{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T07:22:31.935Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"persona","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":5,"coverage":{"cases":5,"countries":3,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":5,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":5,"minors":2,"coreRelations":5,"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":"2026-qingdao-university-graduate-ai-generated-nude-images-police-investigation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'青岛市公安局市北分局一名工作人员回应称，目前受害人已经报案，并且符合立案条件，现已立案侦查，具体情况不方便透露。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'市北分局工作人员则表示，受害人已经报案，案件符合立案条件，目前警方已立案侦查'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 24 September 2026 a staff member of the Qingdao Public Security Bureau's Shibei branch told Modern Express that the victim had reported the matter, the case met the conditions for filing and an investigation had been opened, and declined to give details.","causal_attribution":"Police statement by phone as reported by Modern Express (one chain; the relays are not independent)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'学院方面确实收到了相关举报，涉事学生已在6月毕业。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A staff member of Qingdao University's Art College graduate-training office said the college had received a related report and that the student involved graduated in June.","causal_attribution":"University staff statement as reported by Modern Express."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'疑似因感情问题，使用AI生成其男友前女友'; '的裸照并传播，之后被警方刑事拘留。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'近日，多名网友发帖称'; '疑因感情问题，用AI生成男友的前女友'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Several internet users posted that a Qingdao University female graduate student, apparently over relationship problems, used AI to generate nude images of her boyfriend's former girlfriend, spread them, and was then criminally detained.","causal_attribution":"Online allegations relayed by Modern Express; police confirmed a case but not the AI generation, the images or the detention."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'告诉记者，目前自己正在配合警方调查，也在等待结果。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'向记者透露，自己正在配合警方调查，也在等待结果。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The victim told the reporter she was cooperating with the police investigation and waiting for the result.","causal_attribution":"Victim's statement to Modern Express as relayed."}],"effects":[{"label":"nude images of her alleged in online posts to have been AI-generated and circulated by another student; she reported the matter to police","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://news.sina.cn/gn/2026-09-25/detail-inisyuqi7926889.d.html","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Sina mobile news, 25 September 2026, source credited as 都市现场, opening \"据现代快报9月24日报道\". Read in Chinese on 2026-09-28 by the research agent (no human translator; English wording in claims is the agent's translation). A relay of the Modern Express (现代快报) report of 24 September 2026; the Modern Express original was not reached (xdkb.net search 404, no Google News/Bing hit for the original URL). Names in the article are pseudonymous surnames (文中人物为化姓) and are not reproduced.","independence_group":"modern-express-2026-09-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://i.ifeng.com/c/8wggkqvRa7v","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"ifeng Dafeng account 城市速递, 24 September 2026 20:33; text matches the Modern Express report wording. Read in Chinese on 2026-09-28 by the research agent (no human translator; English wording in claims is the agent's translation). A relay of the Modern Express (现代快报) report of 24 September 2026; the Modern Express original was not reached (xdkb.net search 404, no Google News/Bing hit for the original URL). Names in the article are pseudonymous surnames (文中人物为化姓) and are not reproduced.","independence_group":"modern-express-2026-09-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://i.ifeng.com/c/8whV4y7333G","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"ifeng Dafeng account 城市速递, 25 September 2026, credits 现代快报、大河报. Read in Chinese on 2026-09-28 by the research agent (no human translator; English wording in claims is the agent's translation). A relay of the Modern Express (现代快报) report of 24 September 2026; the Modern Express original was not reached (xdkb.net search 404, no Google News/Bing hit for the original URL). Names in the article are pseudonymous surnames (文中人物为化姓) and are not reproduced.","independence_group":"modern-express-2026-09-24"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2026-09-24/doc-inisycst4850038.shtml","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Sina Finance rolling news, 24 September 2026 23:19, credited to 河南商报, quoting the Modern Express reporter. Read in Chinese on 2026-09-28 by the research agent (no human translator; English wording in claims is the agent's translation). A relay of the Modern Express (现代快报) report of 24 September 2026; the Modern Express original was not reached (xdkb.net search 404, no Google News/Bing hit for the original URL). Names in the article are pseudonymous surnames (文中人物为化姓) and are not reproduced.","independence_group":"modern-express-2026-09-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, how many images were made, where and how widely they spread.","When the images were made and circulated; the date of the police report.","Whether the accused was detained or charged; police did not confirm the online claim.","The victim's own account of the effects beyond her report to police.","The Modern Express original was not read; wording is checked against four relays."],"geography":{"basis":"The accused was a Qingdao University graduate student and the Shibei branch of the Qingdao Public Security Bureau opened the case, but the sources do not state where the images were made or spread, or where the victim lives. The record does not infer a country from the police jurisdiction; jurisdiction is recorded as CN.