{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-30T07:23:30.925Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"redirected","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","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":0,"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-finland-youth-chat-service-says-ai-recommendations-sent-young-people-abroad-who-were-then-redirected","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pelastakaa Lapset ry:n nuorten verkkopalveluun Netariin on alkanut tulla avunpyyntöjä eri puolilta maailmaa. Osa nuorista kertoo päätyneensä palveluun tekoälyn suosituksesta.'; 'Lassilan mukaan jotkut nuoret ovat kertoneet tekoälyn suositelleen Netaria.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Save the Children Finland's Netari youth service has received requests for help from young people around the world, and some of them say they ended up at the service on an AI's recommendation.","causal_attribution":"The AI recommendation is the young people's account as relayed by the organisation's expert."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ilmiö alkoi näkyä Netarissa tänä kesänä. Sen jälkeen ulkomailta on kertynyt arviolta 20–30 yhteydenottoa.'; 'Yhteydenottoja on tullut ympäri maailman, kuten Ugandasta, Britanniasta, Intiasta ja Palestiinasta.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The contacts began in summer 2026 and about 20 to 30 have arrived from abroad since then, from countries including Uganda, Britain, India and Palestine.","causal_attribution":"An estimate from the organisation; it covers all contacts from abroad, not only those attributed to AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Lassila kertoo, että osa ulkomailta yhteyttä ottaneista nuorista elää perheissä tai yhteisöissä, joissa he kokevat väkivaltaa ja syrjintää identiteettinsä vuoksi. Jotkut ovat hyvin itsetuhoisia.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The expert says some of the young people contacting the service from abroad live where they experience violence and discrimination because of their identity, and some are very self-destructive.","causal_attribution":"Context for the vulnerability of the people redirected; not caused by AI."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nyt Pelastakaa Lapset on linjannut, että ulkomailla pysyvästi asuvat nuoret ohjataan suoraan oman maansa palveluihin.'; 'Keskusteluapu on tarkoitettu Suomessa asuville nuorille.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Netari is meant for young people living in Finland, and the organisation has decided that young people living permanently abroad are directed straight to services in their own countries.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's response to the contacts."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'”Nuoret ovat kuitenkin olleet selvästi pettyneitä, kun olemme ohjanneet heidät toisaalle”, Lassila kertoo.'; 'Huolena on, jäävätkö nuoret vaille tukea.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The expert says the young people have been clearly disappointed when redirected, and the organisation is concerned that some may be left without support.","causal_attribution":"The adverse experience as the organisation describes it."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Haastavien ongelmavyyhtien selvittely kuormittaa päivystäjiä ja vie aikaa apua hakevilta Suomessa asuvilta nuorilta, joille palvelu on tarkoitettu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Working through these contacts burdens duty staff and takes time from young people living in Finland, for whom the service is intended.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's account of the effect on the service."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Kaikkien reittiä palveluun ei tiedetä. Nuoret ovat voineet löytää sen myös hakukoneista tai sosiaalisesta mediasta. Käytettyjen tekoälypalvelujen nimet eivät ole tiedossa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The route by which every young person found the service is not known, some may have found it through search engines or social media, and the names of the AI services used are not known.","causal_attribution":"Limits the AI attribution: other routes are possible and no AI product is identified."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Helsingin yliopiston tietojenkäsittelytieteen professori Hannu Toivonen pitää mahdollisena, että yhteydenotot liittyvät tapaan, jolla tekoälyä opetetaan vastaamaan avunpyyntöihin.'; '”Tämä on valitettavasti tällaista arvailua”, Toivonen sanoo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A University of Helsinki professor considers it possible that the contacts relate to how AI is trained to answer requests for help, and calls this guesswork.","causal_attribution":"An expert's hypothesis, not a finding."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Tekoälyn antamiin suosituksiin ulkomailla saattaa vaikuttaa myös se, että Netarissa on englanninkielinen tervetulotoivotus. Teksti on ollut verkkosivuilla esillä jo ainakin toukokuusta 2025 lähtien eli merkittävästi ennen yhteydenottojen alkamista.'; 'Toisaalla sivustolla löytyvässä tekstissä vedetään kuitenkin selvä raja. Keskusteluapu on tarkoitettu Suomessa asuville nuorille.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Netari has an English-language welcome text on its website, shown since at least May 2025, before the contacts began; elsewhere the site states that the chat is for young people living in Finland.","causal_attribution":"A possible contributing factor named by HS."