{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-22T11:15:30.257Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"reputation","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":13,"coverage":{"cases":13,"countries":6,"languages":9,"unknownLocation":4,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":13,"minors":0,"coreRelations":11,"contextualRelations":2,"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. 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На фотографии стоит голая девушка с моим лицом.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In July 2026 acquaintances of the woman received a nude image with her face that, according to her, had been generated with AI from her photograph.","causal_attribution":"The woman's account as reported by Kaktus.media; the image itself was not seen and no examination result is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'В ходе разговора он все же признался в том, что лично раздевал через ИИ мою \"фотографию\", которую он скачал с моей страницы в Instagram.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman says the sender, a classmate, admitted to her that he had undressed her Instagram photo through AI himself.","causal_attribution":"The woman's account of the accused's admission; he does not repeat this admission in his statement to the outlet."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'По юношеской неосторожности я воспользовался Telegram-ботом, который предлагал услуги обработки фотографий с помощью искусственного интеллекта, и ввел присланный им код подтверждения.'; 'Как только я получил результат, я был в шоке от полученного и сразу удалил переписку с ботом и забыл об этом.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a written statement the accused says he used a Telegram bot offering AI photo processing in May or June 2022, followed its example and was shocked by the result.","causal_attribution":"The accused's own statement relayed in full by Kaktus.media; he does not say what the result showed."},{"id":"c4","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'Через 4 года, в ночь с 11 на 12 июля 2026 года, с моего аккаунта были разосланы изображения нескольким моим контактам.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Полагаю, что историю о взломе он выдумал позже, чтобы избежать ответственности'; 'специалисты кибербезопасности ГУУР ранее поставили под сомнение его версию о создании изображения в 2022 году, так как на тот момент у ботов еще не было такой функции.'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The accused says the images were sent to several of his contacts from his Telegram account on the night of 11 to 12 July 2026 by people who had hacked it.","causal_attribution":"The accused's account; the woman says he invented the hacking story later and that GUUR cybersecurity specialists doubted his 2022 timeline (her account)."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Девушка признается, что после этого испытала сильный психологический стресс и даже сейчас, спустя несколько месяцев, переживает сильное волнение.'; 'Нанес большой вред моей репутации, поставив мою честь и достоинство под угрозу.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman says she suffered severe psychological stress, still feels strong anxiety months later, and that the image harmed her reputation.","causal_attribution":"Her own account as reported by the outlet; no clinical assessment is reported."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Девушка обратилась в прокуратуру в связи с недоверием к следствию Октябрьского РУВД, после чего дело передали в УВД Первомайского района.'; 'В УВД Первомайского района редакции сообщили, что в связи с истечением установленного срока рассмотрения материала до получения результатов экспертизы принято решение об отказе в возбуждении уголовного дела. Вместе с этим была назначена новая экспертиза.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She complained to the prosecutor's office about the first district police department handling her complaint and the matter moved to another district department, which later told Kaktus.media that it had refused to open a criminal case because the review period expired before expert results arrived, and had ordered a new examination.","causal_attribution":"The transfer is from the outlet's narrative; the refusal and new examination are the police department's reply to the outlet."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'В общей сложности мы подавали четыре ходатайства, все были поданы 5 августа.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Her lawyer says four motions filed on 5 August, including one for a technical examination, have not been answered.","causal_attribution":"The lawyer's statement to the outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"nude AI-generated image of a woman sent to acquaintances","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"reported psychological stress and reputational harm","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kaktus.media/doc/554280_razdeli_fotografiu_cherez_ii_i_razoslali_znakomym._devyshka_jalyetsia_na_zatiagivanie_dela.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Kaktus.media report, 9 October 2026 (17:02), with the woman's account, her lawyer's comments, the accused's written statement and the district police department's reply; HTTP 200. An open.kg copy of the same article was read and is the same account (not cited).","independence_group":"kaktus-media-9-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["Who made the image, when, and with which tool; no technical examination result is reported.","Who sent the image and whether the accused's Telegram account was hacked.","How many people received the image.","The outcome of the new examination and whether a criminal case will be opened."],"geography":{"basis":"The article names district internal-affairs departments, a prosecutor's office and Bishkek time but does not name the country or city where the image was made or sent; the accused says he was abroad at the time and the lawyer says recipients study abroad. Countries are left unknown rather than inferred from the outlet or the police units.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the accused's own statement that he used an AI photo-processing bot and the woman's account of his admission indicate that an AI tool produced the nude image of her that acquaintances received; no technical examination result is reported. Her account and the accused's denial of sending it are both attributed; neither is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The accused's own written statement says he used a Telegram bot offering AI photo processing and got a result that shocked him, and the woman says he admitted undressing her Instagram photo through AI. His statement presents that bot use as the start of the events that led to the images sent from his account, and the nude image with her face is the depiction that was sent to acquaintances and that she says caused her stress and reputational harm. The tool is not named, no technical examination result is reported, and who sent the image is disputed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Woman says a classmate sent an AI-undressed image of her to his contacts; he says his account was hacked, and police refused a case pending an examination","summary":"A 23-year-old woman told the news site Kaktus.media that in July 2026 she learned that acquaintances had received a nude image of her made with AI from her photograph, and that the sender was a classmate. She says he first told her an app had generated and sent the image by itself, then admitted that he had undressed her Instagram photo through AI himself. In a written statement to the outlet the accused says he used a Telegram bot offering AI photo processing in May or June 2022 and was shocked by the result, and that the images were sent from his Telegram account on the night of 11 to 12 July 2026 by people who had hacked it. The woman says she suffered severe psychological stress and harm to her reputation. She filed a complaint with a district police department on 21 July; after she complained to the prosecutor's office the matter moved to another district department. That department told Kaktus.media that, because the review period expired before expert results arrived, it had refused to open a criminal case and had ordered a new examination. Her lawyer says four motions filed on 5 August have gone unanswered.","incidentDate":"2026-07-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"A Telegram bot offering AI photo processing, according to the accused's written statement; the woman says he admitted undressing her photo through AI. No product is named.","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to her account in Kaktus.media, a woman was depicted in a nude AI-generated image that was sent to acquaintances, and she reports severe psychological stress and reputational harm.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the woman depicted in the image (Kaktus.media: 'ее фотографии, оголенной с помощью ИИ'). The recipients are an audience and are not counted; she says investigators told her seven people received it and she questions that figure.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://kaktus.media/doc/554280_razdeli_fotografiu_cherez_ii_i_razoslali_znakomym._devyshka_jalyetsia_na_zatiagivanie_dela.html","primarySourceLabel":"Kaktus.media, 9 October 2026: a woman says her photo was undressed with AI and sent to acquaintances, and complains of delay","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T03:02:03.374824+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T03:02:03.374824+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["sexual_deepfake","telegram_bot","police_complaint"]},{"id":"2026-canary-islands-high-court-fines-lawyer-for-appeal-citing-48-false-judgments-generated-by-ai","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"ha impuesto una multa de 420 euros a un abogado como autor de una actuación contraria al deber de veracidad y a las reglas de la buena fe con abuso del servicio público de la Justicia, consumada al introducir hasta 48 citas de jurisprudencia falsas, generadas por Inteligencia Artificial, en un recurso de apelación; el Tribunal acuerda dar traslado de su decisión y de los antecedentes al Colegio de Abogados del afectado","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Criminal Chamber of the TSJC fined a lawyer 420 euros for conduct contrary to the duty of truthfulness and good faith, committed by inserting up to 48 false case-law citations generated by AI into an appeal, and sent its decision to the lawyer's bar association for possible disciplinary action.","causal_attribution":"The court's own release on its order."