{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-07T03:09:36.262Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"police-investigation","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":4,"languages":6,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":4,"minors":3,"coreRelations":4,"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-bahia-police-say-teenagers-extorted-girl-with-ai-made-intimate-image-and-recovered-most-of-the-money","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O caso ocorreu no dia 14 de outubro, quando um adolescente de 15 anos passou a enviar mensagens à vítima, alegando possuir imagens íntimas dela e exigindo dinheiro sob ameaça de divulgar o suposto material nas redes sociais.' ... 'Com medo, a menina retirou escondido R$ 8.300 de uma quantia guardada pelo pai e entregou o dinheiro ao suspeito. Em seguida, o adolescente teria exigido mais R$ 10 mil e intensificado as ameaças.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'De acordo com a Polícia Civil, a chantagem começou no dia 14 de outubro, quando um adolescente de 15 anos entrou em contato com a vítima por mensagens.' ... 'Assustada com as ameaças, a criança pegou R$ 8.300 de uma quantia guardada pelo pai e entregou o valor ao suspeito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"From 14 October 2026 a 15-year-old sent the girl messages saying he had intimate images of her and demanding money not to post them on social media; frightened, she secretly took R$8,300 her father kept and handed it over, and he then demanded a further R$10,000.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by the outlets; all sources relay one police release."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Durante a investigação, a Polícia Civil descobriu que a imagem utilizada para ameaçar a menina havia sido produzida com inteligência artificial, simulando um conteúdo íntimo da vítima.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As investigações foram conduzidas pelo Núcleo da Criança e do Adolescente (NCA). Durante a apuração, os policiais descobriram que a imagem usada para ameaçar a vítima havia sido produzida com o uso de inteligência artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'As investigações apontaram que a imagem utilizada nas ameaças foi gerada Inteligência Artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Civil Police investigation found that the image used to threaten the girl had been produced with artificial intelligence, simulating intimate content of her.","causal_attribution":"Investigating police's attribution of AI generation; technical basis and tool not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ainda segundo a polícia, foram recuperados R$ 6.300 dos R$ 8.300 entregues pela vítima. Também foi localizada uma bicicleta elétrica avaliada em R$ 1.300, comprada pela internet com o dinheiro extorquido no crime.' ... 'A ação foi realizada na sexta-feira (23), em Vitória da Conquista, quando os quatro adolescentes foram identificados por possível participação no ato infracional.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'O valor recuperado foi devolvido ao pai da vítima.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 23 October police identified four adolescents aged 14 to 16 as possible participants, recovered R$6,300 of the R$8,300 and an electric bicycle worth about R$1,300 bought with part of the money, and returned the money to its owner.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the action."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Polícia Civil instaurou o auto de apuração de ato infracional e encaminhou o procedimento à Vara da Infância e da Juventude para as providências legais cabíveis.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Civil Police opened a juvenile offence procedure and sent it to the Childhood and Youth Court.","causal_attribution":"Procedural step reported by the police."}],"effects":[{"label":"girl threatened with an AI-made fake intimate image handed over money in fear and was pressed for more","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/noticia/2026/10/27/menina-e-ameacada-e-extorquida-por-adolescentes-na-bahia.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. g1 Bahia / TV Bahia report, read in full; it relays the Bahia Civil Police and carries Ascom-PCBA release photos.","independence_group":"bahia-civil-police-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://atarde.com.br/policia/menina-de-12-anos-e-extorquida-e-paga-mais-de-r-8-mil-apos-ameaca-com-foto-de-ia-1407370","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. A Tarde report, read in full; it relays the same Civil Police release (release photo credited Divulgação Polícia Civil).","independence_group":"bahia-civil-police-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.sudoestebahia.com/noticias/vitoria-da-conquista/policia-recupera-r-6-3-mil-apos-menina-ser-extorquida-com-imagem-criada-por-ia-em-vitoria-da-conquista/imprimir/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Sudoeste Bahia report (print view), read in full; it relays the same Civil Police release and names the investigating unit.","independence_group":"bahia-civil-police-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which tool produced the image and how police established that it was AI-made.","Whether the image was shared with anyone beyond the threats sent to the girl.","What role each of the four adolescents had, and what measures the court will order."],"geography":{"basis":"The girl and the suspects are in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, where the police acted; the police sent the procedure to the Childhood and Youth Court there, so Brazil is recorded as the court country.