}],"effects":[{"label":"young people abroad who said an AI recommended the service were redirected and, by the organisation's account, were clearly disappointed","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the contacts burden duty staff and take time from young people in Finland","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000012369586.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fi","translation_note":"Read in Finnish on 2026-10-30; translation by the research agent, an AI. Helsingin Sanomat article published 29 October 2026 (13:01 local time) quoting Save the Children Finland's expert and a University of Helsinki professor; the stripped page text appeared complete.","independence_group":"hs-netari-interview"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Which AI services recommended Netari and what exactly they said; no exchange was published.","How many of the 20 to 30 contacts from abroad followed an AI recommendation.","Whether the young people redirected found support in their own countries.","Why the contacts began in summer 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The contacts were received and redirected by Netari, an online service run in Finland by Pelastakaa Lapset for young people living in Finland. The young people were abroad; HS lists Uganda, Britain, India and Palestine among the countries contacts came from but does not say which contacts followed an AI recommendation, so affected-person countries are left unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["FI"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse experience in help-seeking: the operator of a Finnish youth chat service reports that young people abroad who said an AI recommended the service sought help there, were redirected because it serves only young people in Finland, and were clearly disappointed, while the contacts burdened its staff. The AI attribution is the young people's own account relayed by the organisation, and no AI product is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Save the Children Finland's expert told Helsingin Sanomat that some of the young people who contacted Netari from abroad said an AI had recommended the service to them. Acting on that recommendation, they sought help from a chat meant for young people in Finland and were redirected to services in their own countries; the expert says they were clearly disappointed. The AI services are not named, the route of every young person is unknown, and some may have found the service through search engines or social media.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Finnish youth chat service says young people abroad who said an AI recommended it sought help there and were redirected, leaving them disappointed","summary":"Helsingin Sanomat reported on 29 October 2026 that Netari, the online youth service of Pelastakaa Lapset (Save the Children Finland), has since summer 2026 received requests for help from young people around the world, and that some of them say they ended up at the service on an AI's recommendation. According to the organisation's psychosocial support expert, about 20 to 30 contacts from abroad have arrived since the summer, from countries including Uganda, Britain, India and Palestine; the messages are long and partly composed with AI, and describe violence, loneliness and long-standing problems. The expert says some of these young people live in families or communities where they experience violence and discrimination because of their identity, and some are very self-destructive. Netari's chat help is meant for young people living in Finland. The organisation has decided that young people living permanently abroad are directed straight to services in their own countries, and Netari has looked for such services for them; the expert says the young people have been clearly disappointed when redirected, and the organisation is concerned that some may be left without support. Working through these situations burdens duty staff and takes time from young people in Finland. The route by which every young person found the service is not known; some may have found it through search engines or social media, and the names of the AI services involved are not known. A University of Helsinki computer science professor considers it possible that the contacts relate to how AI is trained to answer requests for help, and calls this guesswork.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-29","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI services that, according to some of the young people, recommended the Netari chat service; the organisation does not know which AI services were used","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Save the Children Finland's expert, young people abroad who said an AI recommended its Netari chat sought help there, some in very difficult situations, and were redirected to services in their own countries because the chat is for young people in Finland; the expert says they were clearly disappointed, and the contacts burden duty staff and take time from young people in Finland.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"HS reports an estimated 20 to 30 contacts from abroad since the summer, but only some of these young people said an AI recommended the service and no number is given for them; contacts are not counted as harmed people, so the count is unquantified with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"FI","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000012369586.html","primarySourceLabel":"Helsingin Sanomat, Tekoälyn yllättävä seuraus: Ugandalaiset ja intialaiset nuoret ilmestyivät suomalaiseen nuortenchattiin, 29 October 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-30T03:02:46.643209+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T03:02:46.643209+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["help-seeking","youth-support-service","ai-recommendation","redirected","service-burden"]},{"id":"2025-david-rosenberg-reported-ai-impersonation-ads-whatsapp-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"ads appearing on Facebook and Instagram as early as March have promoted a fake investment program falsely listing him as its administrator.