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"se valió de una herramienta de Inteligencia Artificial “generalista” -es decir, no de una solución específicamente diseñada en el ámbito jurídico- para introducir en la fundamentación hasta 48 citas de sentencias del Tribunal Supremo y un informe del Consejo General del Poder Judicial que supuestamente avalaban su postura en el pleito y que, en realidad, no existían, según verificó la documentalista del TSJC; no verificó los datos de salida de la herramienta de IA con las bases de datos de jurisprudencia","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the order, the lawyer used a general-purpose AI tool, not a legal-specific one, to insert 48 citations of Supreme Court judgments and a General Council of the Judiciary report that did not exist, as the TSJC's documentalist verified, and did not check the tool's output against the case-law databases.","causal_attribution":"The court's findings in its order as set out in its release; the lawyer admitted the facts (c3)."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"420 euros, la mitad del coste aproximado de una suscripción anual a una herramienta de Inteligencia Artificial específicamente jurídica; admitió los hechos y reconoció su responsabilidad de forma expresa, manifestando un arrepentimiento “aparentemente sincero”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court set the fine at about half the annual subscription cost of a legal-specific AI tool, taking into account that the lawyer admitted the facts, expressly accepted responsibility and expressed apparently sincere remorse.","causal_attribution":"The court's release."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"el letrado citó al menos siete resoluciones del Supremo y un informe que no aparecen en las bases de datos; fio su trabajo, sin mayor revisión, a lo que el algoritmo le propuso; desestima el recurso de la acusación particular contra la absolución; la sala ordena formar pieza separada","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In a judgment dismissing the appeal, reported on 5 January 2026, the TSJC found that it cited at least seven Supreme Court rulings and a report absent from the databases, said the lawyer appeared to have relied without further review on what the algorithm proposed, and ordered a separate proceeding on the lawyer's responsibility.","causal_attribution":"Expansión's report of the court's press note and its quotations from the judgment."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"regretted that his identity had been revealed when the case became public; he had been the object of “comments and mockery in different professional environments, including group chats of lawyers of which I am a part”; it sees itself obliged to make clear that the Communication Office did not incur in any reprehensible conduct","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In the sanction proceeding the lawyer complained that the case's publication made the lawyer identifiable and led to comments and mockery in professional circles, including lawyers' group chats; the court said its communication office had not acted improperly.","causal_attribution":"The lawyer's submissions as recorded in the order, reported by La Voz de Lanzarote; the mockery followed the publicity about the AI citations."}],"effects":[{"label":"fined 420 euros and referred to the bar association over false citations generated with an AI tool","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the lawyer told the court of comments and mockery from colleagues after the case became public","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Noticias-Judiciales/El-TSJ-de-Canarias-multa-a-un-abogado-por-citar-hasta-48-sentencias-falsas-sugeridas-por-IA","kind":"court_press_release","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 from the Poder Judicial website (HTTP 200); quoted passages were translated by the research agent (an AI). Dated 13 February 2026 in the page metadata.","independence_group":"tsjc-canarias-sanction-order-february-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lavozdelanzarote.com/en/news/courts/lawyer-who-cited-non-existent-sentences-made-by-artificial-intelligence-is-ordered-to-pay-fine_241336_102.html","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200) in La Voz de Lanzarote's English edition, a translation of its Spanish report; its account repeats the court's release and adds passages from the order on the lawyer's submissions. Published 13 February 2026.","independence_group":"tsjc-canarias-sanction-order-february-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.expansion.com/juridico/actualidad-tendencias/2026/01/05/695bae72e5fdeac6088b4595.html","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200); quoted passages were translated by the research agent (an AI). Published 5 January 2026; reports the TSJC's press note and quotes its judgment.","independence_group":"tsjc-canarias-appeal-judgment-january-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice","work"],"unknowns":["The name of the AI tool.","The dates on which the appeal was filed and the sanction order was issued (the order was announced on 13 February 2026). The appeal predates the judgment that Expansión on 5 January 2026 says was notified days earlier, so the false citations were probably filed before 2026; the 2026 date recorded here is the year of the sanction.","Whether the false citations affected the outcome of the appeal; no source says so.","The outcome of the bar association referral."],"geography":{"basis":"The appeal was filed with, and the fine imposed by, the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (Spain) against a judgment of the Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Where the lawyer lives is not recorded from a press headline.","court_countries":["ES"],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse consequence of AI use: the TSJC's order, as described in its release, finds that a general-purpose AI tool generated the 48 false citations the lawyer filed, and fines the lawyer 420 euros with a referral to the bar association.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The TSJC's order, as set out in the court's press release, finds that the lawyer used a general-purpose AI tool to insert 48 citations of Supreme Court judgments and a General Council report that did not exist, and that the lawyer did not check the tool's output against the case-law database. The tool's output reached the lawyer and went into the appeal (communicated_with); the court fined the lawyer for it. The lawyer admitted the facts. The tool is not named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Canary Islands high court fines a lawyer 420 euros for an appeal citing 48 non-existent judgments that it says a general-purpose AI tool generated","summary":"The Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) fined a lawyer 420 euros for breaching the duty of truthfulness and good faith, after an appeal the lawyer filed contained 48 citations of Supreme Court judgments and a report of the General Council of the Judiciary that did not exist. According to the court's order, as described in its press release of 13 February 2026, the lawyer used a general-purpose AI tool to draft the appeal and did not check a single citation against the free public case-law database; the court's documentalist verified that the references were false. The court referred the matter to the lawyer's bar association for possible disciplinary action and set the fine at about half the annual cost of a legal-specific AI tool, taking into account that the lawyer admitted the facts and expressed remorse. The court had first flagged the citations in its judgment dismissing the appeal, reported on 5 January 2026, which opened a separate proceeding. The lawyer told the court of comments and mockery from colleagues after the case became public.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-05","aiSystem":"A general-purpose generative AI tool (not a legal-specific product, per the court) used to draft a criminal appeal; the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI drafting tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","legal_harm","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the TSJC, a lawyer whose appeal contained 48 false citations generated with a general-purpose AI tool was fined 420 euros and referred to the bar association; the lawyer told the court of mockery in professional circles once the case became public.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the lawyer fined by the TSJC. The client's position is not described as affected by the false citations, so the client is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Noticias-Judiciales/El-TSJ-de-Canarias-multa-a-un-abogado-por-citar-hasta-48-sentencias-falsas-sugeridas-por-IA","primarySourceLabel":"Poder Judicial (CGPJ), El TSJ de Canarias multa a un abogado por citar hasta 48 sentencias falsas sugeridas por IA (13 February 2026)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:45.067439+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:45.067439+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["spain","legal-profession","hallucinated-citations","court-fine","bar-referral"]},{"id":"2026-caine-prize-winning-story-pangram-ai-detector-accusation-prize-review","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The central evidence of Vara’s article, “Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI,” is a scan by Pangram, an AI-detection tool, which flags almost the entire story as AI-generated, with the epigraph as a notable exception.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'a recent article in The Atlantic said AI-detection software Pangram had shown his work about a boy whose family falls on hard times was entirely AI generated'; 'had been published on Sunday'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Atlantic published an article on Sunday 11 October 2026 whose central evidence was a scan by the Pangram AI-text detection tool flagging almost all of the 2026 Caine Prize-winning story as AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"The journalist's article (one origin), read through Brittle Paper's and the BBC's accounts; The Atlantic page itself was not read. The Sunday date is the BBC's."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the prize is reviewing his winning story'; 'The Caine Prize said in a statement that it is its responsibility to look into such claims, and that it is taking a “human centred approach” that supports writers during the process. It added that the process has begun'; 'launched an investigation as soon as they learned of Vara’s inquiry'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'as part of an internal investigation for the Caine Prize'; 'would be sending in documentation about his various drafts and there were ongoing conversations with all the judges and The Shallow Tales Review'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Caine Prize began a review of the winning story, which its chair told the journalist was launched as soon as the prize learned of her inquiry: it said it was its responsibility to look into such claims, and its chair said the author would send documentation of his drafts and that the prize was talking to the judges and to the story's first publisher.","causal_attribution":"The prize's own statement and its chair's interview (one origin: the Caine Prize). No finding is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'they did have evidence of real human investigation of it before tainting the prize and tainting this winner'; 'against is it being used as a final arbiter in this case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The prize chair told the BBC that The Atlantic should have done more human investigation before tainting the prize and the winner, and that she was against a detector being the final arbiter in this case.","causal_attribution":"The chair's own words in a BBC interview (one origin)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'For the avoidance of doubt, I wrote The Blue Fighter,\" he posted on X'; 'had \"a concrete, documented history\" about the story's inspiration'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'literary agency has said it is confident the story is his own work'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The author denied using AI to write the story and said he had a documented history of its inspiration and development; his literary agency said it was confident the story was his own work.","causal_attribution":"The author's own statement and his agency's (one side of the dispute); whether AI was used is unestablished."