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating Bahia Civil Police say the image used to threaten a 12-year-old girl was produced with artificial intelligence to simulate intimate content of her, and she handed over R$8,300 under the threats. The police's technical basis is not disclosed. All three sources relay one police release. No private name, school or neighbourhood appears in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"According to the Bahia Civil Police, whose release g1 Bahia, A Tarde and Sudoeste Bahia relay, the police investigation found that the image used to threaten the girl had been produced with artificial intelligence, simulating intimate content of her. This is an attribution of this incident by the investigating police; its technical basis is not disclosed. The AI-made image depicted the girl and was the instrument of the threats under which she paid (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bahia police say four teenagers extorted a girl with an intimate image made with AI; she paid R$8,300 and police recovered R$6,300","summary":"A 12-year-old girl in Vitória da Conquista, in the south-west of Bahia, Brazil, was threatened from 14 October 2026 by a 15-year-old who said he had intimate images of her and demanded money not to post them on social media. Frightened, she secretly took R$8,300 from money her father kept and handed it over; the suspect then demanded a further R$10,000. According to the Bahia Civil Police, its investigation found that the image used in the threats had been produced with artificial intelligence to simulate intimate content of the girl. On 23 October police identified the 15-year-old and three other adolescents aged 14 to 16 as suspects, recovered R$6,300 and an electric bicycle bought with part of the money, and returned the money to her father. The police opened a juvenile offence procedure and sent it to the Childhood and Youth Court. How police established that the image was AI-made is not disclosed.","incidentDate":"2026-10-14","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-27","aiSystem":"An AI tool, not named, that the Bahia Civil Police say was used to produce a fake intimate image of the girl, which was used to threaten her","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say a 12-year-old girl was threatened with an AI-made fake intimate image of her and, frightened, handed over R$8,300 of her father's money; R$6,300 was recovered.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One girl, the person depicted in the AI-made image and threatened. Her father, whose money was taken, is not counted separately: the sources report no adverse consequence for him beyond the loss of the money, which was largely returned to him.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/noticia/2026/10/27/menina-e-ameacada-e-extorquida-por-adolescentes-na-bahia.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"g1 Bahia / TV Bahia, 27 Oct 2026: girl, 12, threatened and extorted by teenagers with AI-generated intimate images (Portuguese)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-28T03:06:05.881241+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:06:05.881241+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-intimate-image","sextortion","minor","police-investigation","brazil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-vietnam-police-say-food-company-director-used-chatgpt-to-design-fake-lang-son-specialty-labels-buyers-received-bones","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Hộp in nhãn mác khâu nhục nhưng bên trong là… xương chân giò và bì lợn.' 'lại là 2 cục xương chân giò và miếng bì lợn ngâm trong thứ nước nhờ nhờ' 'nhà cung cấp nhắn mở hộp rồi không được trả lại' 'hàng loạt khách hàng đặt món đặc sản khâu nhục Lạng Sơn trên mạng'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Buyers who ordered khau nhuc sold online as a That Khe (Lang Son) specialty received boxes containing pork-trotter bones and pig skin; a buyer who ordered four boxes found two trotter bones and a piece of skin, and the seller told him opened boxes could not be returned.","causal_attribution":"Buyer account and the newspaper's own reporting in one outlet."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'một giám đốc đã dùng ChatGPT thiết kế nhãn mác, dán lên sản phẩm tự chế biến rồi bán ra thị trường qua Facebook.' 'dùng ChatGPT để thiết kế nhãn, mác \"Khâu nhục Thất Khê Lạng Sơn\" và đặt nhãn mác trên mạng, rồi thay chúng vào các sản phẩm trước đó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'đã dùng ChatGPT để thiết kế nhãn, mác sản phẩm \"Khâu nhục Thất Khê Lạng Sơn\", in ra rồi thay nhãn mác vào các sản phẩm đã sản xuất trước đó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to police verification relayed by the Lang Son market-management agency, the director of a Hanoi food company used ChatGPT to design labels reading 'Khau nhuc That Khe Lang Son', printed them and put them on canned pork the company had already produced.","causal_attribution":"The authorities' account relayed by two outlets from one official report; the director is not quoted."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Sơ bộ, khoảng 150 sản phẩm được bán khi đổi thành nhãn mác \"Khâu nhục Thất Khê Lạng Sơn\". Khi nhận hàng, nhiều khách đòi trả lại' 'Hiện Công an TP Hà Nội đã lập hồ sơ vụ việc để tiếp tục làm rõ hành vi vi phạm.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'đã nhận được nhiều đơn hàng với tổng cộng 150 sản phẩm.' 'rất nhiều khách phản hồi không tốt và trả lại.' 'Công an TP.Hà Nội đã lập hồ sơ vụ việc để tiếp tục làm rõ vi phạm của những người liên quan.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authorities say about 150 relabelled boxes were sold, many buyers asked to return them, the director stopped production and destroyed the remaining stock on 2 October 2026, and Hanoi police opened a case file.","causal_attribution":"The authorities' account relayed by two outlets from one official report."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'khẳng định Lạng Sơn không có cơ sở sản xuất, chế biến, kinh doanh khâu nhục đóng hộp mang tên \"Bát Khâu Nhục Lạng Sơn\" như mạng xã hội đã thông tin thời gian qua.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'có hành trình gửi hàng từ khu vực Hà Nội, không phải từ Lạng Sơn.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Lang Son market-management agency says no facility in Lang Son produces the boxed product sold under that name and that the reported shipments came from Hanoi.","causal_attribution":"Regulator's finding relayed by two outlets."