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (alleged AI-generated nude images depicting a real woman) because Qingdao police confirmed to Modern Express that the victim reported and a criminal investigation was opened, and the university confirmed receiving a report. The AI generation, circulation and detention remain online allegations and are attributed as such. The accused and victim are not named; the images are not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The use of AI to generate the images is stated in online posts relayed by Modern Express. Police and the university confirmed only that a report was received and a case opened; neither described the images or the tool.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Qingdao, China: online posts allege a Qingdao University graduate student used AI to generate and circulate nude images of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend; police say the woman reported and a criminal investigation has been opened, and the posts' claim that the student was detained is unconfirmed","summary":"Modern Express reported on 24 September 2026 that online posts accused a female graduate student at Qingdao University of using AI, over a relationship dispute, to generate nude images of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and circulate them, and said the student had been criminally detained. A staff member at the Shibei branch of the Qingdao Public Security Bureau told the paper that the victim had reported the matter, that the case met the conditions for filing and that an investigation had been opened, declining to give details. A staff member of the university's Art College said the college had received a report and that the student had graduated in June. The victim told the reporter she was cooperating with the police and awaiting the result. The AI generation, the circulation and the detention are stated only in the online posts; police confirmed only that a case was opened. All accounts derive from the single Modern Express report, read through relays.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-24","aiSystem":"An unnamed AI image-generation tool (per the online posts relayed by Modern Express); the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Online posts relayed by Modern Express allege that AI-generated nude images of the woman were made and circulated by a graduate student; the woman reported the matter to police, who opened a criminal investigation (Qingdao police via Modern Express). The images and their spread are not confirmed by police.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the woman depicted, who reported to police (Modern Express via relays). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://i.ifeng.com/c/8wggkqvRa7v","primarySourceLabel":"ifeng (大风号 城市速递), 24 September 2026, relaying Modern Express: 女生被指AI生成男友前女友裸照传播，警方：已立案侦查","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-28T03:33:12.804149+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.943043+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","non-consensual-intimate-imagery","china","qingdao","university","police-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-sonbhadra-retired-official-ai-nude-images-digital-arrest-extortion","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'for allegedly duping a retired official of about ₹2.36 crore in a digital arrest scam by posing as senior judicial and govt officials'; 'misused AI to create deepfake images and forged documents to intimidate and blackmail victims'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'AI तकनीक का गलत इस्तेमाल करके पीड़ित की फर्जी अश्लील तस्वीरें भी बना ली गईं. इसी ब्लैकमेलिंग और खौफ के दम पर जालसाजों ने अलग-अलग बैंक खातों में करीब 2 करोड़ 36 लाख रुपये ट्रांसफर करा लिए.'; 'एसपी ने बताया कि मुख्य आरोपी फेसबुक फ्रेंड लिस्ट से लोगों को फंसाता था और उनकी तस्वीरों का गलत इस्तेमाल कर महिला सहयोगियों के साथ मिलकर वसूली करता था.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'पुलिस के अनुसार आरोपी एआई तकनीक का इस्तेमाल कर डीपफेक तस्वीरें और फर्जी दस्तावेज तैयार करता था। इन्हीं के जरिए पीड़ित पर दबाव बनाने और रकम वसूलने का आरोप है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'इसका फायदा उठाकर एआई जनित फर्जी व न्यूड तस्वीरें भेजी गई। उन्हें बदनाम करने और परिवार को क्षति पहुंचाने की धमकी देते हुए अलग-अलग खातों में एक से डेढ़ माह के भीतर लगभग 2.36 करोड़ रुपये ट्रांसफर करा लिया गया।'; 'कभी न्यूड फोटो वायरल कर बदनाम कर देने, कभी परिवार को नुकसान पहुंचाने की धमकी देकर एक से डेढ़ माह तक उन्हें ठगी का शिकार बनाते रहे।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say a retired official in Sonbhadra was made to transfer about Rs 2.36 crore into accounts named by extortionists, who frightened him by posing as or invoking senior judicial and government officials and threatened him using fake nude or obscene images made with AI.","causal_attribution":"The Sonbhadra police account (SP and additional SP) as relayed by four outlets; the accused's response is not reported. Whether the images depicted the victim rests on ETV Bharat's wording."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'वह खुद लड़की बनकर पीड़ित से चैट कर रहा था और उसे एआई से बनी तस्वीरें भेज रहा था।'