{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T04:42:31.110Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"police-complaint","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"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-austria-lena-schilling-sexualised-deepfake-websites","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Vor zwei Wochen wurde die EU-Abgeordnete der Grünen darüber informiert, dass derartige Webseiten mit sexualisierten Inhalten von ihr existieren.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Von Schilling wurden rund ein Dutzend Webseiten mit sexualisierten Deepfakes gefunden.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Schilling wurde im Rahmen einer Untersuchung der Berliner Denkfabrik Agora – Digitale Transformation auf die Inhalte hingewiesen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Auf Deepfake-Websites sind 147 EU-Abgeordnete identifiziert worden, darunter auch die österreichische Politikerin Lena Schilling (Grüne).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In mid-September 2026 Schilling was informed, in the course of an Agora Digitale Transformation survey, that websites with AI-generated nude images of her existed; about a dozen websites showed such sexualised deepfakes or linked to them.","causal_attribution":"Her account in the interview and the Greens statement; the study's second wave that found her sites is unpublished."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die EU-Abgeordnete und ihr Team haben die Fälle dokumentiert, gemeldet und bei der österreichischen Polizei angezeigt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'\"Wir haben Anzeige erstattet, die Fälle bei Zara, der Stelle gegen Hass und Gewalt im Netz, gemeldet, den Webseiten direkt geschrieben und die Seiten bei den Suchmaschinen gemeldet.\" Bis alle Seiten offline wurden, dauerte es etwa zehn Tage, erzählt Schilling.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Schilling hat Anzeige erstattet und ihren Fall öffentlich gemacht.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"She and her team documented the cases, filed a complaint with the Austrian police, reported them to ZARA, wrote to the websites and reported the pages to search engines; it took about ten days until all sites were offline.","causal_attribution":"Her account; no police or platform confirmation is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Lena Schilling wurde übel, als sie erstmals KI-generierte Nacktfotos von sich im Internet sah, erzählt sie im Interview.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'\"Fotos von mir wurden auf KI-Plattformen verwendet, um mich gegen meinen Willen auszuziehen\", erklärt Schilling im Gespräch mit dem STANDARD und den Salzburger Nachrichten.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'„Man hat uns gegen unseren Willen ausgezogen. KI verstärkt Gewalt gegen Frauen, und deshalb braucht es politische Entscheidungen, die uns schützen. Das kann nicht die neue Normalität werden“, sagte die EU-Abgeordnete Lena Schilling, die eine der Betroffenen ist.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ihre eigene Betroffenheit mache sie wütend - \"für mich, aber auch für jede junge Frau, die sich fragt, ob sie überhaupt in die Politik gehen will\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"She says she felt sick when she first saw the images and then angry, and that photos of her were used on AI platforms to undress her against her will.","causal_attribution":"Her own statements in the interview and via the Greens statement; both originate with her."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Shultz fand Deepfakes von neun Politikern und 138 Politikerinnen aus 22 Ländern der EU.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Die zweite Untersuchungswelle – in der Webseiten von Schilling gefunden wurden – dauert noch an; Ergebnisse werden in etwa vier Wochen veröffentlicht.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'In einer Aussendung der Grünen sagt Schilling, sie sei „eine von 138 betroffenen weiblichen Abgeordneten“. Das passt nicht ganz. Die veröffentlichte Studie hat nur Abgeordnete der nationalen Parlamente untersucht, das EU-Parlament war nicht dabei.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Die Studie der Agora Digitale Transformation hat 138 weibliche und neun männliche EU-Abgeordnete auf Deepfake-Websites identifiziert.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Agora study's first wave found sexualised deepfakes of 138 female and nine male national parliamentarians from 22 EU countries; Schilling's case comes from a second, ongoing wave covering the European Parliament, so the Greens' description of her as one of the 138 does not fit.","causal_attribution":"Context on the study; the Krone/APA text describes the 147 as EU-Abgeordnete, which Der Standard and Mimikama attribute to national parliaments."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-generated sexualised nude images of her shown on or linked from about a dozen websites; nausea and anger; police complaint and ten days of takedown work","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000341593/sexualisierte-ki-deepfakes-von-138-politikerinnen-gefunden-auch-lena-schilling-betroffen","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-09-30 (Der Standard, 28 September 2026, Gustav Andree; interview conducted jointly with the Salzburger Nachrichten). The plain fetch returned a consent wall with the lede only; the full article was retrieved with a consent cookie (bodies/eu-derstandard-at-story-3000000341593-cookie.html). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"standard-sn-interview"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.krone.at/4313297","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-09-30 (Kronen Zeitung, published 28 September 2026 21:54, updated 29 September); APA-style report of the Greens/EFA statement and Schilling's quotes. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"apa-greens-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.sn.at/politik/weltpolitik/147-abgeordnete-in-eu-opfer-von-sexualisierten-ki-deepfakes-art-675436","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-09-30 (Salzburger Nachrichten, 28 September 2026); same APA report of the Greens statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"apa-greens-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.mimikama.org/lena-schilling-deepfakes/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-09-30 (Mimikama, 29 September 2026); a fact-check write-up relaying Der Standard's interview and the Agora study, cited for its note on the study's scope. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"standard-sn-interview"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.kleinezeitung.at/artikel/41307263/147-abgeordnete-in-eu-opfer-von-sexualisierten-ki-deepfakes","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":"de","translation_note":"Not read beyond the lede: the page is paywalled (788 characters retrieved live on 2026-09-30).","independence_group":"apa-greens-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","work"],"unknowns":["Which websites and which AI tools were involved, where they were operated and who created the images.","When the images were first created or posted; only the date she was informed (about two weeks before 28 September 2026) is given.","Whether the police opened an investigation after her complaint.","Whether the EU-Abgeordnete count in the Krone/APA text (147 'EU-Abgeordnete') refers to national parliamentarians, as Der Standard and Mimikama state."],"geography":{"basis":"Schilling is described as the Austrian Green MEP (Krone: 'die österreichische Politikerin Lena Schilling') and filed her complaint with the Austrian police (Der Standard); where the websites were operated is not stated for her case (the study author says most such sites are registered in America, a general remark), so no event country is recorded. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: AI-generated sexualised images depicted a public figure who describes the harm in her own words (nausea, anger, a police complaint and ten days of takedown work). She is an MEP speaking publicly about her own case and is named as all sources do. One underlying account (hers), given in a joint newspaper interview and in a party statement relayed by APA; the images were not inspected and no tool or site is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Schilling states that photos of her were used on AI platforms to undress her against her will ('Fotos von mir wurden auf KI-Plattformen verwendet, um mich gegen meinen Willen auszuziehen', Der Standard) and the sites were identified by the Agora Digitale Transformation survey of AI-generated sexualised deepfakes of parliamentarians; the study author describes 'gateway' sites linking to nudifier tools. The images were not inspected by the researcher and no tool or site is named. The AI depicted her (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Austria: MEP Lena Schilling learns that about a dozen websites show or link to AI-generated sexualised images of her, files a police complaint and gets the sites taken offline after about ten days","summary":"Der Standard reported on 28 September 2026, from an interview with Lena Schilling (Green MEP, Austria) conducted with the Salzburger Nachrichten, that about two weeks earlier she had been informed, through an ongoing survey by the Berlin think tank Agora Digitale Transformation, that websites with AI-generated nude images of her existed; about a dozen websites showed such deepfakes or linked to them. She says photos of her were used on AI platforms to undress her against her will, that she felt sick on first seeing the images and then angry, and that she and her team documented the cases, filed a complaint with the Austrian police, reported them to the anti-hate body ZARA, wrote to the websites and reported them to search engines; all sites were offline after about ten days. Through a Greens statement relayed by APA (Krone, Salzburger Nachrichten) she said 'Man hat uns gegen unseren Willen ausgezogen' and called for political decisions to protect women. Her case belongs to a second, still ongoing wave of the Agora study, whose first wave found sexualised deepfakes of 138 female and nine male national parliamentarians in 22 EU countries.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"AI image tools ('KI-Plattformen' in Schilling's words to Der Standard; the study author describes the surveyed gateway sites in general as linking to a 'Nudifier-Tool') used by unknown operators to generate sexualised nude images of the MEP from her photos, shown on or linked from about a dozen websites; the tools and sites are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-generated sexualised nude images of the MEP were shown on or linked from about a dozen websites; she reports feeling sick and then angry and had to pursue a police complaint and takedowns over about ten days (her account to Der Standard and the Salzburger Nachrichten; her statement via APA).