}],"effects":[{"label":"buyers paid for a regional specialty and received bones and skin (buyer account and authorities)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"about 150 relabelled boxes sold and many returns sought (authorities)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://tuoitre.vn/cong-an-vao-cuoc-vu-dung-chatgpt-gan-mac-dac-san-that-khe-cho-khau-nhuc-tu-che-bien-100261026095430742.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read in Vietnamese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Tuoi Tre relays the Lang Son market-management agency report, which cites Lang Son police.","independence_group":"lang-son-market-management-and-police-findings-2026-10-26"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://thanhnien.vn/vu-mua-khau-nhuc-nhan-cuc-xuong-giam-doc-len-mang-hoc-cong-thuc-dung-chatgpt-thay-mac-185261026113001909.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read in Vietnamese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Thanh Nien relays the same market-management and police findings.","independence_group":"lang-son-market-management-and-police-findings-2026-10-26"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://tuoitre.vn/mua-dac-san-khau-nhuc-lang-son-nhan-ve-cuc-xuong-mong-gio-100261018161226892.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read in Vietnamese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Tuoi Tre report based on interviews with a buyer, a former employee and local officials.","independence_group":"tuoi-tre-buyer-reporting-2026-10-18"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","finance"],"unknowns":["What the director asked ChatGPT to produce and which label wording it generated.","How many buyers were harmed, the prices they paid and whether any were refunded.","Whether the interviewed buyer's box carried the ChatGPT-designed label.","The outcome of the Hanoi police case file."],"geography":{"basis":"The authorities say the company and its workshop are in Hanoi and the boxes were sold online and shipped from Hanoi; Lang Son and Hanoi police investigated, so the event country is Vietnam. One buyer lives in Hung Yen province, but the countries of the other buyers are not stated, so affected-person countries are left empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["VN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): the Lang Son market-management agency, citing police verification, says a food-company director used ChatGPT to design labels that presented the company's canned pork as a That Khe (Lang Son) specialty; about 150 relabelled boxes were sold, many buyers asked for returns, and a buyer describes receiving bones and being refused a return. The claims are the authorities' and a buyer's as reported; no person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Lang Son market-management agency, citing verification by Lang Son police and as relayed by Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien, says the director used ChatGPT to design the labels reading 'Khau nhuc That Khe Lang Son' that were printed and put on the company's canned pork. Those labels presented the product to buyers as a That Khe (Lang Son) specialty, and the authorities link about 150 sales and many return requests to the relabelled boxes. Police found that after the relabelling the company received orders for about 150 boxes (Thanh Nien), so the AI-designed label is product information presented to the buyers (communicated_with); the sources do not say whether each buyer saw the label before ordering. The sources do not say what ChatGPT was asked to produce or which label text it generated, and the director is not quoted.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Vietnam: police say a food-company director used ChatGPT to design labels passing canned pork off as a Lang Son specialty; buyers say they received bones","summary":"Tuoi Tre reported on 18 October 2026 that buyers in Vietnam who ordered boxes of khau nhuc (braised pork belly), sold online as a specialty of That Khe in Lang Son province, found pork-trotter bones and pig skin. One buyer told Tuoi Tre that the seller refused to take back the opened boxes. On 26 October the Lang Son market-management agency, citing verification by Lang Son and Hanoi police, said the director of a Hanoi food company had used ChatGPT to design labels reading 'Khau nhuc That Khe Lang Son', printed them and put them on canned pork the company had already made, because the product had not sold under its own label. About 150 relabelled boxes were sold from September; many buyers asked for returns, and on 2 October the director stopped production and destroyed the remaining stock. Hanoi police opened a case file. The director is not named here.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-10-02","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-18","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, which according to police verification relayed by the Lang Son market-management agency the director used to design the product labels","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the authorities and a buyer interviewed by Tuoi Tre, buyers paid for boxes sold as a Lang Son specialty under labels designed with ChatGPT and received pork-trotter bones and skin; about 150 boxes were sold, many buyers sought returns, and one buyer was refused a return.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The authorities say about 150 relabelled boxes were sold and many buyers asked to return them, and one buyer is described individually. Boxes sold are not people, and no count of harmed buyers is given, so the count is unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"VN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://tuoitre.vn/cong-an-vao-cuoc-vu-dung-chatgpt-gan-mac-dac-san-that-khe-cho-khau-nhuc-tu-che-bien-100261026095430742.htm","primarySourceLabel":"Tuoi Tre, 26 Oct 2026: police investigate ChatGPT-made That Khe specialty labels on self-made khau nhuc (Vietnamese)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:07:13.751775+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:07:13.751775+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","ai-designed-label","food-mislabelling","online-sales","consumer-complaint","police-investigation","vietnam"]},{"id":"2026-seremban-malaysia-police-investigate-reports-of-schoolgirls-photos-edited-with-ai-into-explicit-images","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Polis menerima lima laporan berhubung penyebaran gambar wajah pelajar perempuan di sebuah sekolah menengah di sini yang disunting menggunakan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) sehingga menyerupai gambar lucah.' ... 