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pangram's internal research showed its assessments were rarely wrong'; 'was \"not going to be 100% accurate\"'; 'she had also used her own judgment'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Vara closes by saying she may well be wrong.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The journalist said Pangram's internal research shows its assessments are rarely wrong and that she also relied on her own judgement, while conceding that no AI-detection product is fully accurate.","causal_attribution":"The journalist's own account (one origin), reported by the BBC interview and Brittle Paper's summary of the article."}],"effects":[{"label":"a prize-winning story placed under the Caine Prize's review, with the author asked to document his drafts, after a published AI-detector accusation","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a prize winner publicly accused of submitting an AI-written story on the strength of an AI-detector scan","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g1rekpgnjo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-14 (live, HTTP 200; datePublished 13 October 2026). 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The prize is the Caine Prize for African Writing and the author is described as Zimbabwean, but nationality and the publisher's or prize's base are not used to locate the event.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case: an AI-text detector's output about a prize-winning story was the central evidence of a national magazine's accusation; the Caine Prize opened a review when it learned of the journalist's inquiry and asked the author for his drafts (BBC; Brittle Paper). AI authorship is disputed and unproven; the author's denial and the prize chair's objection to detector evidence are recorded. Low severity; the author is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-14"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The output: a Pangram AI-text detector scan that flagged almost the entire winning story as AI-generated, which was the central evidence of The Atlantic's article (c1; Brittle Paper; BBC). The connection to the harm: the Caine Prize began a review when it learned of the journalist's inquiry, which rested on the scan, and continued it after the article of the story and asked the author for documentation of his drafts (c2), and its chair said the article had tainted the winner (c3). The detector's output is a claim about the author's text; whether it is correct is disputed, as the author denies using AI (c4) and the prize chair rejects a detector as the final arbiter. The Atlantic page itself was not read, so the scan is known through the BBC's and Brittle Paper's accounts (made_claim_about).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Caine Prize reviews its 2026 winning story after a Pangram AI-detector scan cited by The Atlantic flagged it as AI-generated; the author denies using AI","summary":"A week after a Zimbabwean writer won the £10,000 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing, The Atlantic published an article on Sunday 11 October 2026 whose central evidence was a scan by Pangram, an AI-text detection tool, flagging almost the entire winning story as AI-generated. The Caine Prize said it had begun a review: according to its chair, the author would send documentation of his drafts and the prize was talking to the judges and to the magazine that first published the story. The chair told the BBC that The Atlantic had published before a full investigation, tainting the prize and the winner, and said a detector should not be the final arbiter. The author denied using AI and said he had a documented history of the story's development; his literary agency said it was confident the story was his own work. No finding has been announced.","incidentDate":"2026-10-11","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-13","aiSystem":"Pangram, an AI-text detection tool, used by The Atlantic's journalist to scan the winning story (BBC; Brittle Paper); the alleged use of generative AI to write the story is disputed","aiProduct":"Pangram AI-text detector","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A prize-winning author was publicly accused, on the strength of an AI-text detector's scan reported by The Atlantic, of submitting an AI-written story; the Caine Prize opened a review of the winning story and asked for documentation of his drafts, and the prize chair said the article had tainted the winner (BBC; Brittle Paper). The author denies using AI.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the prize winner whose story was flagged by the detector and placed under the prize's review (BBC; Brittle Paper). Writers who commented on social media are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g1rekpgnjo","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News, 13 October 2026: Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning story","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-14T03:12:41.50207+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T03:12:41.50207+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-text-detector","pangram","literary-prize","caine-prize","ai-authorship-accusation","disputed"]},{"id":"2026-switzerland-grok-generated-sexist-insults-about-finance-minister-criminal-complaint-bern-investigation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Am 10. März hat es auch eine Schweizer Politikerin erwischt: Bundesrätin Karin Keller-Sutter. Es war der Schweizer Peter P.*, der Grok im Verlauf einer generellen «Roast»-Diskussion mit einem Prompt gezielt animierte'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ein Nutzer hatte den Bot am 10. März gezielt zu Beleidigungen gegen Keller-Sutter aufgefordert.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A user of the social network X prompted the AI Grok chatbot to conjure insults against the minister.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 10 March 2026 a Swiss X user, during a roast thread, prompted Grok to attack Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter in hard street slang.","causal_attribution":"CH Media's report of the prompt from the post it saw; Keystone-SDA relays Sonntagsblick's report of a user prompting Grok. The prompter's identity is a pseudonym in the sources and is not recorded here."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mit vulgären Beschimpfungen. Mit beleidigenden Körper- und Charakterangriffen. Mit abwertender und sexualisierter Sprache.' and 'Die sexualisierten Begriffe von Groks Entgleisungen sind im Screenshot des Posts auf X verpixelt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Grok reagierte mit sexistischen und beleidigenden Aussagen, die öffentlich einsehbar und teilbar waren'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Grok replied on X with vulgar insults, attacks on her body and character, and degrading, sexualised language about Keller-Sutter, and the reply was publicly visible and shareable.","causal_attribution":"CH Media's description of Grok's post from a screenshot; both articles come from the same media group, so the claim rests on one reporting chain."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Keller-Sutter erfuhr am Folgetag davon. Kurz darauf wurde der Beitrag gelöscht.' and '«Es war eine harmlose technische Übung, um zu sehen, was mit diesem Grok möglich ist»'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Er löschte seinen «Roast»-Prompt und auch die Antwort von Grok.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Keller-Sutter learned of the post the next day, and the user deleted his prompt and Grok's reply shortly afterwards; the user later told Tamedia it was a harmless technical exercise.","causal_attribution":"CH Media reporting; the user's comment is his own account relayed from Tamedia."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the Bern public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation over insult and defamation.' and 'The minister’s criminal complaint targets “unknown persons”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'le Ministère public bernois a ouvert une enquête pour injures et diffamation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Inzwischen hat die Bundesrätin Strafanzeige wegen Verleumdung und Beschimpfung eingereicht.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint against unknown persons, and the Bern public prosecutor's office confirmed to Keystone-SDA that it had opened an investigation for insult and defamation.","causal_attribution":"The prosecutor's confirmation to Keystone-SDA and statements by Keller-Sutter's spokesperson; the investigation has reached no reported finding."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'«Solcher Frauenhass darf nicht als normal oder akzeptabel empfunden werden», wurde Hollenstein zitiert.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'«Der Verbreitung solcher sexistischer Texte muss eine Grenze gesetzt werden'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Keller-Sutter's spokesperson said such misogyny must not be seen as normal or acceptable, and the finance department said the spread of such sexist texts must be limited.","causal_attribution":"Official statements by the minister's spokesperson and department."