; 'लोन लेकर भी रुपये ट्रांसफर किए'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to Amar Ujala's report of the police briefing, the man had been chatting on WhatsApp with someone he believed to be a young woman, the alleged organiser posed as that woman and sent him AI-made pictures, and he also took a loan to meet the demands.","causal_attribution":"Amar Ujala's account of the SP's statement; the other three reports frame the case as a digital arrest without the WhatsApp chat."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the case surfaced on Sept 22 after an SBI branch manager alerted the Cyber Crime Police Station that a retired employee was repeatedly transferring large sums of money and appeared to be acting under pressure'; 'Police said they have frozen or placed a hold on ₹75 lakh of the defrauded amount.'; 'An FIR was registered at the Sonbhadra Cyber Crime police station under relevant legal provisions.'; 'Cyber Crime Police in Sonbhadra arrested three people, including the alleged mastermind'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'एक बुजुर्ग रिटायर्ड कर्मचारी लगातार अनजान खातों में बड़ी रकम ट्रांसफर कर रहा है और पूछताछ करने पर घबरा रहा है.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The case came to light on 22 September 2026 when a State Bank of India manager alerted the Cyber Crime police station that a retired employee was repeatedly transferring large sums and appeared to be under pressure; police froze about Rs 75 lakh, registered an FIR and arrested three people.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by the Times of India and ETV Bharat."}],"effects":[{"label":"a retired official transferred about Rs 2.36 crore, including borrowed money, under threats built on a fake judicial 'digital arrest' and AI-made fake nude images","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/retd-official-duped-of-2-36cr-in-deepfake-backed-digital-arrest-racket-mastermind-held/articleshow/134492122.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 and retained (Times of India, Lucknow city page; English). Relays the SP/ASP account: digital arrest by people posing as judicial and government officials, SBI alert on 22 September, Rs 2.36 crore, Rs 75 lakh frozen, FIR, three arrests, AI deepfake images and forged documents.","independence_group":"sonbhadra-police-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/ai-generated-nude-photos-retired-officer-swindled-2-crore-in-scheme-involving-fianc-three-arrested-2026-09-25","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Amar Ujala, Varanasi/Sonbhadra, 25 September 2026; Hindi). Reports the SP's Friday briefing with a sextortion framing: WhatsApp chat with a supposed woman, AI-generated fake and nude pictures, threats of defamation and harm to family, one to one-and-a-half months of transfers, a loan, the provident-fund withdrawal that alerted the chief manager. Reviewer translation; no human translator.","independence_group":"sonbhadra-police-briefing"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/state/sonbhadra-digital-arrest-cyber-fraud-2-crore-36-lakh-three-arrested-ups26092507105","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (ETV Bharat Hindi, Sonbhadra, 25 September 2026). Digital arrest by fraudsters invoking the higher judiciary; AI misused to create fake obscene pictures of the victim; bank manager's suspicion on 22 September; arrests and recoveries. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"sonbhadra-police-briefing"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://newstrack.com/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/digital-arrest-scam-retired-officer-2-36-crore-three-arrested-634727","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Newstrack, Sonbhadra, 25 September 2026; Hindi). Police account: bank manager's alert, fear of courts and senior officials, Rs 2.36 crore to three accounts, Rs 75 lakh frozen, police say the accused used AI to prepare deepfake pictures and forged documents to pressure the victim. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"sonbhadra-police-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the extortion began; Amar Ujala gives a span of one to one-and-a-half months ending around 22 September 2026, and no report gives a start date.","Whom the AI-made images showed: ETV Bharat says fake obscene pictures of the victim; Amar Ujala says AI-generated nude pictures were sent to him and that he was threatened with defamation by their being made viral, without saying whom they showed; ETV quotes the SP as saying the accused misused pictures of people taken from Facebook friend lists, without mentioning AI.","Which AI tool was used and whether police have examined the images.","How the digital-arrest threats and the image-based blackmail related to each other; the outlets frame the same police briefing differently.","The sections of law applied and whether charges have been filed; the accused's response."],"geography":{"basis":"The victim, the bank and the investigating Cyber Crime police station are in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh (Times of India; ETV Bharat places the bank branch in Robertsganj); the accused were arrested in Prayagraj and are from Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) and Raigad (Maharashtra). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI-assisted extortion case with a registered FIR and arrests, reported by four outlets from one Sonbhadra police briefing (one independence group; all claims reported). The victim and the accused are not named and the images are not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police at the 25 September briefing said the accused used AI to create deepfake images (and forged documents) to intimidate and blackmail (Times of India, Newstrack). ETV Bharat reports the AI images were fake obscene pictures of the victim, which is the basis for the depicted_or_impersonated relation; Amar Ujala says AI-generated fake and nude pictures were sent to him in a WhatsApp chat by the accused posing as a woman, without saying whom they showed. No examination of the images is described. ETV Bharat also quotes the SP as saying the organiser ensnared people from Facebook friend lists and misused their pictures (no AI reference in that passage).