'pihaknya menerima laporan membabitkan mangsa yang berusia 14 hingga 17 tahun itu daripada ibu bapa dan penjaga pada 20 hingga 23 Ogos lepas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Police have received five reports over the circulation of AI-manipulated images depicting female students from a secondary school here in explicit or pornographic content.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'yang dimanipulasi menggunakan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) sehingga menyerupai gambar lucah.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'A Form Five student in Seremban is a suspect in a case involving the circulation of AI-manipulated explicit or pornographic images of schoolgirls from a secondary school, police said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Negeri Sembilan police said on 17 October 2026 that they had received five reports, lodged by parents or guardians between 20 and 23 August 2026, over the circulation of photographs of female students at a secondary school in Seremban that were edited using AI technology to resemble pornographic images; the victims are aged 14 to 17.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as relayed by Bernama, RTM and Free Malaysia Today (which credits Bernama); the AI description opens the reports and is not inside the quoted passages; technical basis undisclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In this case, the suspect, a Form Five student, has been subjected to disciplinary action by the school, including suspension from classes from Aug 24 to 28.' ... 'The investigation is being conducted under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and Section 292 of the Penal Code.' ... 'To date, five witnesses have been called to have their statements recorded,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'suspek seorang pelajar tingkatan lima dikenakan tindakan disiplin oleh pihak sekolah, iaitu digantung sekolah bermula pada 24 hingga 28 Ogos lepas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the suspect is a Form Five student whom the school suspended from classes from 24 to 28 August 2026; the case is investigated under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and Section 292 of the Penal Code, and five witnesses have given statements.","causal_attribution":"Police statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the incident came to light on Aug 12,' ... 'discovered an unlocked mobile phone left unattended in the school surau.' ... 'Upon accessing the device, the student uncovered a cache of explicit photographs of female schoolmates that had been digitally altered using AI.' ... 'The boy then forwarded several of these images to his older sister,' ... 'which quickly alerted parents to the situation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'在校内祈祷室发现一部未设密码的手机，内有多名女学生的照片，疑被AI加工成裸照。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"According to a lawyer for a group of parents, the matter came to light on 12 August when a younger pupil found an unlocked phone left in the school prayer room containing explicit photographs of female schoolmates digitally altered using AI, and forwarded some to his older sister, which alerted parents.","causal_attribution":"The parents' lawyer's account at a press conference, reported by The Star and by Sin Chew (relayed by 8world); in the Chinese report the lawyer says the photos were suspected of being processed by AI."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the student reportedly produced around 200 explicit deepfake images targeting a large number of female students at the school.' ... 'there had been no developments even after five police reports were lodged in August.' ... 'an investigating officer claimed there were no criminal elements involved, suggesting the matter be left entirely to education authorities,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The lawyer alleged that the student produced around 200 explicit deepfake images targeting a large number of female students, and said there had been no developments after the August reports and that an investigating officer had claimed there were no criminal elements.","causal_attribution":"Allegation by the parents' lawyer; the police statement of the same day describes an active investigation."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He claimed that this quick return has triggered widespread anxiety and safety concerns among the female students.' ... 'A mother of one of the victims, whose doctored explicit photographs were found on the suspect's phone, expressed the parents' frustration during the press conference.' ... 'We only want an assurance that the boy has completely deleted all the images and did not share or sell them on other platforms,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The lawyer said the student's quick return to school triggered widespread anxiety and safety concerns among the female students; a mother of one girl whose doctored photographs were found on the phone said parents wanted an assurance that the images had been deleted and not shared or sold.","causal_attribution":"The lawyer's and a parent's statements."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'校方于9月15日的会议中承认，受影响女学生超过300人，相关影像逾200张。' ... '他也质疑照片是否已通过Telegram等平台扩散甚至出售，但目前尚无直接证据证实涉及交易。' ... '已向芙蓉警区主任、森州总警长、通讯及多媒体委员会和教育部门提出投诉'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The parents' lawyer said the school acknowledged at a meeting on 15 September 2026 that more than 300 female students were affected and more than 200 images were involved; he questioned whether the photos had spread or been sold on platforms such as Telegram, but said there was as yet no direct evidence of a sale. The parents have complained to the police, the communications regulator and the education authorities.","causal_attribution":"The lawyer's account of what the school said at a meeting; the school's own statement was not read and the police speak only of five reports."