}],"effects":[{"label":"sexist and degrading insults about a named minister generated and posted publicly by a chatbot","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"criminal complaint and prosecutor investigation for insult and defamation","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/bundesrat/406055717-ki-chatbot-grok-von-elon-musk-beschimpft-keller-sutter-prozess-droht","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German on 2026-10-12 from the publisher page (full article text); the research agent (an AI) translated the passages relied on into English for this record, and no human translator reviewed them. The article credits bzbasel.ch (CH Media).","independence_group":"ch-media"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/keller-sutter-reicht-strafanzeige-gegen-elon-musks-ki-grok-ein-ld.4147350","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German on 2026-10-12 from the publisher page (full article text); the research agent (an AI) translated the passages relied on into English for this record, and no human translator reviewed them. Same newsroom group as s1 (CH Media); it relays Tamedia for the complaint and the user's comment.","independence_group":"ch-media"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/ai-chatbot-criminal-investigation-following-karin-keller-sutters-complaint/91249480","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-12 from the publisher page; swissinfo.ch states that it translates selected news agency copy with automatic translation tools and that a journalist then reviews the translation, so the English text is a reviewed machine translation of a Keystone-SDA report. No further translation by the research agent (an AI) was needed.","independence_group":"keystone-sda"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/chatbot-dia%3aenqu%c3%aate-p%c3%a9nale-apr%c3%a8s-la-plainte-de-karin-keller-sutter/91248423","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-10-12 from the publisher page (Keystone-ATS copy); the research agent (an AI) translated the passages relied on into English for this record, and no human translator reviewed them. Same agency as s3.","independence_group":"keystone-sda"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_services","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The full text of Grok's reply as posted; the sources quote parts and describe the rest from a screenshot.","How many people saw or shared the reply before it was deleted.","Whether the investigation has identified anyone or reached any decision, and whether xAI or X responded.","Keller-Sutter's own description of any personal effect; only her spokesperson and department are quoted.","Where the user was when he prompted Grok."],"geography":{"basis":"Keller-Sutter is a member of the Swiss Federal Council and head of its finance department, the office through which the reply targeted her, and the Bern public prosecutor's office opened the investigation. The sources call the user Swiss but do not say where he prompted Grok or where the reply was posted from, so the event country is left unknown; the investigation is not a court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["CH"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on CH Media's description, from a screenshot, of Grok's own reply on X insulting Federal Councillor Keller-Sutter in sexist and degrading terms after a user asked for a roast, together with Keystone-SDA's report that the Bern prosecutor opened an investigation for insult and defamation on her complaint. The generated reply is the AI output and the public abuse of the named minister is the reported harm. The case adds a criminal investigation by a public prosecutor as a legal outcome. Claims stay reported because each rests on one reporting chain or on official statements.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"watson (CH Media) describes Grok's own reply on X, from a screenshot of the post: after a user asked for a hard street-slang roast of the minister, Grok answered that it would and wrote vulgar insults, attacks on her body and character, and degrading, sexualised language about her (\"Mit vulgären Beschimpfungen. Mit beleidigenden Körper- und Charakterangriffen. Mit abwertender und sexualisierter Sprache.\"). The Aargauer Zeitung reports that Grok's statements were publicly visible and shareable, and Keystone-SDA reports that a user prompted Grok to produce insults against the minister. The generated reply is the material her criminal complaint for insult and defamation concerns.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Switzerland: Grok posted sexist insults about Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter on X at a user's prompt; her complaint led to a criminal investigation","summary":"On 10 March 2026, according to CH Media reporting published by watson, a Swiss X user taking part in a \"roast\" thread asked xAI's chatbot Grok to attack Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland's finance minister, in hard street slang. Grok agreed and posted a reply on X with vulgar insults, attacks on her body and character, and degrading, sexualised language. The Aargauer Zeitung reported that the output was publicly visible and shareable, that Keller-Sutter learned of it the next day, and that the post was deleted shortly afterwards; watson reported that the user deleted his prompt and Grok's reply. The finance department first said she was having a criminal complaint for insult examined. Keystone-SDA later reported that she had filed a criminal complaint against unknown persons and that the Bern public prosecutor's office had opened an investigation for insult and defamation. Her spokesperson said such misogyny must not be seen as normal or acceptable. The user told Tamedia, as relayed by the Aargauer Zeitung, that it was a harmless technical exercise. No outcome of the investigation is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-03-10","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-03-15","aiSystem":"Grok, the xAI chatbot that replies to users on X, prompted by an X user during a \"roast\" thread","aiProduct":"Grok","aiCompany":"xAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Grok's reply, posted publicly on X, subjected Keller-Sutter to sexist and degrading insults that the FDP co-president who discussed it with her called a sexist insult of the ugliest and most vulgar kind. Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint for insult and defamation, and her spokesperson described the content as misogyny. Her own description of any personal effect is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: Karin Keller-Sutter, the target of Grok's reply, who filed the complaint. Other politicians targeted in other users' roast threads are not part of this event and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CH","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/bundesrat/406055717-ki-chatbot-grok-von-elon-musk-beschimpft-keller-sutter-prozess-droht","primarySourceLabel":"watson, 15 March 2026: KI-Chatbot Grok von Elon Musk beschimpft Keller-Sutter, Prozess droht","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:13:18.439789+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:13:18.439789+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["grok","x","chatbot","insult","defamation","misogyny","switzerland","criminal-complaint","public-official","made-claim-about"]},{"id":"2026-colorado-state-senator-ai-deepfake-video-ballot-measure-ad-disclosure-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The organization released a deepfake video depicting Kipp as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer' and 'the AI-generated version of Kipp says in the deepfake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'whether a video from a libertarian think tank generated with artificial intelligence violates a state law' and 'Kipp is portrayed as a grocery store clerk refusing to give a customer their change, saying in a harsh tone that management decided to keep all change in order to fund education.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Independence Institute posted a video, generated with AI, in which a likeness of state Sen. Cathy Kipp appears as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer's change and says it is to help educate children.","causal_attribution":"The AI generation of the likeness is described by both outlets and is not disputed by the institute."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'She filed a campaign finance complaint alleging the video violates a state law that bars deepfakes of candidates or current lawmakers unless they have a disclosure'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'filed a complaint with the office on Aug. 5 against the Independence Institute' and 'It is the first complaint \"filed within the statutory timeframe required for consideration,\" according to Jack Todd, a spokesperson for the secretary of state'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State's office alleging that the video violates a state law requiring disclosure on deepfakes of candidates and officeholders.","causal_attribution":"The complaint is documented by both outlets; whether the video violates the law is disputed and unresolved."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'filed a complaint with the office on Aug. 5 against the Independence Institute' and 'The Secretary of State' and 'decided to investigate the allegations on Aug. 19 and has a deadline of Sept. 18.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The complaint was filed on 5 August 2026 and the Secretary of State's office decided on 19 August to investigate, with a deadline of 18 September.","causal_attribution":"Procedural dates rest on Colorado Newsline alone."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'it is disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'We should not allow the rampant misuse of AI and the spread of false information to become normalized in our elections.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Kipp said it is disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent, and that the misuse of AI and the spread of false information should not be normalised in elections.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement; it describes her objection to the depiction and does not establish any further consequence."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The Independence Institute disclaimer is not only smaller, it says simply, \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'There is a small disclosure visible for about three seconds that reads, \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The video displayed only a small line reading \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\" rather than the statutory disclosure wording.","causal_attribution":"Both outlets describe the on-screen text; whether it meets the statute is the disputed legal question."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He says the video is also satire, which the law exempts.' and 'Caldara says the law applies to content concerning candidates and the content in his video is regarding a ballot initiative.' and 'a violation of the First Amendment.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He filed a motion to dismiss Kipp' and 'He plans to sue Kipp and the state for his attorney fees.' and 'But he says the ad is obviously satire and parody.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Independence Institute says the video is satire, which the law exempts, that the law applies to candidates rather than ballot measures, and that applying it would violate the First Amendment; its lawyer filed a motion to dismiss and said he plans to sue Kipp and the state for attorney fees.","causal_attribution":"The institute's position and its lawyer's statements, reported by CBS Colorado."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But the state elections division has a different take. It says satire and parody are \"grounded in humor.\" The deepfake, they say, isn' and 'comic relief but political advocacy.