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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-kedah-school-ai-generated-sexual-images-and-videos-alleged-to-involve-teachers-and-pupils-mcmc-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) menerima aduan berhubung penyalahgunaan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) di media sosial bagi menghasilkan dan menyebarkan gambar serta video berunsur seksual yang didakwa melibatkan guru dan pelajar sebuah sekolah di Kedah","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"menerima aduan berhubung penyalahgunaan teknologi kecerdasan buatan (AI) bagi menghasilkan dan menyebarkan gambar serta video berunsur seksual yang didakwa membabitkan pelajar dan guru sebuah sekolah di Kedah","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"confirms it has received a complaint over the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) to create and distribute sexual images and videos, allegedly of students and teachers at a school in Kedah","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"MCMC says it received a complaint about the misuse of AI technology on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah.","causal_attribution":"The complaint alleges AI production; MCMC relays the allegation and neither outlet examined the material."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"MCMC berkata, isu berkenaan turut membabitkan pelbagai agensi termasuk Kementerian Komunikasi, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), mengikut bidang kuasa masing-masing","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"boleh dikenakan tindakan di bawah Seksyen 233 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 (Akta 588)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"pihaknya akan bekerjasama dengan agensi berkaitan termasuk Kementerian Komunikasi, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bagi menjalankan siasatan","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"In a statement on Thursday (Oct 8), MCMC said misusing AI to create or distribute sexual content that could affect the safety, dignity and well-being of victims, particularly children, is subject to action under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"MCMC says it will cooperate with the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Royal Malaysia Police in the investigation, and cites Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 18 of the Online Safety Act 2025 as the applicable provisions.","causal_attribution":"Regulatory response; no causal attribution."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"MCMC turut mengingatkan orang ramai supaya tidak menghasilkan, memuat naik atau menyebarkan semula kandungan seksual yang melibatkan atau didakwa melibatkan kanak-kanak","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"perbuatan itu bukan sahaja boleh memudaratkan mangsa, malah berpotensi menjejaskan proses siasatan pihak berkuasa","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"MCMC asked the public not to produce, upload or reshare sexual content involving or alleged to involve children, saying this could harm the victims and hinder the investigation.","causal_attribution":"MCMC’s public advisory; the reference to children is general and does not state the ages of the pupils in this complaint."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school, spread on social media, per a complaint reported by MCMC","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://malaysiatribune.news/mcmc-siasat-dakwaan-salah-guna-ai-hasilkan-kandungan-seksual-libatkan-guru-pelajar/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Malay body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. Malaysia Tribune report (Cyberjaya dateline) of the MCMC statement.","independence_group":"mcmc-statement-8oct"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://themalaysiapress.com/2026/10/08/mcmc-terima-aduan-kandungan-seksual-ai-babit-pelajar-guru/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Malay body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200); no human reviewer read or translated the article. The Malaysia Press report (Putrajaya dateline) of the same MCMC statement; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"mcmc-statement-8oct"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/08/mcmc-receives-complaint-over-ai-generated-porn-depicting-students-teachers","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English body fetched and read by verifier vls on 2026-10-09 (HTTP 200), saved as bodies/verify-thestar-mcmc-kedah.txt; Bernama copy of the same MCMC statement of Thursday 8 October 2026; same origin as s1 and s2.","independence_group":"mcmc-statement-8oct"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Who is depicted, how many people, and their ages; MCMC refers to teachers and pupils of one school and, generally, to children.","Which AI tool was used, what the images and videos show, who produced and spread them, and on which platform.","When the material was made and shared; the only date is the 8 October 2026 statement.","Whether the complaint has been verified, any arrest or charge, and any account from the school, the teacher or the families.","Whether the teachers and pupils are depicted in the material or otherwise involved: the Malay reports say the material is alleged to involve (“didakwa melibatkan”) them, and The Star’s English report renders this as “allegedly of” them."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is in Kedah, Malaysia, according to both outlets, and MCMC, a Malaysian regulator, received the complaint; the teachers and pupils the complaint refers to attend or work at that school. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["MY"],"affected_person_countries":["MY"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) on two Malay-language reports and one English (Bernama) report of a regulator’s statement that it received a complaint of AI being used to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school. Every claim is attributed to MCMC’s statement; the three outlets relay one statement and are recorded as one independence group, so nothing is corroborated. No person or school is named by any source. Severity is low because the complaint is unverified and no individual consequence beyond the alleged depiction is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-09"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"MCMC’s statement, reported in Malay by Malaysia Tribune and The Malaysia Press and in English (Bernama) by The Star, says the complaint concerns the misuse of artificial intelligence technology to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah. MCMC refers to the people affected as victims, particularly children, and warns against resharing sexual content involving or alleged to involve children; The Star renders the allegation as images and videos “allegedly of students and teachers”. On that description the AI-produced material depicts those people (depicted_or_impersonated) and is itself the reported harm, a non-consensual sexual depiction circulated on social media; whether every teacher and pupil the complaint refers to is depicted is not stated. The identification of AI comes from the complaint as relayed by the regulator; no outlet examined the material or identified the tool, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kedah, Malaysia: regulator says a complaint alleges AI was used to make and spread sexual images and videos involving teachers and pupils of a school","summary":"On 8 October 2026 the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement, reported by Malaysia Tribune, The Malaysia Press and The Star, that it had received a complaint about the misuse of artificial intelligence on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah. MCMC said it would investigate with the Ministry of Communications, the Home Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Royal Malaysia Police, cited the offences and penalties that could apply, and asked the public not to produce, upload or reshare sexual content involving or alleged to involve children. The complaint is unverified: the people depicted, their number and ages, the tool and the person responsible are not described.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-08","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence technology, not identified, which according to the complaint reported by MCMC was misused on social media to produce and spread sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a school in Kedah","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a complaint reported by MCMC, AI-made sexual images and videos alleged to involve teachers and pupils of a Kedah school were produced and spread on social media; MCMC says such content can affect the safety, dignity and well-being of victims, especially children. No individual consequence is reported and the complaint has not been verified.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"No reliable count: the statement says the material is alleged to involve “guru dan pelajar” (teachers and pupils) of one school without giving a number; Malay does not mark number and the Bernama English reports say “students and teachers”, so no numeric minimum is recorded. Zero placeholders are used; the people depicted are not AI users.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"MY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://malaysiatribune.news/mcmc-siasat-dakwaan-salah-guna-ai-hasilkan-kandungan-seksual-libatkan-guru-pelajar/","primarySourceLabel":"Malaysia Tribune, 8 October 2026: MCMC siasat dakwaan salah guna AI hasilkan kandungan seksual libatkan guru, pelajar","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-09T03:40:02.257247+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T03:40:02.257247+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","education","regulatory_investigation","malaysia"]},{"id":"2025-zhumengdao-minor-self-harm-china","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Re-checked on 2026-10-07 against seven cited source bodies read in Chinese (Sohu, Bianews, The Paper, the Shanghai cyberspace office notice as relayed by Sina, 21st Century Business Herald via Sina, Guangming and Tencent News). The Paper, Guangming and Tencent News describe the affected child as the fourth-grade daughter of a Ms Ding from Guangdong, attributing the account to earlier media reporting; Sohu attributes the same account to 央广网. That descriptor establishes the child's reported home region as Guangdong, China, so affected_person_countries stays CN. No inspected source states where the conversations with the companion character, the knife-carrying or the self-harm took place, and a residence is not used as the event location, so event_countries remains a reviewed unknown. The Shanghai municipal cyberspace office summoned the operator on 19 June 2025; that is a regulatory meeting and not a court proceeding, so court_countries stays empty. The translation of the Chinese passages was done by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"from Guangdong province, China","location":"victim_description","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["CN"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"广东丁女士的四年级女儿","location":"https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31024491","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["CN"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"广东丁女士的四年级女儿","location":"https://m.gmw.cn/2025-06/22/content_1304065491.htm","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["CN"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"广东丁女士的四年级女儿","location":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250622A02TST00","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["CN"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"unresolved":["The event setting is unknown after review. The inspected sources describe the child as the daughter of a Ms Ding from Guangdong, which records a home region and not where the conversations or the self-harm took place.","No court country established. The Shanghai cyberspace office summons of 19 June 2025 is a regulatory action and no court proceeding is reported.","Row-correction leads for a full review: the cited Sohu primary source is dated 23 June 2025 while primary_source_date is 19 June 2025; the account of the child originates in a 央广网 (CNR) report that the row does not cite; 36Kr and OSCHINA could not be read and may be shells of the same relayed text; the incident_date 2025-01-01 with range precision is not supported by a dated event in any inspected body (the sources say the reporting was recent as of June 2025)."],"reviewed_on":"2026-10-07","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.sohu.com/a/907114014_115565","notes":"Cited primary source. Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, html lang zh-CN). Sohu Tech feature dated 23 June 2025 (the stored primary_source_date is 19 June 2025). It reports the 19 June summons by the Shanghai cyberspace office and attributes the account of the 10-year-old girl to a 央广网 report; it does not itself name Guangdong. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://www.bianews.com/news/details?id=214733","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, no html lang attribute; body in Chinese). Same text as the Sohu Tech feature (a republication), so not an independent account. Does not name Guangdong. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31024491","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, no html lang attribute; body in Chinese). CCTV.com (央视网) post on The Paper dated 22 June 2025, datelined Shanghai, relaying the 网信上海 notice and describing the child as the fourth-grade daughter of a Ms Ding from Guangdong, attributed to earlier media reporting. The mobile page returned a short body (about 1,600 characters); the passages used were present. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/roll/2025-06-19/doc-infarhce7134693.shtml","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, no html lang attribute; body in Chinese). Sina Tech relay of the 网信上海 notice dated 19 June 2025 19:30: the Shanghai municipal cyberspace office summoned the operator's principal that morning. No child or location is described. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2025-06-22/doc-infaxaan4320733.shtml","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, no html lang attribute; body in Chinese). 21st Century Business Herald analysis of 22 June 2025 on the summons and the AI companion sector; it cites the 央广网 report in general terms and does not name Guangdong or describe the child. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://m.gmw.cn/2025-06/22/content_1304065491.htm","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, no html lang attribute; body in Chinese). Guangming Online copy of the CCTV.com piece of 22 June 2025 carrying the Ms Ding from Guangdong passage (same origin as The Paper, not independent). Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250622A02TST00","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200, html lang zh-CN). Tencent News item of 22 June 2025 relaying the summons and attributing the Ms Ding from Guangdong account to 央广网 (same origin as The Paper and Guangming). Translation by the research agent (an AI).","access":"read","language":"zh"},{"url":"https://36kr.com/p/3521421957782665","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-10-07 answered HTTP 200 with a JavaScript shell and no article text; the Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture was the same shell. The body was not inspected and no language is recorded.","access":"unavailable","language":null},{"url":"https://www.oschina.net/news/356329","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-10-07 answered HTTP 200 with a site shell and no article text; the Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture was the same shell. The body was not inspected and no language is recorded.","access":"unavailable","language":null}]},"name":"筑梦岛 (Zhumu Island) AI Companion Minor Self-Harm (China)","summary":"A fourth-grade girl from Guangdong, China became obsessed with an AI companion character named 'Joseph' on the 筑梦岛 (Zhumu Island) app, began carrying small knives, and exhibited self-harm behavior. Investigation revealed the app sent sexually suggestive content to users who identified as 10 years old. Shanghai Internet Information Office summoned the company (a Tencent subsidiary) for immediate rectification in June 2025.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-06-19","aiSystem":"筑梦岛 (Zhumu Island / Dream Island)","aiProduct":"筑梦岛 (Dream Island)","aiCompany":"Xiaoxiang Academy (潇湘书院), subsidiary of Yuewen Group (阅文集团), controlled by Tencent","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["dependency_creation","minor_exploitation","romantic_escalation","self_harm_encouragement"],"harmOutcomes":["self_injury","psychological_distress","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A fourth-grade participant became preoccupied with a companion character, began carrying small knives and exhibited self-harm behavior while the app delivered sexualized content to users identifying as ten years old.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1d","P2b","P2c","P5a","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The reporting documents one protected minor participant's self-harm and distress. Registered-user and demographic figures are not affected-person counts.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.sohu.com/a/907114014_115565","primarySourceLabel":"搜狐新闻 (Sohu News), 23 June 2025 (attributes the account of the child to 央广网, CNR)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-29T10:15:46.75695+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:12:00.834518+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["china","minor","self-harm","ai-companion","tencent","regulatory-action","dependency","romantic","non-western"]}]}