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'一名受害学生的母亲透露，孩子至今每晚难以入眠，甚至哭问“妈妈，为什么没人帮我？”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"A mother of one of the girls said her child still has trouble sleeping every night and has asked why nobody is helping her.","causal_attribution":"A parent's statement at the press conference."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'have alleged that police breached SOPs by making them face the suspect during identification.' ... 'the decision left the victims worried that the suspect might retaliate against them.' ... 'The statement follows the questioning of the victims, their parents and several witnesses at the Seremban police headquarters yesterday.' ... 'some of the images in question were found on another mobile phone, in addition to the phone initially discovered in the school’s prayer room.' ... 'had received complaints from underage witnesses who alleged that officers questioned them aggressively'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"In a statement on 18 October 2026, the law firm representing the girls said that when the girls, their parents and witnesses were questioned at the Seremban police headquarters on 17 October, police made the girls face the suspect during identification, contrary to procedure, leaving them worried that he might retaliate; the firm also said some of the images were found on a second phone and that underage witnesses complained of aggressive questioning.","causal_attribution":"Allegations in the girls' lawyers' statement; no police response to them is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"female students' photographs edited with AI into explicit images","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"reported anxiety and safety concerns among the female students","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a girl's reported sleeplessness since the images were found","claim_id":"c7","direction":"negative"},{"label":"girls' reported fear of retaliation after facing the suspect at the police station","claim_id":"c8","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bernama.com/tv/news.php?id=2621843","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-18 (HTTP 200). Bernama TV report of the Negeri Sembilan police chief's statement, 17 October 2026.","independence_group":"negeri-sembilan-police-statement-17-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bernama.com/bm/news.php?id=2621837","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-10-18 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are kept in Malay and the English sense was rendered by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Bernama's Malay report of the same police statement.","independence_group":"negeri-sembilan-police-statement-17-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://berita.rtm.gov.my/kes/senarai-berita-kes/senarai-artikel/polis-siasat-kes-gambar-lucah-janaan-ai/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read in Malay on 2026-10-18 (HTTP 200); English sense rendered by the research agent (an AI). RTM report of the same police statement; the page's 'RINGKASAN BERITA AI' box is a site summary feature, not part of the report, and is not cited.","independence_group":"negeri-sembilan-police-statement-17-oct-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/17/parents-urge-police-action-over-alleged-explicit-deepfakes-at-seremban-school","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-18 (HTTP 200). The Star report of a press conference by a lawyer for a group of parents, attended by some parents, 17 October 2026.","independence_group":"seremban-parents-lawyers"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/17/form-5-student-a-suspect-over-ai-porn-images-of-schoolgirls","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-19 (HTTP 200); no translation. Free Malaysia Today relays the Bernama report of the police chief's 17 October statement and credits Bernama.","independence_group":"negeri-sembilan-police-statement-17-oct-2026"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.8world.com/southeast-asia/ai-nude-photos-300-students-affected-3312531","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-19 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are kept in Chinese and the English sense was rendered by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. 8world relays Sin Chew's report of the parents' lawyer's press conference of 17 October 2026. The page's English 'In Brief' box is a site summary that the page labels as AI-assisted and is not cited.","independence_group":"seremban-parents-lawyers"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/18/student-victims-in-deepfake-case-shouldn-t-have-faced-suspect-police-told","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-19 (HTTP 200); no translation. Free Malaysia Today report of a written statement issued on 18 October 2026 by the law firm representing the girls, with background from the police statement.","independence_group":"seremban-parents-lawyers"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the police established that the photographs were edited with AI.","How many girls are depicted: the police speak of five reports, the lawyer cites the school as acknowledging more than 300 affected girls and more than 200 images, and The Star reports the lawyer's figure of about 200 images.","Whether the images were shared or sold beyond the phones on which they were found; the lawyer says there is no direct evidence of a sale.","Whether the police or the school have responded to the lawyers' complaints about the identification procedure and the handling of the case.","Whether the suspect will be charged."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: a secondary school in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, investigated by the Negeri Sembilan police (Bernama, RTM, The Star). The girls attend that school. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["MY"],"affected_person_countries":["MY"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating Negeri Sembilan police describe the reports as concerning female students' photographs edited with AI into pornographic-looking images and are investigating under child sexual offences law, and a parent says her daughter's doctored photographs were found on the suspect's phone. The police do not disclose how the AI editing was established. Updated on 2026-10-19 with the parents' lawyers' later accounts, which remain allegations. No pupil is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Negeri Sembilan police, in their 17 October 2026 statement as reported by Bernama (English and Malay) and RTM, describe the case as the circulation of female students' photographs edited using artificial intelligence technology to resemble pornographic images, and are investigating it under child sexual offences law; the parents' lawyer separately says the photographs found on the suspect's phone had been digitally altered using AI. The edited images depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated) and are the reported harm. The police do not disclose how the AI editing was established, the quoted parts of their statement do not repeat the AI wording, and no tool is named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Seremban, Malaysia: police investigate reports that schoolgirls' photos were edited with AI into explicit images; a fellow student is the suspect","summary":"Negeri Sembilan police said on 17 October 2026, in a statement reported by Bernama and RTM, that they had received five reports, lodged by parents or guardians between 20 and 23 August 2026, over the circulation of photographs of female students at a secondary school in Seremban that were edited using AI to resemble pornographic images. The police describe the victims as aged 14 to 17 and the suspect as an upper-secondary student whom the school suspended for five days in August; the case is being investigated under child sexual offences law and the Penal Code. A lawyer for a group of parents told a press conference that the images came to light on 12 August, when a younger pupil found them on an unlocked phone at school, alleged that the student made about 200 such images, and said the school had acknowledged more than 300 affected girls at a September meeting; he said there is no direct evidence that the images were sold. A mother said her child still has trouble sleeping every night. After the girls were questioned at the police headquarters on 17 October, their lawyers alleged that police had made them face the suspect during identification. The AI tool is not identified.","incidentDate":"2026-08-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-17","aiSystem":"AI technology used to edit photographs of the students into pornographic-looking images, according to the police statement (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the police, photographs of female secondary students aged 14 to 17 were edited with AI into images resembling pornography, leading parents to lodge five police reports; the parents' lawyer says the girls have felt widespread anxiety and safety concerns since the suspect returned to school, and a mother says her child still has trouble sleeping every night.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one girl: a mother told The Star that her daughter's doctored explicit photographs were found on the suspect's phone. The police speak of victims aged 14 to 17 across five reports without stating how many girls are depicted. The lawyer's statement that the school acknowledged more than 300 affected girls is his second-hand account of a school meeting and does not say how the school counted, so it is not used as a minimum; the remainder is unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"MY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bernama.com/tv/news.php?id=2621843","primarySourceLabel":"Bernama, 17 October 2026: Police receive five reports over AI-manipulated explicit images of schoolgirls","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-18T03:04:59.119471+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T03:05:16.245699+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-edited-images","sexual-images-of-minors","school","malaysia","police-investigation","school-suspension","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-jakarta-timur-smp-student-ai-edited-classmates-photos-stickers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Beberapa siswi di sebuah SMP negeri di Jakarta Timur dilecehkan dalam bentuk penyalahgunaan foto yang diedit menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI).'; 'Foto tersebut kemudian juga dijadikan sticker WhatsApp oleh pelaku.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Polres Metro Jakarta Timur mengusut kasus dugaan pelecehan seksual seorang siswa di salah satu SMP Negeri di Jakarta Timur lewat penyalahgunaan foto yang disunting oleh kecerdasan buatan'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Seorang siswa kelas 9 di salah satu SMP Negeri di Pulogadung, Jakarta Timur (Jaktim) mengedit foto rekan-rekan menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI) hingga bermuatan vulgar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Tak hanya diedit, foto tersebut juga disebut sempat diedarkan dalam bentuk stiker.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed on 23 September 2026 that a student at a state junior high school in East Jakarta had edited photographs of several female schoolmates with AI so that they appeared indecent and that the images were made into WhatsApp stickers; detik and VIVA (24 September) describe him as a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's confirmation, relayed by all outlets (one chain); the tool and method are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Foto-foto tersebut diperjualbelikan hingga sekitar 200 lembar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Unggahan tersebut juga menyebutkan pelaku diduga memperjualbelikan foto-foto yang telah diedit kepada pihak lain dengan jumlah mencapai sekitar 200 foto.'; 'Polisi saat ini masih mendalami rangkaian kejadian tersebut mulai dari kronologi lengkap, termasuk mekanisme penyuntingan foto, pihak yang menerima atau menyebarkan hasil suntingan foto dan jumlah korban.