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The state elections division says the video is political advocacy rather than satire or parody.","causal_attribution":"The elections division position as reported by CBS Colorado; no ruling is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a state senator was depicted without her consent in an AI-generated political video saying and doing things she did not say or do","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"she filed a campaign finance complaint over the video, which the institute contests","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-video-colorado-state-lawmaker-complaint/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 from the CBS Colorado syndicated copy on the MSN content API (assets.msn.com, provider CBS Colorado, same title, author and text); the cbsnews.com page returned HTTP 406 to the fetcher. No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"cbs-colorado-kipp-deepfake"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/colorado-sen-cathy-kipp-submits-203651449.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 on the Yahoo News syndicated copy of the Colorado Newsline article (coloradonewsline.com returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher). No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"colorado-newsline-kipp-deepfake"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-ad-colorado-state-senator-prompts-court-case/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 from the CBS Colorado syndicated copy on the MSN content API (assets.msn.com, provider CBS Colorado, same title, author and text); the cbsnews.com page returned HTTP 406 to the fetcher. No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"cbs-colorado-kipp-deepfake"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["elections","public_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool produced the video, and the date it was first posted (the reports place it after the April 2026 Senate floor remarks and before the 5 August complaint).","Whether the Secretary of State's office or any court has ruled on the complaint or on the motion to dismiss.","How many people viewed the video or took it for genuine footage; no report measures viewers' understanding."],"geography":{"basis":"The video concerns a Colorado ballot measure and a Colorado state senator, and the complaint was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State's office, per both outlets. The proceeding reported is an administrative campaign finance complaint, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as an impersonation case involving a public official: an AI-generated likeness of a Colorado state senator was used in a political video she did not consent to, and she filed a complaint under the state deepfake disclosure law that the Secretary of State's office is investigating. Two reporting chains were read (CBS Colorado, two reports by the same reporter, and Colorado Newsline). The AI generation of the likeness is undisputed; whether it deceives viewers or breaks the law is disputed and recorded as such.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"CBS Colorado and Colorado Newsline both describe the video as generated with artificial intelligence: CBS reports that it shows \"an AI-generated deepfake of Kipp as a store clerk\" and quotes the line \"the AI-generated version of Kipp says\", and Newsline describes \"a video from a libertarian think tank generated with artificial intelligence\" in which Kipp is portrayed as a clerk refusing to give a customer change. The video itself carried the text \"AI generated content\". The generated likeness is the harm the senator complains of: she says it is wrong to use \"a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent\". The tool is not named. The institute does not dispute that the video is AI-generated; it disputes that it is deceptive.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Colorado: state senator files complaint over think tank's AI deepfake video depicting her as a cashier keeping change; group calls it satire","summary":"The Independence Institute, a libertarian-leaning Colorado think tank opposing Proposition NN on the November 2026 ballot, posted a video on its social media accounts in which an AI-generated likeness of Democratic state Sen. Cathy Kipp, who sponsored the bill that referred the measure to voters, appears as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer's change and says it will help educate children. CBS Colorado reported that the institute made the video in response to remarks Kipp made on the Senate floor in April 2026. Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State's office on 5 August 2026, according to Colorado Newsline, alleging that the video lacked the disclosure a 2024 state law requires on deepfakes of candidates and officeholders; the video carried only a small line reading \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\". Kipp said it was \"disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent\". The office decided on 19 August to investigate; a spokesperson said it was the first complaint filed within the statutory timeframe for consideration. The institute says the video is satire, which the law exempts, that the law covers candidates rather than ballot measures, and that applying it would violate the First Amendment. CBS Colorado reported on 9 October 2026 that the institute's lawyer had filed a motion to dismiss and planned to sue Kipp and the state for attorney fees, and that the state elections division disputed the satire defence. No decision is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-21","aiSystem":"Unnamed generative AI tool used by the Independence Institute to produce a video depicting the senator; the video carried the on-screen text \"AI generated content\". No tool is named in the inspected reports.","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to her complaint and statements reported by CBS Colorado and Colorado Newsline, the senator was depicted without her consent in an AI-generated political video showing her saying and doing things she did not say or do, which she called a misuse of AI and the spread of false information in an election. The institute disputes that the video is deceptive and calls it obvious satire. No other harm is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"disputed","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the senator depicted in the AI-generated video, who filed the complaint. Viewers of the video, voters and the institute are not counted as harmed persons.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-video-colorado-state-lawmaker-complaint/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Colorado, 21 August 2026: Colorado state lawmaker files complaint over a deepfake video with Secretary of State's Office","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:25:23.152269+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:27:57.312914+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","election","ballot-measure","colorado","public-figure","depicted"]},{"id":"2026-delhi-police-dcp-ai-altered-video-falsely-showing-resignation-over-student-protests-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A 44 second long video is doing the rounds on social media, where Delhi Police deputy commissioner Sumit Jha is seen declaring that he is resigning from his position in solidarity with the protesting students.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A digitally altered video is circulating on social media with the false claim that it shows Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumit Jha resigning from the Indian Police force, alleging he was pressured to lie about student protesters'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video circulating on social media in late July 2026 showed Delhi Police DCP Sumit Jha appearing to announce his immediate resignation because the government had pressured him to implicate protesting students on false charges.","causal_attribution":"Two fact-checkers viewed the video independently."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'This suggests that the viral clip was created using this original video, with the audio later manipulated.'; 'The result indicated a 67% possibility of the video being AI generated.'; 'The viral video claiming Delhi Police DCP Sumit Jha resigned over student protests is completely fake and AI generated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A reverse image search traced it back to the original video posted by the official Delhi Police X handle, on July 23.'; 'The clip shows a mismatch between the audio and Jha's lip movements, and running it through an AI detection tool confirmed it as synthetic.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The video was later confirmed to be deepfake, with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) issuing a statement that it was AI-generated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The video was made with AI from genuine Delhi Police footage of 23 July; Delhi Police called it completely fake and AI generated, and two fact-checkers found an audio-to-lip mismatch or manipulated audio and reported AI-detection results flagging it.","causal_attribution":"Independent analyses by Alt News and BOOM plus official statements by Delhi Police and the PIB; detection-tool scores are probabilistic."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'We have registered a case against unknown persons under sections 353 of statements amounting to public mischief of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and 66 D for cheating by impersonation of the Information Technology Act,'; 'On July 31,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons under Section 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (statements causing public mischief) and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Maharashtra Cyber Police registered a case against unknown persons under BNS section 353 and IT Act section 66D after a complainant saw the video in a Congress leader's post on 31 July.","causal_attribution":"One police account relayed by two outlets; the FIR itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"a named police officer falsely depicted announcing his resignation and accusing the government, in a video that Delhi Police and fact-checkers say was AI-generated","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.altnews.in/delhi-dcp-resigned-to-support-students-protest-no-viral-video-is-a-deepfake/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. Alt News fact check, HTTP 200; its own keyframe and detection-tool analysis, plus a quoted Delhi Police X post of 26 July.","independence_group":"altnews-fact-check"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/video-of-delhi-dcp-quitting-over-framing-cjp-protesters-is-a-deepfake-31946","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. BOOM fact check of 27 July 2026, HTTP 200; its own lip-sync and detection-tool analysis.","independence_group":"boom-fact-check"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/fir-filed-over-ai-doctored-video-of-delhi-cop-101785613160911.