{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-01T09:22:46.137Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"publishing","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":1,"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":"2025-pennsylvania-man-sentenced-after-court-documents-say-he-made-ai-deepfake-nude-images-of-teenage-neighbor","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'was sentenced to state prison Wednesday'; 'pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in connection with nearly 700 pictures and videos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'At an Oct. 14 court appearance, Bucks County Common Pleas Judge'; 'had pleaded guilty earlier this year to three felony child-porn related charges and two misdemeanor theft-related charges'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, judge sentenced the man to state prison on 14 October 2026 after guilty pleas to child sexual abuse material and theft charges.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome reported by two reporters from separate newsrooms."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A forensic download of his electronic devices found AI-generated deepfake nude images of a “known” teenage girl.'; 'The girl's face was placed on the bodies of naked females'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Court documents say a forensic download of his electronic devices found AI-generated deepfake nude images of a teenage girl he knew, made by placing her face on the bodies of other people.","causal_attribution":"Court documents as reported. The AI tool's output is the sexual depiction of the girl."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used artificial intelligence to create graphic, deepfake pornographic images of his underage neighbor'; 'detectives found the deepfake images he made of his teenage neighbor'; 'a teenage girl he had known for years'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors said that detectives investigating his phone found deepfake images he had made of his teenage neighbor, a girl he had known for years, using artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The prosecution's account at sentencing, as reported by the Inquirer."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was recorded on a nanny cam going into the girl’s home while she and her parents were on vacation, and stealing a pair of her underwear'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'was arrested on felony charges in June 2025, a neighbor reported'; 'captured on their home security system entering their house'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The day after his June 2025 arrest he entered the girl's home and stole her underwear, which a home camera recorded.","causal_attribution":"Court documents and affidavit account as reported. The two outlets rely on the same court record, so the claim stays reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'dismantled in ways we can’t describe'; 'is struggling in school, on antidepressants, and undergoing therapy as she struggles to deal with the trauma'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The girl's father told the court that the family's lives had been dismantled, and the Inquirer reports that the girl is struggling in school, taking antidepressants and undergoing therapy for the trauma.","causal_attribution":"The father's statement in court and the Inquirer's account of the girl's condition, as reported. They concern the whole of the man's conduct toward the girl."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'seven- to 10-year sentence'; 'is a sexually violent predator, a legal distinction that requires him to register for the rest of his life with the Pennsylvania State Police'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'to seven to 12 years in state prison, and one year of probation under a negotiated plea deal'; 'to have no contact with the victim and follow sex offender supervision restrictions'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'to seven to 20 years in state prison, and one year of probation under a negotiated plea deal'; 'This story was republished to update length of sentencing and add new information'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The judge ruled him a sexually violent predator requiring lifetime registration and ordered no contact with the victim; the reported term is seven to 10 years (Inquirer), or seven to 20 years plus a year of probation in the Courier Times report as updated (seven to 12 years in its first, syndicated version).","causal_attribution":"Sentence terms as reported; the outlets differ on the maximum term, and the Courier Times updated its own figure."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'played a role in his creation of the deepfake images of his neighbor'; 'disputed that theory of the case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"His lawyer said Adderall abuse lowered his inhibitions and played a role in his creation of the deepfake images; the prosecutor disputed that account.","causal_attribution":"The parties' competing accounts at sentencing."}],"effects":[{"label":"teenage neighbor depicted in AI-generated deepfake nude images","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"girl reported to be struggling at school, taking antidepressants and in therapy","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/crime/stephen-oneill-warminster-child-porn-ai-deepfake-20261014.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200, full text). The reporter covered the 14 October sentencing hearing and cites the affidavit of probable cause.","independence_group":"inquirer-court-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://cumberlink.com/news/state-regional/pennsylvania/article_71f7d961-c182-51d2-a5ef-5f552b61411a.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200). The page obfuscates the article body with ROT47; the research agent (an AI) decoded it to the plain English text. This is the USA Today Network syndication of the Bucks County Courier Times report, with a separate reporter and the court documents as its source. The Courier Times original (phillyburbs.com) returned HTTP 402.","independence_group":"bucks-county-courier-times-court-report"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/crime/2026/10/14/warminster-deepfake-ai-child-pornography-police-sentence-guilty-bucks-county-underwear/91707434007/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 through the eu.phillyburbs.com host (HTTP 200, full text; the www host returned HTTP 402). This is the Bucks County Courier Times original of the report syndicated as s2, in the version republished at 02:35 UTC on 15 October to update the sentence length; same independence group as s2.","independence_group":"bucks-county-courier-times-court-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how investigators established that the images were AI-generated","When the images were made (they were on devices examined in the investigation that began in June 2025, the month of his arrest; incident_date records that month)","How many images there were and whether they were shared","The exact maximum term: the Inquirer gives 10 years, and the Courier Times gave 12 years before updating its report to 20 years"],"geography":{"basis":"Court: Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania, United States. The reports do not say where the images were made, and the girl's location rests only on residence, so the event and affected-person countries are left unknown.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case from two separate newsroom reports of the same court record. Court documents and prosecutors say the man used an AI tool to make deepfake nude images of a teenage neighbor, and a judge sentenced him to state prison after guilty pleas. The images themselves are the abuse of the girl depicted, and her father described her distress in court. Neither the man nor the girl is named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Bucks County Courier Times reports that, according to court documents, a forensic download of the man's devices found AI-generated deepfake nude images of a teenage girl he knew, made by placing her face on the bodies of other people. The Inquirer reports prosecutors saying that detectives found deepfake images he had made of his teenage neighbor using artificial intelligence. The tool's output is the sexual depiction of the girl (depicted_or_impersonated). Her father described the family's distress in court, in relation to the man's conduct as a whole. Neither report names the tool or states the technical basis for the AI finding.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Pennsylvania man sentenced to prison in a case where prosecutors and court documents say he made AI deepfake nude images of a teenage neighbor","summary":"A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, judge sentenced a man to state prison on 14 October 2026 after he pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse material and theft charges. According to court documents and prosecutors, detectives who began investigating him in June 2025 found AI-generated deepfake nude images of a teenage girl he knew, a neighbor, on his devices; her face had been placed on other bodies. The day after the arrest he was recorded entering her family's home and stealing her underwear. Her father described the family's distress in court, and the Inquirer reports that she is struggling at school, taking antidepressants and in therapy. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a sentence of seven to 10 years. The Bucks County Courier Times gave seven to 12 years in its first report and seven to 20 years after republishing it to update the sentence length. Neither report names the AI tool.","incidentDate":"2025-06-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-14","aiSystem":"An unidentified AI tool used, according to court documents and prosecutors, to make deepfake nude images of a teenage girl by placing her face on other bodies","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to court documents and prosecutors, a man made AI deepfake nude images of a teenage neighbor. Her father described the family's distress in court, and she is reported to be struggling at school, taking antidepressants and in therapy.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One teenage girl is depicted in the AI-generated images (claims c2 and c3), so one person is counted. Her father described harm to the whole family, which is not counted separately because his statement covers all of the man's conduct, including the theft. Children in the man's non-AI abuse material are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://cumberlink.com/news/state-regional/pennsylvania/article_71f7d961-c182-51d2-a5ef-5f552b61411a.html","primarySourceLabel":"Bucks County Courier Times via The Sentinel (USA Today Network), 14 October 2026: Bucks County man sentenced in child sexual abuse material and theft case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T02:59:39.067803+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:10:27.808032+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-nude-images","deepfake","minors","criminal-sentence","pennsylvania","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"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"]}]}