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'informasi mengenai dugaan jual beli foto tersebut masih berasal dari unggahan yang beredar di media sosial.'; 'Jumlah foto yang diduga telah diedit juga mencapai sekitar 200 foto berdasarkan informasi yang beredar di media sosial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jumlahnya disebut mencapai ratusan foto.'; 'Polisi masih menelusuri informasi mengenai dugaan pengeditan tersebut, termasuk narasi yang menyebut foto hasil manipulasi itu sempat dijual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"A Threads post that brought the case to attention said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the sale claim, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students.","causal_attribution":"Social-media post attributed by the outlets; police treat the figure and the sale as unverified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Iya betul (informasi tersebut), namun saat ini belum ada laporan dari para korban'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'kepolisian masih memastikan apakah para siswi yang diduga menjadi korban pengeditan foto tersebut telah membuat laporan atau belum.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Polisi belum membeberkan identitas rinci siswa maupun para korban karena masih dalam tahap pengumpulan keterangan saksi.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"As of 24 September 2026 the depicted students had not filed a police report; police appealed to them to report and said they were checking whether any report had been made.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's statements."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan orang tua korban, dugaan penganiayaan terjadi pada Selasa (15/9) hingga Rabu (16/9) 2026 sekitar pukul 11.00 WIB atau setelah korban pulang sekolah.'; 'Setelah di rumah kosong korban dipukul bagian hidung, telinga, kepala, dan dada korban ditendang oleh beberapa pelaku (lidik).'; 'Kemudian setiba di waduk korban dipukul bagian kepala, digampar di bagian telinga kanan dan kiri, kemudian bagian perut korban beberapa kali ditendang'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan polisi, sejumlah siswi yang mengetahui hal tersebut kemudian tidak terima dan memukuli siswa yang diduga mengedit foto tersebut.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Laporan itu dibuat oleh pelaku yang mengedit foto-foto itu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pihak sekolah juga telah melakukan mediasi dengan orangtua siswa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September 2026 several people took the student who made the images to an empty house on Jalan Tiner and then to the Ria Rio reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; he filed an assault report, police are handling it alongside the image case and plan mediation, and the school has mediated with the parents. Police attribute the assault to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA 24 September; detik and VIVA quoting the spokesperson), while Kompas.com (23 September) quotes the spokesperson as saying the depicted students beat him.","causal_attribution":"Parents' report as relayed by the police spokesperson; the alleged assailants were still being identified."}],"effects":[{"label":"several female junior-high students' photographs were edited with AI into indecent images and circulated as WhatsApp stickers, with a social-media claim that about 200 were sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the student who made the images was beaten on two days and threatened with a bladed weapon by schoolmates angry at the images, according to his parents' report relayed by police","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 15:47 WIB; html lang=id). Indonesian; passages quoted in the original and paraphrased in English by the reviewer.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/20403251/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-yang-edit-foto-siswi-pakai-ai-malah-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 20:40 WIB; html lang=id). Reports the assault complaint, the police account that the depicted students' friends beat the student, and the education office's statement on school mediation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/24/06285861/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-edit-foto-siswi-jadi-tak-senonoh-pakai-ai-dijual-dan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 24 September 2026 06:28 WIB; html lang=id). Notes that the sale allegation still rests on the social-media post.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5754759/polisi-usut-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-di-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 23 September 2026 16:46 WIB; html lang=id). Agency report from the Pulogadung police station briefing.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5757344/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dianiaya-usai-edit-foto-temannya-pakai-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 24 September 2026 21:09 WIB; html lang=id). Details of the assault complaint as relayed by the police spokesperson from the parents' account.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8677002/foto-siswi-smp-di-jaktim-diedit-ai-jadi-vulgar-dan-stiker-polisi-selidiki","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (detik.com, 24 September 2026 12:34 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Spokesperson quoted by telephone; states no report yet from the depicted students.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.viva.co.id/berita/metro/1930788-edit-foto-teman-pakai-ai-jadi-vulgar-siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dipukuli-lalu-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (VIVA, 24 September 2026 12:38 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Same telephone remarks; 'hundreds of photographs' and sticker circulation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://mediaindonesia.com/megapolitan/936703/polisi-selidiki-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-smp-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Media Indonesia, 23 September 2026; html lang=id). Relays the briefing; notes police have not disclosed identities.