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. Hindustan Times Mumbai, 2 August 2026, HTTP 200; quotes a Maharashtra Cyber Police officer and the FIR, and reports the PIB statement.","independence_group":"ht-mumbai-fir-report"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://thefederal.com/category/states/west/maharashtra/delhi-dcp-resignation-video-deepfake-police-fir-registered-maharashtra-252310","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. The Federal, 2 August 2026, HTTP 200; FIR details overlap the Hindustan Times account and part is credited to ANI, so it is not used as independent support for the FIR.","independence_group":"federal-fir-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_services","justice"],"unknowns":["Who made the video and with which tool.","Whether the depicted officer made any statement about the video or its effect on him.","Whether anyone has been identified or charged under the FIR."],"geography":{"basis":"The depicted officer serves with Delhi Police, the source footage was posted by Delhi Police, and the FIR was registered by Maharashtra Cyber Police; all in India. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core depiction case: Delhi Police, the Press Information Bureau and two independent fact-checkers say a viral video falsely showing a named Delhi Police DCP resigning and accusing the government was AI-generated, and Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR. The officer is named as a senior public official depicted in his official role; the complainant, the uploader and the sharing politician are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Delhi Police called the video \"completely fake and AI generated\" in a fact check quoted by Alt News and The Federal; Alt News traced it to genuine Delhi Police footage of 23 July and concluded the audio was manipulated, with a detection tool estimating a 67% AI likelihood; BOOM found an audio-to-lip mismatch and reported that AI-detection tools flagged it as synthetic; the Hindustan Times reports a Press Information Bureau statement that it was AI-generated. The AI output is a manipulated video in which a voice resembling the officer's speaks a fabricated resignation statement over his genuine footage (depicted_or_impersonated), which is the false depiction that circulated and led to the FIR.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Delhi Police and fact-checkers say a viral video of a Delhi Police DCP resigning over student protests was AI-generated; FIR filed in Maharashtra","summary":"In late July 2026 a 44-to-47-second video circulated on social media in which Delhi Police Deputy Commissioner Sumit Jha appeared to announce that he was resigning \"immediately\" because the government had pressured him to implicate students protesting with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on false charges. The fact-checkers Alt News and BOOM traced the frames to a genuine Delhi Police video of 23 July in which the officer warned about Pakistan-based social media handles spreading misinformation. BOOM found a mismatch between the audio and his lip movements and said Deepfake O Meter tools flagged the clip as AI-generated. Alt News reported a 67% likelihood of AI generation from Detectvideo.AI. Delhi Police posted a fact check calling the video \"completely fake and AI generated\", and the Hindustan Times reports that the Press Information Bureau also said it was AI-generated. After a member of the BJP social media team saw the video in a post by a Congress leader on 31 July, Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR against unknown persons for public mischief and cheating by personation. The officer is named because he is a senior public official depicted in his official role and the fact checks name him; no statement from him is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-07-23","incidentEndDate":"2026-07-31","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-27","aiSystem":"An AI-altered video built from Delhi Police footage of 23 July 2026, with manipulated audio in a voice resembling the officer's, which The Federal calls \"the AI-generated voice\"; Delhi Police called it \"completely fake and AI generated\", the Press Information Bureau said it was AI-generated, and BOOM and Alt News ran it through AI-detection tools. No tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Delhi Police, the Press Information Bureau and two fact-checkers, an AI-altered video falsely showed a named Delhi Police DCP resigning and accusing the government of pressuring him to frame protesting students; it was shared widely and Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR for public mischief and cheating by personation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the depicted officer. He did not use the tool, so he is counted as another person harmed. Viewers, likes and the complainant are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.altnews.in/delhi-dcp-resigned-to-support-students-protest-no-viral-video-is-a-deepfake/","primarySourceLabel":"Alt News fact check, 29 July 2026: Delhi DCP resignation video is a deepfake","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:16.977265+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:16.977265+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","police","protest","delhi","india","reputational-harm","depicted-or-impersonated","fact-check"]},{"id":"2026-piotrkow-trybunalski-school-ai-altered-photo-of-pupil-with-machete-police-check","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Do zdarzenia doszło w piątek, 9 października, około godziny 13:30 | Zaczęło wówczas krążyć zdjęcie przedstawiające jednego z uczniów trzymającego maczetę. W obliczu ostatnich niebezpiecznych wydarzeń w polskich szkołach fotografia wzbudziła niepokój. | zdjęcie zostało przerobione przy użyciu sztucznej inteligencji. Co istotne, sam uczeń widoczny na fotografii zgłosił się do dyrektora i poinformował, że padł ofiarą nieodpowiedzialnego żartu","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 9 October 2026, at about 13:30, a photograph showing one of the pupils of a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski holding a machete began to circulate and caused alarm; the school director said it had been altered using artificial intelligence, and the pupil shown told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke.","causal_attribution":"Single origin: ePiotrkow.pl relaying the school director; the AI alteration is the director's explanation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Służby zareagowały i sprawdziły sytuację. Rzeczywistego zagrożenia jednak nie było. | Policjanci podjęli działania w związku ze zgłoszeniem i wyjaśniają okoliczności zdarzenia. | Policja przypomina, że wprowadzanie służb w błąd i wywoływanie niepotrzebnych interwencji może mieć konsekwencje prawne.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Emergency services responded and found no real threat; police said they were clarifying the circumstances and that causing unnecessary interventions can be punished under article 66 of the Code of Petty Offences.","causal_attribution":"Single origin: ePiotrkow.pl relaying the police spokesperson."}],"effects":[{"label":"A pupil was falsely shown holding a machete in an AI-altered photograph that circulated at the school and drew an emergency response","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://epiotrkow.pl/news/piotrkow-trybunalski-zdjecie-ucznia-z-maczeta-w-tps-ie-okazalo-sie-przerobka-ai,64584","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Polish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no human translator or reviewer read the text. ePiotrkow.pl (Piotrków Trybunalski local news site) report of 9 October 2026 quoting the school director and a police spokesperson; HTTP 200, fetched directly; the full article text is present in the page despite an ad-block notice.","independence_group":"epiotrkow-2026-10-09"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made and shared the altered photograph, and with which tool.","How widely the image spread and whether the pupil faced any measure before the alteration was established.","The outcome of the police inquiry."],"geography":{"basis":"The photograph circulated at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, where emergency services responded and the city police command is clarifying the circumstances (ePiotrkow.pl). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PL"],"affected_person_countries":["PL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on one local report of 9 October 2026: a photograph showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski during heightened security after school knife attacks, emergency services responded, the director said the image had been altered with AI and the pupil described being the victim of the joke. Claims are attributed to the director and police as quoted; the pupil and the school are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school director, as quoted by ePiotrkow.pl, said the photograph showing the pupil holding a machete had been altered using artificial intelligence. That AI-altered image depicts the pupil (depicted_or_impersonated) and is what circulated, caused alarm during heightened school security and drew the emergency response; the pupil described being the victim of the joke. The tool and maker are not identified and no forensic finding is reported, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland: photo showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at a school; director says it was altered with AI, police checked, 9 Oct 2026","summary":"On Friday 9 October 2026, at about 13:30, a photograph showing a pupil holding a machete began circulating at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, on a day when police were running stepped-up checks around schools after recent knife attacks in Polish schools. According to the local outlet ePiotrkow.pl, the photograph caused alarm, emergency services responded and found no real threat, and the school director said the image had been altered with artificial intelligence. The pupil shown in the photograph told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke. Police said they were clarifying the circumstances and warned that causing unnecessary interventions can be punished. Who made the image and with which tool is not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-09","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence, not named, which according to the school director was used to alter a photograph so that it showed a pupil holding a machete","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to ePiotrkow.pl, an AI-altered photograph falsely showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at the school and caused alarm and an emergency response; the pupil told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted pupil (\"the pupil visible in the photograph\", ePiotrkow.pl). Others alarmed by the image are not counted; the maker used the tool against another person, so participant_users_affected_min is 0.