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): police say a retired official was pressured into transferring about Rs 2.36 crore over one to one-and-a-half months by extortionists who posed as judicial and government officials and used AI-made fake nude images to threaten him; three arrested after a bank manager's alert (September 2026)","summary":"Sonbhadra police say a retired official in Uttar Pradesh transferred about Rs 2.36 crore into accounts named by extortionists, including money raised through a loan, before a State Bank of India manager noticed the repeated transfers on 22 September 2026 and alerted the cyber crime police station. At a press briefing on 25 September the superintendent of police said the fraudsters had frightened the man by invoking the higher judiciary and senior government officials (a so-called digital arrest) and had used AI to create fake obscene or nude images to blackmail him with threats of defamation and harm to his family (Times of India, Amar Ujala, ETV Bharat, Newstrack). Police froze about Rs 75 lakh, registered an FIR and arrested three people, including the alleged organiser; the outlets relay one police account, and they describe the AI element differently (images of the victim, or images sent to him during a WhatsApp chat with someone posing as a woman).","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"AI image generation tool (unidentified) alleged by police to have been used to create fake nude/obscene 'deepfake' images used for blackmail","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say a retired official lost about Rs 2.36 crore, including borrowed money, to extortion that used a fake judicial 'digital arrest' and AI-made fake nude images with threats of defamation and harm to his family; about Rs 75 lakh was frozen (Sonbhadra police briefing as reported by the Times of India, Amar Ujala, ETV Bharat and Newstrack).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the retired official who made the transfers (all four reports). Police say the accused used such images against 'victims' generally (Times of India), but no other victim is identified, so the case count is exactly one.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"IN-UP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/retd-official-duped-of-2-36cr-in-deepfake-backed-digital-arrest-racket-mastermind-held/articleshow/134492122.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Times of India (Lucknow), 26 September 2026: Retd official duped of Rs 2.36cr in deepfake-backed 'digital arrest' racket; mastermind held","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:44.548825+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:53.842933+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","sextortion","digital-arrest","financial-fraud","whatsapp","elderly","india","uttar-pradesh","sonbhadra","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-ballia-bansdih-minor-student-ai-obscene-video-fake-instagram-account","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'आरोप है कि युवक ने छात्रा के सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट का स्क्रीनशॉट लिया। फिर उसके नाम और फोटो से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आईडी बनाई। इसके बाद AI तकनीक से छात्रा की फोटो का अश्लील वीडियो तैयार किया'; 'इससे पहले भी आरोपी ने छात्रा और उसकी मां की फोटो से दो अलग-अलग फर्जी आईडी बनाई थीं। जब परिवार ने इसका विरोध किया, तो आरोपी ने पूरे परिवार को'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'बांसडीह कस्बा निवासी एक युवक ने 17 वर्षीय छात्रा की इंटरनेट मीडिया पर उपलब्ध फोटो का कथित तौर पर दुरुपयोग कर उसके नाम से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आइडी बनाई। आरोप है कि इसके बाद एआइ तकनीक से आपत्तिजनक वीडियो तैयार कर उसे छात्रा के सहपाठियों, दोस्तों और रिश्तेदारों को भेजा गया।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'पिता के अनुसार, आरोपी युवक उनकी बेटी के साथ एक ही विद्यालय में पढ़ता था। युवक की हरकतों के कारण उसे विद्यालय से निकाल दिया गया था।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'एक पिता ने 17 वर्षीय अपनी बेटी की तस्वीर के साथ एआई के जरिए छेड़छाड़ कर अश्लील वीडियो बनाकर वायरल करने की शिकायत पुलिस से की है।'; 'वीडियो को और ज्यादा वायरल करने'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The father of a 17-year-old Class 12 student complained to the Bansdih police that a young man from the town, a former schoolmate expelled from the school who bore a grudge against the family, created a fake Instagram account in her name from screenshots of her social-media account, used AI technology to make an obscene video from her photograph, and sent it to her classmates, friends and relatives; he says the accused had earlier made two fake accounts with her and her mother's photographs and threatened to kill the family and to spread the video further when they objected.","causal_attribution":"The father's written complaint as reported by four Hindi newsrooms; the accused's account is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'थाना प्रभारी राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि इस मामले में केस दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। पुलिस ने जांच शुरू कर दी है। फर्जी सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट, वायरल सामग्री और आरोपी की भूमिका की जांच की जा रही है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पुलिस ने कस्बे के एक युवक के खिलाफ मुकदमा दर्ज किया है।'