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use","own_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were edited and how many students were depicted; police say the chronology, the editing tool and the number of depicted students are still being established (the 15-16 September dates are the assault dates).","Whether any images were actually sold, to whom, and how widely the stickers circulated; the sale figure comes from a social-media post.","The injuries suffered by the student who was beaten; the reports describe the blows but not injuries or treatment.","Whether the depicted students have since filed a report, and whether any charge, diversion or school sanction has followed.","Which police unit holds the image case: three Kompas items quote 'Polres Metro Jaksel' while the first Kompas item, ANTARA and Media Indonesia say Polres Metro Jakarta Timur.","Who carried out the beating: the depicted students (Kompas.com, 23 September, quoting the spokesperson: 'korbannya banyak, (korban) kesel, akhirnya dipukullah') or their friends (ANTARA, 24 September: 'teman-teman para korban')."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is a state junior high school in East Jakarta (Kompas.com, ANTARA, Media Indonesia), in Pulogadung according to detik and VIVA; the assault locations are in Kayu Putih, Pulogadung (ANTARA); the depicted students are schoolmates there. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case involving minors: AI-edited indecent images of several junior-high students circulated as stickers, confirmed by the East Jakarta police spokesperson and reported by five Indonesian outlets that relay the same briefing (one chain; the sale figure is a social-media claim police call unverified), with the reported beating of the student who made the images recorded as a consequence. Claims are recorded as reported. No student, school or social-media account is named; the image content is not described beyond indecent.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed that the photographs were edited using artificial intelligence and made into stickers; the tool is not identified and police say the editing method is still being established. All outlets relay the police statements.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"East Jakarta: police confirm a grade-9 student at a state junior high school edited several female schoolmates' photographs with AI into indecent images that circulated as WhatsApp stickers; a social-media post said about 200 images were sold; the student was later beaten by schoolmates angry at the images (police statements differ on whether the depicted students or their friends did so) and both matters are under police investigation (Kompas, ANTARA, detik, VIVA, Media Indonesia, 23-24 September 2026)","summary":"On 23 September 2026 the spokesperson of the East Jakarta metropolitan police (Polres Metro Jakarta Timur) confirmed to reporters that a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, had edited photographs of several female schoolmates using artificial intelligence so that they appeared indecent, and that the edited images had been made into WhatsApp stickers; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating. The case surfaced through a post on Threads which said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the claim that the images had been sold, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students. As of 24 September the depicted students had not filed a report (detik and VIVA date the spokesperson's telephone remarks 'Kamis (22/9/2026)', a date that is internally inconsistent) and police appealed to them to do so. According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September several people took the student who made the images to an empty house and then to a reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; police attribute the beating to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA, detik, VIVA), while Kompas.com's 23 September report quotes the same spokesperson as saying the depicted students themselves beat him; he filed an assault report, which police are handling alongside the image case, and the school has held mediation with the students' parents. No student or school is named in the reports.","incidentDate":"2026-09-15","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-23","aiSystem":"AI image-editing tool used to alter photographs into indecent images; not identified in the police statements or the reports","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Several female junior-high students had their photographs edited with AI into indecent images that were made into WhatsApp stickers and, according to a social-media post relayed by the outlets, sold; police confirm the editing and the stickers and are investigating it as alleged sexual harassment ('dugaan pelecehan seksual') through the women-and-children protection unit. The student who made the images was, according to his parents' report relayed by police, beaten on two days by schoolmates angry at the images (the depicted students per Kompas.com, their friends per ANTARA, detik and VIVA) (punched and kicked on the head, chest and stomach and threatened with a bladed weapon); the injuries are not described. Both harms are reported through the police spokesperson.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Counted: the grade-9 student who made the images, reported by police to have been beaten on 15 and 16 September (one person). Not counted: the depicted female students, described as 'beberapa siswi' (several) and 'sejumlah siswi' by police and the outlets; police say the number of depicted students is still being established, and the 'about 200' figure refers to photographs in a social-media post, not to people. Status partial: one counted person plus an unquantified number of depicted students. He is counted as a participant user because he used the AI tool; his reported harm followed from that use.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","primarySourceLabel":"Kompas.com, 23 September 2026: Siswa SMP di Jaktim Diduga Edit Foto Sejumlah Siswi dengan AI Jadi Konten Dewasa","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-25T03:54:25.193666+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:41.38713+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minors","school","indonesia","jakarta","whatsapp-stickers","assault","police-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}