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://epiotrkow.pl/news/piotrkow-trybunalski-zdjecie-ucznia-z-maczeta-w-tps-ie-okazalo-sie-przerobka-ai,64584","primarySourceLabel":"ePiotrkow.pl, 9 Oct 2026: photo of a pupil with a machete at a Piotrków school turned out to be an AI alteration","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:09:33.149297+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:09:33.149297+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_altered_image","school","false_depiction","police_response","poland"]},{"id":"2026-nrw-woman-instagram-photos-ai-altered-used-in-online-sex-ad-police-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ende Juni fragt sie ein Nutzer auf Instagram, seit wann sie sexuelle Dienstleistungen anbiete und ob sie das wirklich sei. Kurz darauf erhält sie von ihm entsprechende Screenshots'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Mit ihrem Gesicht wirbt der Täter unter anderem auf dem öffentlichen Internetportal Markt.de mit Sextreffen, Swingerpartys oder weiteren sexuellen Dienstleistungen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ein Unbekannter hat eine Sexanzeige mit ihrem Gesicht auf der Onlineplattform Markt.de geschaltet, auf der er sexuelle Dienstleistungen anbietet'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Im Juni dieses Jahres bekommt die ... von einem Internet-User eine Nachricht und fällt aus allen Wolken'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At the end of June 2026 an Instagram user asked the woman since when she offered sexual services and sent her screenshots; an unknown person had placed an ad with her face on the classifieds platform Markt.de advertising sex meetings and other sexual services.","causal_attribution":"The woman's own account as told to two outlets; both rest on the same witness and the screenshots she received, so the claim is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die Bilder stammen von ihrem Instagram-Kanal und wurden zum Teil mit KI verändert - ein Fall von Deepfake. Wie groß das genaue Ausmaß der Fälschungen ist, ist unbekannt'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Die Bilder habe der Täter von ihrem Instagram-Account heruntergeladen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Es könnte schon vor Monaten angefangen haben. Das Ausmaß kenne ich noch gar nicht'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The pictures in the ad were taken from the woman's public Instagram account and, according to WDR, were partly altered with AI; how many such images exist and when the use began is unknown.","causal_attribution":"WDR's description of the images as partly AI-altered and the woman's account of their origin; no forensic or official characterisation of the images is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die 28-Jährige erstattet Anzeige bei der Polizei und schaltet eine Anwältin ein'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft Bielefeld laufen die Ermittlungen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Sie erstattet sofort Anzeige bei der Polizei, der Fall liegt bei der Staatsanwaltschaft'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She filed a criminal complaint with the police, and the case is with the Bielefeld public prosecutor's office, which says investigations are ongoing.","causal_attribution":"The complaint is her account to both outlets, and the Bielefeld prosecutor's office confirmed to WDR that investigations in her case are ongoing: two distinct origins for the complaint and the open investigation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Natürlich könnte der Mann ebenfalls Opfer eines Identitätsdiebstahls geworden sein. Das müssen die weiteren Ermittlungen jetzt zeigen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Die Beamten haben den mutmaßlichen Täter ermitteln können'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Persönlich kennt sie den Mann nicht. Von einer Kontaktaufnahme, um ihn mit den Vorwürfen zu konfrontieren, nimmt sie aber Abstand'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Die beantragt Akteneinsicht'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Es ist der Name des möglichen Täters, der sich über die Anzeige bei Markt.de ermitteln ließ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Her lawyer applied for access to the file and a suspect's name emerged from the Markt.de ad; she does not know the man, and WDR notes he could himself be a victim of identity theft, which the further investigation must show.","causal_attribution":"Her account of what the file access showed, plus WDR's own caveat; no official statement identifies a suspect."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die Sexanzeige ist aus dem Netz verschwunden'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Auf ihrem Insta Kanal, mit dem sie rund 25.000 Menschen erreicht, postet sie ein Video und erklärt ihren Followern, was passiert ist'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Das ist einfach rufschädigend und auch menschenverachtend'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ich bin vorsichtiger geworden, was ich teile'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The ad is no longer online; she went public with a video on her Instagram account, which reaches about 25,000 people, describes the ad as damaging to her reputation and says she has become more careful about what she shares.","causal_attribution":"Her statements to the two outlets and WDR's observation that the ad is gone; the effect on her is self-described."}],"effects":[{"label":"Pictures from a woman's Instagram account, partly AI-altered according to WDR, were used in an online ad offering sexual services with her face","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www1.wdr.de/nrw/ostwestfalen-lippe/kreis-minden-luebbecke/deepfake-kunschke-hille-sex-ki-bilder-100.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; no human translator or reviewer read the text. WDR regional report with video, dated 09.10.2026, 05:03; its source list names an inquiry to the Bielefeld public prosecutor, an inquiry to the Minden-Lübbecke police and a conversation with the woman. Fetched directly, HTTP 200. The URL carries the woman's surname because WDR names her; she went public under her own name.","independence_group":"wdr-report-2026-10-09"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lz.de/owl/24418014_Bilder-als-Angebot-fuer-sexuelle-Dienstleistung-genutzt-Hillerin-wird-Opfer-von-Deepfakes.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; no human translator or reviewer read the text. Lippische Landes-Zeitung (lz.de) report of 14 September 2026 based on its own interview with the woman; the page is a subscription article whose full text is carried in the page's JSON-LD articleBody, which was read. Fetched directly, HTTP 200. The URL carries the paper's headline, which calls her a Hille resident.","independence_group":"lz-report-2026-09-14"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the ad was placed and how many altered images exist; she told the LZ it could have begun months before the end-of-June discovery, and WDR says the extent of the fakes is unknown. incident_date is the month of discovery.","Which tool altered the images and how much of each picture was altered; WDR says 'partly altered with AI' and no official body has characterised the images in the reports.","Who placed the ad and where: a name emerged from the ad, but WDR notes the man could himself be an identity-theft victim; no charge is reported.","Her exact age: the LZ (September) gives 27 and WDR (October) gives 28.","How many people saw or responded to the ad; only the one Instagram user who alerted her is described."],"geography":{"basis":"Both reports place the woman in Hille, North Rhine-Westphalia (WDR's regional desk for the Minden-Lübbecke district; the LZ dateline 'Hille.'), the ad on the German classifieds portal Markt.de, and the complaint with the police and the Bielefeld public prosecutor's office; the discovery and the complaint happened there. Where the unknown ad poster acted is not reported. No court is involved, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on two German reports with the woman's own account: at the end of June 2026 she learned that pictures from her public Instagram account, partly altered with AI according to WDR, were being used in a Markt.de ad offering sexual services with her face; she filed a criminal complaint, the Bielefeld public prosecutor confirmed to WDR that investigations are ongoing, and the ad has been taken down. She is named in both reports because she went public, and is not named here; the suspect is unnamed in the sources. The AI alteration rests on the broadcaster's description and its extent is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"WDR reports that the pictures used in the Markt.de ad came from the woman's Instagram account and were partly altered with AI ('zum Teil mit KI verändert'), and that someone offered sex meetings with her face; the Lippische Landes-Zeitung writes that she apparently became a victim of deepfakes, images generated or manipulated with AI. The AI alteration of her photographs is what depicts her in the ad (depicted_or_impersonated), and the ad with her face is the harm she reports: being confronted as a provider of sexual services, filing a criminal complaint and changing how she shares online. The description of the images as AI-altered is the broadcaster's; no tool is named, the extent of the alteration is unknown by WDR's own account, and no police or prosecutor characterisation of the images is reported, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Woman in NRW, Germany, says AI-altered photos from her Instagram were used in an online sex ad with her face; police complaint filed, prosecutor investigating","summary":"A woman in her late twenties from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, learned at the end of June 2026 from an Instagram user that her face appeared in an advertisement on the classifieds platform Markt.de offering sex meetings and other sexual services, according to her account to the Lippische Landes-Zeitung (14 September 2026) and WDR (9 October 2026). WDR reports that the pictures came from her public Instagram account and were partly altered with AI; the extent of the manipulation is unknown. She filed a criminal complaint and engaged a lawyer; the Bielefeld public prosecutor's office told WDR that investigations are ongoing, and a suspect was identified through the ad, who the report notes could himself be a victim of identity theft. The ad has been taken down. She went public with a video on her Instagram account and says the experience changed how she shares online.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation tool, not named; WDR reports that photographs taken from the woman's public Instagram account were partly altered with AI and used in a sex ad on Markt.de","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to her account to two outlets, an unknown person used pictures from the woman's Instagram account, partly altered with AI per WDR, in a Markt.de ad offering sexual services with her face; an Instagram user confronted her about it, she filed a criminal complaint, describes shock and reputational damage, and says the episode changed how she shares online.