; 'पुलिस ने तहरीर के आधार पर आइटी एक्ट की संबंधित धाराओं में कार्रवाई शुरू की है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'प्रभारी निरीक्षक राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि मामले में प्राथमिकी दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Bansdih station house officer said instructions had been given to register a case; Jagran reports the case registered against the youth under the IT Act and Dainik Bhaskar that the police are investigating the fake accounts, the circulated material and the accused's role; no arrest is reported.","causal_attribution":"Police statements to Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran; Amar Ujala's note that police are investigating."}],"effects":[{"label":"an obscene AI-generated video made from a 17-year-old's photograph was circulated to her classmates and relatives through a fake account in her name, and the family reports death threats and fear","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bansdih/news/ballia-bansdih-minor-girl-ai-video-viral-threat-case-139112692.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Dainik Bhaskar, Ballia/Bansdih local page, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Fullest account: expulsion and grudge, screenshots, fake Instagram ID, AI video, circulation, earlier fake accounts, death threats, mark-sheet as age proof, SHO Rakesh Singh's statement. Translation by the reviewer; no human translator.","independence_group":"bhaskar"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia/obscene-video-created-using-minor-students-photo-and-circulated-online-ballia-news-c-190-1-bal1001-173478-2026-09-23","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Amar Ujala, Ballia edition, dated 22/23 September 2026; Hindi). Father's tehreer at Bansdih kotwali; former schoolmate expelled; fake Instagram ID; police investigating. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"amarujala"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-father-seeks-action-after-ai-manipulation-creates-pornographic-video-of-17-year-old-daughter-201790101087898.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Hindustan, Bansdih correspondent, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Father's complaint of AI manipulation of his 17-year-old daughter's picture into an obscene video and its circulation; the grudge after expulsion. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"livehindustan"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia-offensive-video-of-minor-made-with-the-help-of-ai-in-ballia-case-filed-40382482.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 via the mobile path (Dainik Jagran, Bansdih correspondent, 23 September 2026; Hindi). Reports the case registered against the youth under the IT Act, the Class 12 student's age (17), the fake Instagram ID and circulation to classmates and relatives, earlier fake IDs and threats. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"jagran"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the fake accounts were created and when the video was made and circulated; the reports give no dates other than the complaint (about 21-22 September 2026) and describe the circulation and threats as continuing.","The tool used and whether police have examined the video; the AI attribution is the father's.","The accused's identity and response; whether he has been questioned or arrested.","Whether the earlier fake accounts involved AI-generated content.","The exact sections applied and the case number."],"geography":{"basis":"All four reports place the family, the accused and the police station in Bansdih, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh (Dainik Bhaskar 'बलिया के बांसडीह'; Amar Ujala 'बांसडीह कोतवाली'). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with a registered police case, reported by four separate Hindi newsrooms from the father's complaint and the station house officer's statement; allegations are recorded as reported. The girl, her mother and the accused are not named and the video is not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-26"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The father's complaint, as reported by all four outlets, says the obscene video was made from his daughter's photograph using AI technology ('एआई तकनीक'); the police statements reported concern the registration and investigation of the case and do not describe any examination of the video.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bansdih, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): a father reports that a local youth made a fake Instagram account in his 17-year-old daughter's name and an AI-generated obscene video from her photograph, sent it to her classmates, friends and relatives, and threatened to kill the family when they objected; police register a case under the IT Act (22-23 September 2026)","summary":"The father of a 17-year-old Class 12 student in Bansdih, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, gave the Bansdih police a written complaint that a young man from the town, a former schoolmate who had been expelled from the school and bore a grudge against the family, took screenshots of his daughter's social-media account, created a fake Instagram ID in her name with a matching photograph, used AI technology to make an obscene video from her photo and circulated it to her classmates, friends and relatives; the complaint says the youth had earlier made two fake accounts using her and her mother's photographs and threatened to kill the whole family and to spread the video further when they objected (Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan). The father submitted screenshots of the fake account and his daughter's mark-sheet as proof of her age. The station house officer said a case had been ordered registered and the investigation begun; Jagran reports the case under the Information Technology Act. The reports give no dates for the fake accounts, the video or its circulation; September 2026 is the month of the complaint (about 21-22 September) and of the circulation and threats the family describes as continuing, so the event date is recorded as unknown. The family is described as frightened. No arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-22","aiSystem":"AI image/video generation tool (unidentified) alleged to have been used to make an obscene video from the student's photograph","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A minor's photograph was allegedly turned into an obscene AI-generated video and circulated among her classmates, friends and relatives through an account impersonating her, and the family reports death threats and fear (the father's police complaint as reported by Amar Ujala, Hindustan, Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran). The allegations are under police investigation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one depicted person, the 17-year-old student (all four reports). The complaint also says an earlier fake account used her mother's photograph and that the whole family was threatened, without describing AI-made content of the mother, so the count is a documented minimum of 1.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IN-UP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bansdih/news/ballia-bansdih-minor-girl-ai-video-viral-threat-case-139112692.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar (Ballia/Bansdih), 22 September 2026: minor student's obscene AI video allegation; fake ID; death threats to the family","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-26T04:07:08.975927+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:25.856661+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minor","impersonation","fake-account","instagram","school","india","uttar-pradesh","ballia","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-logrono-14-year-old-ai-deepfakes-nine-classmates-porn-site","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'; 'imágenes falsas de contenido sexual que afectaron a nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'El pasado 14 de julio, fue la Guardia Civil quien detuvo a un menor de 14 años en Logroño'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old from Logroño as presumed author of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography, identified as responsible for creating and distributing false sexual images affecting nine underage classmates.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil release; Diario de León describes a detention where the release describes an investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'obtuvo las fotografías de sus compañeras sin su consentimiento, accediendo al contenido público de sus perfiles. Posteriormente, utilizó herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) para manipularlas, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'manipular las imágenes, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"He knew all the victims, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise them.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil account of the method."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'el menor lo subió a una página web de pornografía para adultos.'; 'Subo chicas de mi insti hechas con IA'; 'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'; 'las imágenes falsas ya habían alcanzado cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones'; 'Esta acción facilitó el reconocimiento de las menores y multiplicó el daño emocional y social sufrido por las víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Alcanzaron cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones antes de ser retiradas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says facilitated recognition of the minors and multiplied the emotional and social harm; before the content could be removed the images had reached about 40,000 views, which the Guardia Civil says amplified the harm to the nine minors' privacy uncontrollably within hours.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil account; the emotional and social harm is the Guardia Civil's characterisation, no victim statement inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Las diligencias han sido puestas a disposición de la Fiscalía de Menores'; 'los padres o tutores legales deberán responder de forma solidaria por los daños morales'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'es la Fiscalía de Menores la que asume este tipo de diligencias'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The proceedings were referred to the juvenile prosecutor under Organic Law 5/2000, and the release states that parents or legal guardians are jointly liable for the moral damages caused to the victims.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil release."}],"effects":[{"label":"nine underage girls depicted naked and sexualised in AI-manipulated images published on a pornography site with their personal data; about 40,000 views before removal","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/va/detalle/articulo/Investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-deepfakes-pornograficos-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto/","kind":"official_release","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-23 through the r.jina.ai reader proxy (the live page returned 403); Interior Ministry press page carrying the Guardia Civil release of 14 July 2026. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.extremadura7dias.com/index.php/noticia/investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-imagenes-falsas-pornograficas-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (Extremadura7días, 14 July 2026): verbatim reproduction of the Guardia Civil release. Same chain as s1.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.diariodeleon.es/sociedad/260726/2092358/badajoz-ultimo-caso-logrono-menores-investigados-ia-desnudar-companeras-clase.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (Europa Press agency piece carried by Diario de León, 26 July 2026, JSON-LD body): the Logroño case summarised from the Guardia Civil account, with earlier Spanish school cases as context; dates a detention to 14 July where the release says investigated.","independence_group":"guardia-civil"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the images were made and uploaded; the release gives no dates.","The AI tools and the pornography website used.","Whether the minor was detained (Europa Press via Diario de León dates a detention to 14 July, the release date, while also calling him investigado) or only investigated (the release, which gives no date for the identification or any event).","What the juvenile prosecutor decided and whether the victims received support.","Whether all copies were removed."],"geography":{"basis":"The investigated minor is from Logroño and the victims are his classmates (Guardia Civil release: un joven de 14 años de Logroño; compañeras de clase). The proceedings went to the juvenile prosecutor (Fiscalía de Menores), which is not a court; no court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case affecting nine minors, documented by an official Guardia Civil release carried by national and regional outlets; single reporting chain, so every claim is recorded as reported. No victim, school or perpetrator is named; the perpetrator is a minor and the event date is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Guardia Civil states that the minor used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise the photographs; the tools are not named and no independent account was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Logroño: the Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old who took photographs of nine underage classmates from their public social-media profiles, used AI tools to strip and sexualise them, and uploaded the fake images to an adult pornography website under a profile describing them as girls from his school made with AI, organised in folders with each girl's personal details; the images reached about 40,000 views before removal (reported 14 July 2026)","summary":"On 14 July 2026 Spain's Interior Ministry published a Guardia Civil release stating that a 14-year-old from Logroño was under investigation as the presumed author of offences of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography. Investigators from the technology investigation team (EDITE) and Equipo@ found that he knew all nine victims, all minors and classmates, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate the images, digitally undress and sexualise them. He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says made the girls recognisable and multiplied the emotional and social harm. Before the content could be removed it had reached about 40,000 views, amplifying the harm to the nine girls' privacy within hours. The proceedings were passed to the juvenile prosecutor under the juvenile criminal responsibility law; the release notes that parents or guardians are jointly liable for moral damages. Diario de León (Europa Press, 26 July) placed the case in a series of Spanish school cases since Almendralejo in 2023 and, unlike the release, described the minor as having been arrested.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-14","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation ('undressing') tools; not named in the Guardia Civil release","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Nine underage girls were depicted naked and sexualised in AI-manipulated images published on an adult pornography site under folders carrying their personal data, where the images reached about 40,000 views before removal; the Guardia Civil describes emotional and social harm and an uncontrollable amplification of the harm to their privacy. Attribution rests on the Guardia Civil release; no victim statement was inspected.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":9,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Nine classmates, all minors, per the Guardia Civil release (nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad). Exact 9. The 40,000 figure is views, not people, and is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/va/detalle/articulo/Investigado-un-menor-por-crear-y-difundir-deepfakes-pornograficos-de-nueve-companeras-de-instituto/","primarySourceLabel":"Ministerio del Interior / Guardia Civil, 14 July 2026: Investigado un menor por crear y difundir deepfakes pornográficos de nueve compañeras de instituto","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-23T03:45:55.439996+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:44.638705+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","spain","la-rioja","logrono","minors","school","non-consensual-images","guardia-civil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-northern-ireland-ai-celebrity-video-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A person has lost £250,000 after falling victim