industrie Service Infos), a subsidiary of Infopro Digital (deployer of the in-house 'DIGI' generative-AI tool)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Eight sub-editors at Gisi faced collective dismissal because a generative-AI tool was to take over most of their tasks (five had received pre-dismissal interview letters, per Digital Watch citing Stratégies), and a court found that the plan, deployed without real-situation testing, presented a serious and characterised risk to the physical and mental health of several categories of staff; the court suspended the dismissals pending tests.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":8,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The order suspends 'le projet de licenciement collectif (des 8 secrétaires de rédaction)' and AFP reports eight sub-editor posts threatened at Gisi; Digital Watch, citing Stratégies, says five of the eight had received pre-dismissal interview letters. The court's health-risk finding extends to 'plusieurs catégories de salariés' without a number. Eight counted plus unquantified others: partial.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"FR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://linforme.files.sirius.press/files/1789566133007-SECURISE_ordonnance%20du%2015%20septembre%202026-2.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Tribunal judiciaire de Créteil, ordonnance de référé of 15 September 2026 (RG 26/00991), CSE de la société Gisi v. SAS Gisi, as published by L'Informé","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:47.791082+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:37.711237+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["work","journalism","layoffs","generative-ai","newsroom-automation","france","creteil","labour-court","occupational-health","institutional-use"]}]}