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The ads falsely claimed that the economist was the administrator of an investment scheme.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Mr. Rosenberg said all the investors were lured in by professional-looking ads posted to social media, which then redirected them to a WhatsApp group.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"David Rosenberg said that ads on Facebook and Instagram as early as March 2025 promoted a fake investment program falsely listing him as its administrator, and that people were directed to a WhatsApp group.","causal_attribution":"Rests on Rosenberg's account to The Globe and Mail, repeated by BrokersView."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"It’s the perils and pitfalls of AI technology","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"They’re having me on screen with my voice, which is purely fake","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"They are pretending to be me in print, picture, video on different social media","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"The image, taken from our article , was used to create a deepfake of him encouraging investors to join a bogus investment group promising “130 per cent + returns.”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Rosenberg said the scammers used AI to impersonate him, including a fake voice and video, and a Globe and Mail columnist described a deepfake video advert of him.","causal_attribution":"The AI characterisation comes from Rosenberg's interview and the columnist's description of an advert the Globe newsroom became aware of days after its June article. The 18 June Globe article does not mention AI. It is not established that the ads seen by the investors below were AI-generated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"After being added to a WhatsApp group called (03) Rosenberg Investment Strategy","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"estimated losing $16,000 over the course of the scam.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"an administrator of the group pretending to be David Rosenberg","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An investor interviewed by The Globe and Mail estimated losing $16,000 after joining a WhatsApp group called \"(03) Rosenberg Investment Strategy\" in which an administrator pretended to be Rosenberg.","causal_attribution":"Self-reported loss in an interview. The investor is not named in public fields. Whether the ad this investor saw was AI-generated is not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"One investor said she lost half a million dollars in just one week after clicking on an ad on Facebook and joining the WhatsApp group.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"In addition, a female victim lost $500,000 in a week.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Globe and Mail reported that another investor said the loss was half a million dollars in one week after clicking a Facebook ad and joining the WhatsApp group.","causal_attribution":"The Globe interviewed the investor and did not name her. BrokersView repeats the Globe report without independent sourcing. The amount is the investor's statement and is not verified."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Another victim alleged that he lost his life savings of $450,000 after falling for the scam.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Globe and Mail reported that another victim alleged a loss of $450,000 in life savings and wrote so to Rosenberg Research.","causal_attribution":"Allegation in an e-mail to Rosenberg Research relayed by the Globe. Not verified."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"a sum Mr. Rosenberg said he believes exceeds $1-million, though the total amount is unknown.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"I think we’ve estimated that at least $5 million has been siphoned off from what they are doing to me","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Rosenberg estimated total losses of more than $1 million (Globe, 18 June 2025) and at least $5 million (BNN Bloomberg, 7 July 2025); the Globe said the total is unknown.","causal_attribution":"Estimates by Rosenberg. They are not counts of people and are not adopted as totals."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"tried unsuccessfully to stop the fraud by reporting it to authorities, including the local police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"We haven’t had any victims report it","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Meta is not taking down these advertisements","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Rosenberg said he and his family reported the fraud to police, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and Meta without result, and a Toronto police detective said no victim had reported it to police.","causal_attribution":"Statements by Rosenberg and by a Toronto police detective, as relayed by outlets. The detective's statement says only that no victim had reported to police at that time."