to an AI-generated scam'; 'saw what appeared to be an AI-generated video featuring a well-known personality from the financial sector'; 'persuaded the victim in the Ards and north Down area to create multiple online accounts and gained remote access to their computer'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'a victim lost £250,000 in Ards and North Down'; 'encouraged to borrow money to continue investing'; 'further payments were required before money supposedly held in the investment could be released'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'the victim was encouraged to borrow money to continue investing. Funds were transferred to accounts controlled by the criminals'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A person in the Ards and North Down area lost £250,000 to an investment fraud that began with an apparently AI-generated video of a well-known financial personality, progressed through WhatsApp contact, multiple new online accounts, remote access to the victim's computer and borrowing to invest, and ended with demands for further payments to release the funds.","causal_attribution":"Single PSNI account relayed by three outlets; the AI-generated nature of the video is the police's description ('what appeared to be')."}],"effects":[{"label":"one person lost £250,000 (partly borrowed) to an investment fraud lured by an AI-generated celebrity video","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2zkp8vx9jo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-17 and 2026-09-18 (BBC News NI, Ben Lonsdale, 7 Sep 2026). Reports the PSNI statement and adds that BBC News NI has seen online scams using Martin Lewis, Peter Jones and Steven Bartlett; the PSNI did not confirm the personality.","independence_group":"psni-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/psni-urging-public-to-be-vigilant-after-sophisticated-investment-fraud-victim-looses-250000-IZL253VWX5BOLJN7ZKZ56RUYDY/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 via the MSN content API copy (Irish News, 7 Sep 2026). Carries the full PSNI statement including the Inspector Youle and Superintendent Gibson quotations.","independence_group":"psni-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.farminglife.com/news/crime/warning-after-victim-loses-ps250000-in-ai-investment-scam-in-northern-ireland-8972844","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 via the MSN content API copy (Farming Life, 7 Sep 2026). Same PSNI statement.","independence_group":"psni-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The dates over which the fraud ran are not given.","The impersonated personality and the AI tool are not identified.","No arrest or recovery of funds is reported.","The victim's age and circumstances are not described."],"geography":{"basis":"The PSNI locates the victim in the Ards and North Down area of Northern Ireland (UK, recorded as GB). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a concrete, police-reported consequence: one identified-but-anonymous person lost £250,000 after an AI-generated celebrity video lure. Three outlets read, all relaying one PSNI statement; claim status reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The PSNI says the fraud began with 'what appeared to be an AI-generated video' of a financial personality; no technical confirmation is published. The relation recorded is that the AI artifact depicted and impersonated a public figure to reach the victim; the victim's own dealings were with human fraudsters on WhatsApp.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland: a person lost £250,000 to an investment fraud that began with an AI-generated video of a well-known financial personality","summary":"On 7 September 2026 the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said a person in the Ards and North Down area had lost £250,000 in what it called a 'sophisticated and substantial' investment fraud. The victim first saw what appeared to be an AI-generated online video featuring a well-known personality from the financial sector promoting an investment with significant returns. After investing a small amount the victim was contacted on WhatsApp and encouraged to pay more, persuaded to open multiple online accounts, to allow the fraudsters remote access to a computer 'to assist with the investment', to borrow money to keep investing, and finally to make further payments to 'release' funds supposedly held in the investment. The PSNI did not name the personality; BBC News NI noted that fabricated endorsements of financial experts such as Martin Lewis, Peter Jones and Steven Bartlett circulate online.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-07","aiSystem":"AI-generated video impersonating a well-known financial personality (tool not identified; personality not named by police)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"One person lost £250,000, including borrowed money, to an investment fraud that used an AI-generated video of a financial personality as its lure and progressed through WhatsApp grooming and remote computer access.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The PSNI describes a single victim who lost £250,000. Exact count of one.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2zkp8vx9jo","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News NI, 7 Sep 2026: Victim loses £250k after scammers use AI video of 'well-known' celebrity (PSNI statement)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-18T03:25:09.292712+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:46.91163+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","celebrity-impersonation","investment-fraud","united-kingdom","northern-ireland","psni","financial-loss"]}]}