{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-08T07:49:09.613Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"non_consensual_intimate_imagery","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-texas-student-ai-altered-nude-image-of-classmate-posted-on-snapchat-sheriff-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'admitted to altering the image by using AI and posting it on a \"public story\" on Snapchat and then removing it'; 'screenshots were secured by at least one individual'; 'The image remained on Snapchat for a few minutes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it'; 'screenshots were secured by at-least one individual'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'admitted to altering the image using artificial intelligence and posting it to a public Snapchat story before removing it'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The county sheriff's office said a 17-year-old student admitted altering an image of a classmate with AI to make the classmate appear nude, posting it on a public Snapchat story and removing it; the image stayed up a few minutes and at least one person took screenshots.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of the student's interview admission, relayed by the three stations; untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'They concluded the image was artificially altered by a 17-year-old'; 'on November 25, 2025 and posted on Snapchat'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the investigation determined the image had been digitally altered by a student on Nov. 25, 2025, and briefly posted to Snapchat before being removed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office concluded that the image was artificially altered on 25 November 2025; no source states when it was posted.","causal_attribution":"Investigative conclusion of the sheriff's office, relayed by KFDM and 12News (one chain)."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the first report to'; 'of this image was on April 13, 2026'; 'The investigation began during the morning of April 16'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the investigation began April 16 after'; 'the first report to the school district was made April 13'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The first report to the school district was on 13 April 2026 and the sheriff's criminal investigation began on 16 April 2026 after the superintendent reported an explicit image of a student circulating on social media.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account relayed by KFDM and 12News."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'charged with a Class A Misdemeanor- Unlawful Production/Distribution of Deep Fake Sexually Explicit Media'; 'there is an innocent young victim in this case'; 'no evidence to believe the image was altered during school hours or on school property'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He was arrested and transported to the'; 'there is a young victim in this case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'charged as an adult'; 'The post was taken down after a few minutes'; 'the damage was already done'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The student was arrested on 24 April 2026 and charged as an adult with a Class A misdemeanour of unlawful production or distribution of deepfake sexually explicit media; the sheriff said there is a young victim in the case and no evidence the image was made on school property.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office statements and the sheriff's interview with KTRE; a charge is an allegation."}],"effects":[{"label":"a student's image was altered with AI to appear nude and posted on a public Snapchat story, where it was screenshotted before removal","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kfdm.com/news/local/breaking-buna-student-arrested-for-deep-fake-sexually-explicit-media","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. KFDM (Sinclair) report of 24 April 2026, updated 26 April, relaying the sheriff's statement; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"county-sheriff-office-statement-2026-04-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/buna-teen-charged-with-creating-ai-generated-explicit-image-classmate-says-jasper-county-sheriff/502-b13b5b85-11eb-4252-9539-a45adcfa90dc","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. 12News (KBMT) report of 24 April 2026 read from the Internet Archive capture of the same day (direct fetch HTTP 403); relays the sheriff's office.","independence_group":"county-sheriff-office-statement-2026-04-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ktre.com/2026/04/24/buna-isd-student-accused-production-deep-fake-explicit-media/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. KTRE (Gray) report of 24 April 2026 relaying the sheriff's office; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"county-sheriff-office-statement-2026-04-24"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.ktre.com/2026/04/28/jasper-county-officials-warn-ai-dangers-after-first-deepfake-arrest/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-09-30 (batch 2) and re-read on 2026-10-08 from the saved body; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. KTRE (Gray) report of 28 April 2026 with the sheriff's interview remarks and a comment from a district attorney not prosecuting the case; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"county-sheriff-office-statement-2026-04-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["The depicted student's age, and whether the student or the family has described any consequence; the sheriff's words (embarrassing, damage done, innocent young victim) are the only account of harm.","When the altered image was posted on Snapchat; the sheriff's office dated only the alteration (25 November 2025), an investigative conclusion that was not independently confirmed.","Which AI tool was used, and whether anyone beyond the person who took screenshots saw or shared the image.","When the sheriff's office was first notified: KFDM gives two different accounts and 12News matches only one of them, so no notification date is recorded.","The outcome of the charge; the case was reported as in the hands of the court on 28 April 2026 and no hearing is reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The sheriff's office is in East Texas, the school and the students are in the same county, and the student was charged under Texas law (KFDM, 12News, KTRE). The affected student attends the same school. The case is in a Texas court (KTRE, 28 April).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on one attributed chain: the county sheriff's office, relayed by KFDM, 12News and KTRE, said a 17-year-old student admitted altering a classmate's image with AI to appear nude and posting it on Snapchat, that the alteration was dated to 25 November 2025 by its investigation, and that the student was charged. Every claim is attributed to the sheriff's office. The students, the school, the district, the town and the county are not named because both students are private people and at least one is a minor.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The county sheriff's office, relayed by KFDM, 12News and KTRE, said the 17-year-old admitted altering an image of a classmate by using AI to make the classmate appear nude and posting it on Snapchat, and that its investigation concluded the image was artificially altered on 25 November 2025. The AI-altered sexual image is the harm itself: it depicts the classmate (depicted_or_impersonated) and was seen and screenshotted by at least one person. The tool is not identified, the image was not examined by the research agent, and the only account is the sheriff's office statement; the charge is untested in court.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Texas: sheriff says a 17-year-old student altered a classmate's image with AI in November 2025 to appear nude and posted it on Snapchat; charged April 2026","summary":"A county sheriff's office in East Texas said on 24 April 2026 that a 17-year-old high-school student had admitted altering an image of a classmate with AI to make the classmate appear nude and posting it on a public Snapchat story, then removing it. The sheriff's office said its investigation concluded the image was altered on 25 November 2025; the posting date is not separately stated. The image stayed on Snapchat for a few minutes and at least one person took screenshots. The school district first received a report of the image on 13 April 2026 and the criminal investigation began on 16 April 2026. The student was arrested on 24 April 2026, charged as an adult with a Class A misdemeanour of unlawful production or distribution of deepfake sexually explicit media, and is presumed innocent. The sheriff said there is a young victim in the case and that the damage was done despite the quick removal. Every account rests on the sheriff's office statements as relayed by three local stations.","incidentDate":"2025-11-25","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-04-24","aiSystem":"AI tool, not identified, used according to the county sheriff's office to alter a photograph of a student so the student appeared nude","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the county sheriff's office, a student's image was altered with AI to appear nude and posted on a public Snapchat story, where it was screenshotted by at least one person before removal; the sheriff said the damage was done and that there is an innocent young victim. No further consequence for the depicted student is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted student: the sheriff's office speaks of an image of another student and of a young victim in this case, and no other depicted person is reported. The accused did not use the tool on the accused's own behalf as a harmed person, so participant_users_affected_min is 0. Students who viewed other, non-criminal pictures are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://kfdm.com/news/local/breaking-buna-student-arrested-for-deep-fake-sexually-explicit-media","primarySourceLabel":"KFDM, 24 April 2026 (updated 26 April): sheriff's office account of a student's arrest over an AI-altered sexual image posted on Snapchat","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:22:06.789017+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:22:06.789017+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","minors","education","snapchat","criminal_charges","united_states","texas"]}]}