}],"effects":[{"label":"Investors reported financial losses after social media ads using the economist's name directed them to a WhatsApp investment group in which an administrator pretended to be the economist","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Economist impersonated in investment ads and, according to the economist, in AI-made voice, picture and video, and said the scam was operating in the economist's name","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-david-rosenberg-says-pump-and-dump-scam-using-his-name-bilked-victims/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"rosenberg-account-globe-jun-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.brokersview.com/news/fraudulent-ads-posing-as-renowned-economist-david-rosenberg-offer-bogus-investment-schemes-262890","kind":"trade_press","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Derived from the Globe and Mail article of 18 June 2025.","independence_group":"rosenberg-account-globe-jun-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2025/07/07/pitfalls-of-ai-technology-rosenberg-speaks-out-on-financial-scam-using-his-likeness/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"rosenberg-bnn-interview-jul-2025"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-david-rosenberg-style-scams-are-spreading-but-we-cant-blame-investors/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"globe-columnist-observation-jul-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The three losses ($16,000, $500,000, $450,000) are self-reported and unverified. No investor has filed a police complaint according to the Toronto police detective quoted on 18 June 2025.","It is not established that the ads the investors saw were AI-generated. The AI descriptions are from Rosenberg and a Globe columnist later in July 2025.","BNN Bloomberg says victims \"followed advice in videos recommending stocks on social media platforms\". That is BNN's paraphrase and does not say the videos were AI-made.","The scam started in March 2025 per Rosenberg and continued into July 2025 (BNN Bloomberg, 7 July). No end date is reported.","Rosenberg's total estimates ($1 million, then $5 million) are unquantified and no count of victims is given beyond \"dozens\" of people reported to have contacted Rosenberg Research.","The Globe did not name the investors reporting the $500,000 and $450,000 losses because they raised safety and reputation concerns. The investor reporting $16,000 is named by the Globe and is not named here.","The AIID entry also refers to other impersonation cases discussed in a separate Globe article of 22 June 2025 (not cited here). Those are separate events."],"geography":{"basis":"The inspected articles mention Toronto police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre in relation to reports, but do not state where the ads were shown or where the investors live. No country is inferred from the outlet, the police force or the speaker. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"The Globe and Mail (18 June 2025), BrokersView (derived), BNN Bloomberg (7 July 2025) and a Globe and Mail column (17 July 2025). The economist spoke publicly under his own name and is named. The investors are not named. Investor losses and the AI characterisation are reported and unverified. Four persons are counted as a documented minimum.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Rosenberg told BNN Bloomberg that the voice and video used to impersonate him were fake and AI-generated, and a Globe and Mail column of 17 July 2025 describes a deepfake video advert of him. The 18 June Globe article about the investors does not mention AI, so AI involvement in the ads the investors saw is not established.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Economist David Rosenberg reports impersonation in Facebook and Instagram ads that directed investors to a WhatsApp investment scam","summary":"Economist David Rosenberg told The Globe and Mail (18 June 2025) that ads on Facebook and Instagram since March 2025 promoted a fake investment program listing him as its administrator and redirected people to a WhatsApp group. The Globe reported that one investor interviewed estimated losing $16,000, another said she lost $500,000 in a week, and a third alleged losing $450,000 in life savings. Rosenberg told BNN Bloomberg on 7 July 2025 that the scammers used a fake AI voice and video of him, and a Globe column of 17 July 2025 described a deepfake video advert. Losses are self-reported and unverified. The AI characterisation comes from Rosenberg and a July Globe column, and the June Globe article on the investors does not mention AI. A Toronto police detective said no victim had reported to police.","incidentDate":"2025-03-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-06-18","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI voice and video generation tools (reported by Rosenberg, not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The Globe and Mail reports self-reported losses of $16,000, $500,000 and $450,000 by three investors who joined a WhatsApp group promoted through ads using Rosenberg's name. Rosenberg estimated larger totals. None of the amounts is verified.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":4,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Four persons counted: the three investors whose losses are reported in the Globe article (two interviewed by the Globe, one by e-mail to Rosenberg Research) and Rosenberg, who is impersonated. Rosenberg's \"dozens\" of contacts and his loss estimates are not counted because they do not identify harmed persons.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-david-rosenberg-says-pump-and-dump-scam-using-his-name-bilked-victims/","primarySourceLabel":"The Globe and Mail, 18 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T14:02:48.434404+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:00.559119+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]}]}