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Lena Schilling (Der Standard; Krone; Salzburger Nachrichten). The other parliamentarians identified by the Agora study are not part of this case. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"AT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000341593/sexualisierte-ki-deepfakes-von-138-politikerinnen-gefunden-auch-lena-schilling-betroffen","primarySourceLabel":"Der Standard, 28 September 2026: Sexualisierte KI-Deepfakes von 138 Politikerinnen gefunden – auch Lena Schilling betroffen","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:34.967728+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:34.967728+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","sexualised-deepfakes","nudifier","politician","austria","european-parliament","police-complaint","takedown","agora-digitale-transformation"]},{"id":"2025-chiranjeevi-ai-deepfake-porn-videos-hyderabad-cybercrime-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'అక్టోబర్‌ 25న ఇచ్చిన లిఖిత పూర్వక ఫిర్యాదులో, కొందరు వెబ్‌సైట్లు తన రూపంలో కృత్రిమ మేధ (AI) సహాయంతో అసభ్య దృశ్యాలు సృష్టించి వ్యాప్తి చేస్తున్నట్లు తెలిపారు.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ఆర్టిఫిషియల్ ఇంటెలిజెన్స్ (ఏఐ) టెక్నాలజీని ఉపయోగించి, తన ముఖాన్ని మార్ఫింగ్ చేసి అశ్లీల (పోర్న్) వీడియోలను సృష్టిస్తున్నారని ఆయన తన ఫిర్యాదులో పేర్కొన్నారు.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 25 October 2025 the actor and former Union minister Chiranjeevi gave Hyderabad cybercrime police a written complaint that pornographic websites were publishing obscene videos made with AI that morphed his face and likeness.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's account; the videos' creators were not identified in the read sources."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case under Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, Sections 79, 294, 296 and 336(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Sections 2(c), 3 and 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'చిరంజీవి ఫిర్యాదు మేరకు పోలీసులు ఐటీ చట్టంలోని సెక్షన్లు 67, 67ఏ, భారతీయ న్యాయ సంహిత (BNS)లోని సెక్షన్లు 79, 294, 296, 336(4)తో పాటు పలు ఇతర చట్టాల కింద కేసు నమోదు చేశారు.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police registered a case under Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, Sections 79, 294, 296 and 336(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.","causal_attribution":"Police registration of the case as reported; no arrest is reported in the read sources."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In his complaint, Chiranjeevi condemned the videos as “malicious” and said they have caused “severe and irreparable harm” to his reputation. “These fabricated clips distort public perception, undermine decades of goodwill, and inflict personal and emotional distress on me and my family,” he stated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'వీడియోల కొనసాగుతున్న ప్రచారం తన మానసిక ఆరోగ్యానికీ, గౌరవానికీ నష్టం కలిగిస్తోందని పేర్కొన్నారు.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In his complaint he said the videos caused severe and irreparable harm to his reputation and personal and emotional distress to him and his family.","causal_attribution":"His own statement of the effects in the complaint."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ఇలాంటి కంటెంట్‌ ప్రచారం నిరోధించేందుకు ఇప్పటికే హైదరాబాద్‌ సిటీ సివిల్‌ కోర్టు ప్రధాన న్యాయమూర్తి నుంచి తాత్కాలిక నిషేధాజ్ఞ కూడా పొందినట్లు తెలిపారు.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'వాటిని తొలగించాలని సిటీ సివిల్కోర్టును సెప్టెంబరులో ఆశ్రయించారు. దీంతో కోర్టు అదే నెల 26న ఆయా వెబ్సైట్లలో కంటెంట్తొలగించాలని ఆదేశాలు జారీ చేసింది.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Before the police complaint he had obtained an interim injunction from the Hyderabad City Civil Court; V6 Velugu reports that he approached that court in September 2025 over deepfake obscene videos on porn sites and that on 26 September it ordered the content removed from those websites.","causal_attribution":"Court order as reported; the order itself was not inspected. Locator for s5 is quoted with zero-width characters removed."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made obscene videos using his likeness published on pornographic sites; he reported reputational harm and emotional distress to himself and his family","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.telugupost.com/top-stories/chiranjeevi-deepfake-cybercrime-complaint-hyderabad-1595809","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"te","translation_note":"Read live in Telugu on 2026-09-29 (published 27 October 2025); summarises the written complaint. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"chiranjeevi-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ap7am.com/tn/846021/chiranjeevi-lodges-police-complaint-over-deepfake-pornographic-content","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"te","translation_note":"Read live in Telugu on 2026-09-29 (published 27 October 2025); quotes the complaint and the sections registered. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"chiranjeevi-complaint"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/chiranjeevi-files-complaint-over-ai-deepfake-vulgar-videos-on-adult-sites-says-it-distressed-his-family-1.500324422","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-29 (published 28 October 2025); quotes the complaint as reported by ANI.","independence_group":"chiranjeevi-complaint"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.newsx.com/offbeat/chiranjeevi-deepfake-mms-case-actor-approaches-police-over-ai-generated-obscene-videos-276933/","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-29 (published 28 September 2026). A recap of the October 2025 complaints that gives no event dates; its only unique content is the Hyderabad police commissioner's statement. Not used for dates.","independence_group":"chiranjeevi-complaint"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.v6velugu.com/megastar-chiranjeevi-complaint-on-social-media-trolls-against-hyderbad-cyber-crimes-police-station","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"te","translation_note":"Read live in Telugu on 2026-09-29 (29 October 2025); reports a second complaint about abusive posts and recaps the civil suit and the deepfake complaint. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"chiranjeevi-complaint"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made and uploaded the videos, and whether anyone has been arrested.","When the videos first appeared online; V6 Velugu reports a civil suit over them in September 2025, so they circulated by then.","Whether the videos were removed from the websites.","The exact complaint date: Telugupost says the written complaint was given on 25 October 2025; V6 Velugu dates it to 27 October 2025."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaint was filed with Hyderabad cybercrime police in Telangana, India (Telugupost; Gulf News). Before the complaint he had obtained an interim injunction from the Hyderabad City Civil Court, which Telugupost says was aimed at stopping the spread of such content and which V6 Velugu says ordered the content removed from the websites on 26 September 2025. Where the websites are hosted is not stated.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (AI-generated sexual videos depicting a named public figure without consent, with a registered police case). The account rests on his complaint as reported by Telugu and English outlets. No imagery is described beyond the complaint's terms. The lead arrived through a September 2026 recap; the event dates come from October 2025 reporting.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint, as reported, says the videos were made with AI technology that morphed his face into obscene content (Telugupost; ap7am; Gulf News via ANI). No forensic finding is reported and the tool is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Hyderabad, India: actor Chiranjeevi files a cybercrime complaint over AI-generated obscene videos using his face on pornographic websites; police register a case under the IT Act and BNS","summary":"On 25 October 2025 the Telugu actor and former Union minister Konidela Chiranjeevi gave Hyderabad cybercrime police a written complaint that several pornographic websites were publishing obscene videos made with AI that morphed his face and likeness, and asked for a criminal and technical investigation and removal of the content, including from mirror sites. Police registered a case under Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. In the complaint he said the videos caused severe and irreparable harm to his reputation and personal and emotional distress to him and his family. He had already obtained an ad-interim injunction from the Hyderabad City Civil Court protecting his name, image and likeness (Gulf News); V6 Velugu reports that he had gone to that court in September 2025 over the same kind of deepfake videos and that on 26 September it ordered their removal. A September 2026 NewsX recap reports that Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said the cybercrime team was working to trace those responsible.","incidentDate":"2025-10-25","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-10-27","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tools used to morph his face into obscene videos (per his complaint)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-generated obscene videos using his likeness were published on pornographic websites; he reported severe harm to his reputation and emotional distress to himself and his family (his complaint via Telugupost, ap7am and Gulf News/ANI).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, Chiranjeevi (his complaint). His family's reported distress is his statement and is not counted separately. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN-TG","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.telugupost.com/top-stories/chiranjeevi-deepfake-cybercrime-complaint-hyderabad-1595809","primarySourceLabel":"Telugupost, 27 October 2025: డీప్‌ఫేక్‌ అసభ్య వీడియోలపై చిరంజీవి సైబర్‌ క్రైమ్ కు ఫిర్యాదు","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:09.016588+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:59.537311+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","deepfake-pornography","non-consensual-intimate-imagery","tollywood","hyderabad","telangana","india","police-complaint","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}