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted woman, the subject of both reports. The unknown ad poster used the images against her, so participant_users_affected_min is 0. Her Instagram followers and the ad's viewers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www1.wdr.de/nrw/ostwestfalen-lippe/kreis-minden-luebbecke/deepfake-kunschke-hille-sex-ki-bilder-100.html","primarySourceLabel":"WDR (Ostwestfalen-Lippe), 9 Oct 2026: woman finds sex ads with AI-altered pictures of herself online","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-10T03:44:15.101135+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T03:44:15.101135+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","impersonation","instagram","classifieds_platform","police_complaint","germany"]},{"id":"2026-rukmini-vasanth-ai-morphed-photos-videos-bengaluru-three-arrests","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಭಾವಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಎಐ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಬಳಸಿ ಮಾರ್ಫ್​ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಗೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದ ಆರೋಪದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೂವರು ಆರೋಪಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಎಐ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಅಶ್ಲೀಲವಾಗಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಿ, ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು'; 'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸೈಬರ್ ಪೊಲೀಸರ ತಂಡವು ಮೂವರನ್ನು ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police arrested three people accused of using AI technology to morph the actor's photographs; Oneindia Kannada reports that her face was obscenely altered with AI technology in a video released on the internet.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic report is described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಟ್ಟು ಗೌರವ ಹಾಗೂ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಗೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಕಿರುಕುಳ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ETV Bharat Kannada reports, in its account of the arrests, that the material was circulated on social media, harmed her dignity and personal privacy and caused her mental harassment.","causal_attribution":"ETV Bharat Kannada's own narration in its arrest report; the sentence is not attributed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಕಳೆದ ತಿಂಗಳು(ಮೇ) ವಿವಿಧ ಸೋಷಿಯಲ್​ ಮೀಡಿಯಾ ಪ್ಲ್ಯಾಟ್​​ಫಾರ್ಮ್​​ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಕೆಲ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಫೋಟೋ, ವಿಡಿಯೋಗಳು ವೈರಲ್​ ಆಗಿದ್ದವು'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ETV Bharat Kannada reports that the photos and videos went viral on social media platforms and in some media in May.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's dating of the circulation; no day is given."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ಈ ಫೋಟೋಗಳು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ನಕಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಟ್ಟುಕಥೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ'; 'ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆಯ ಗಂಭೀರ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a statement on her social media accounts the actor said the photos were completely fake and that making and spreading manipulated content was a serious violation of privacy.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement as quoted by ETV Bharat Kannada; the original post was not read."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ನಟಿ ನೀಡಿದ ದೂರಿನ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ತನಿಖೆ ಕೈಗೊಂಡು'; 'ಇದೀಗ ಮೂವರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿ ಅವರಿಂದ ಕೃತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸಿದ 3 ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್​ಗಳನ್ನು ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ'; 'ಆರೋಪಿಗಳನ್ನು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ ಬಂಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಪೊಲೀಸರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On her complaint police investigated, arrested three people and seized three mobile phones, and police said the accused were remanded to judicial custody.","causal_attribution":"Police steps as reported; no charge sheet or trial is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made photos and videos depicting the actor were circulated on social media","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the material harmed her dignity and privacy and caused her mental harassment, according to ETV Bharat Kannada","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.etvbharat.com/kn/state/three-arrested-for-creating-circulating-obscene-ai-made-visuals-of-actress-rukmini-vasanth-kas26062000441","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"kn","translation_note":"Read in Kannada by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (ETV Bharat Kannada, published 20 June 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the Bengaluru police account of the arrests and quotes the actor's earlier social media statement; same chain as the other source. Kannada 'ನಟಿ' (actress) is the basis for 'her'. The report names the three accused, who are not named here.","independence_group":"bengaluru-police-actor-ai-visuals-arrests-2026-06"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://kannada.oneindia.com/entertainment/sandalwood-actress-rukmini-vasanth-deepfake-case-cyber-police-nab-3-accused-for-fake-ai-video-458175.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"kn","translation_note":"Read in Kannada by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-05 (Oneindia Kannada, published 19 June 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays the police account of the arrests; same chain as the other source. It names the three accused with ages, which are not reproduced. Kannada 'ನಟಿ' (actress) is the basis for 'her'.","independence_group":"bengaluru-police-actor-ai-visuals-arrests-2026-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","work"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how many photos and videos were made.","What the accused say and what each is alleged to have done.","Whether the material has been removed.","Whether a charge sheet has been filed.","When the material first circulated: ETV Bharat Kannada dates it to May 2026, while Oneindia Kannada, on 19 June 2026, says the altered video was released a few days earlier."],"geography":{"basis":"Bengaluru police investigated and arrested three people, and the accused were remanded to judicial custody (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada). The reports do not state where the actor lives. No court is named.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a named actor publicly said AI-generated photos of her were fake, filed a complaint, and police arrested three people over AI-morphed photos and videos. The account is the police statement as relayed by ETV Bharat Kannada and Oneindia Kannada (one chain) with her own quoted statement; all claims are reported. The accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police say the accused used AI technology to morph the actor's photographs and to make photos and videos depicting her (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada), and she said in her own statement that the photos were AI-generated and fake (quoted by ETV Bharat Kannada). The material depicts her (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic report is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bengaluru: actor Rukmini Vasanth says AI-generated photos passed off as hers are fake and files a complaint after AI-morphed photos and videos of her went viral in May 2026; police arrest three people, reported on 19 and 20 June 2026","summary":"According to ETV Bharat Kannada (20 June 2026) and Oneindia Kannada (19 June 2026), Bengaluru police arrested three people accused of using AI technology to morph photographs of the actor Rukmini Vasanth and of circulating AI-made photos and videos depicting her on social media. ETV Bharat reports that the material went viral on social media platforms and in some media in May, that it harmed her dignity and privacy and caused her mental harassment, and that she filed a complaint. In a statement on her social media accounts, quoted by ETV Bharat, she said the AI-generated photos circulating as hers were completely fake and that making and spreading manipulated content was a serious violation of privacy. Police seized three mobile phones and the accused were remanded to judicial custody. Oneindia reports that her face had been obscenely altered with AI technology in a video released on the internet. The reports do not name the tool used.","incidentDate":"2026-05-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-19","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI technology reported to have been used to morph the actor's photographs and to make photos and videos depicting her (police account via ETV Bharat Kannada and Oneindia Kannada)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-made photos and videos depicting the actor were circulated on social media, harming her dignity and privacy and causing her mental harassment, according to ETV Bharat Kannada's report of the arrests; she publicly called the images fake and a serious violation of privacy.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the actor, is reported as depicted in the AI-made photos and videos (ETV Bharat Kannada; Oneindia Kannada).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.etvbharat.com/kn/state/three-arrested-for-creating-circulating-obscene-ai-made-visuals-of-actress-rukmini-vasanth-kas26062000441","primarySourceLabel":"ETV Bharat Kannada, 20 June 2026: Three arrested for making and circulating obscene AI-made visuals of actor Rukmini Vasanth","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:26.319735+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:24:26.319735+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-morphed-images","celebrity","arrests","india","karnataka","bengaluru","cyber-police","depicted-or-impersonated","kannada-language"]},{"id":"2026-malaysia-mahathir-mourning-footage-manipulated-videos-mcmc-review","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'terdapat satu akaun di TikTok yang memuat naik video memaparkan keadaan Tun M yang sedang berada di sebelah jenazah Tun Dr Hasmah'; 'dipercayai telah menyunting video Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang sedang bersedih ketika berada di sebelah jenazah Tun Dr Siti Hasmah dengan meletakkan aksi wanita sedang menari'; 'kelihatan individu itu menyunting momen ketika Tun M sedang mengangkat tangan untuk berdoa dengan aksi sedang menari sambil duduk di atas kerusi roda'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A TikTok account posted a video of Mahathir grieving beside his wife's body edited to show a woman dancing beside him, and a second clip in which the moment he raised his hands in prayer was edited with dancing movements while seated in a wheelchair.","causal_attribution":"BuzzKini's description of videos shared by a Threads user; the videos were not inspected for this review."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Dilihat dari hasil video berkenaan ia dipercayai telah disunting dengan menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'sedang meneliti kandungan media sosial yang dipercayai menggunakan kecerdasan buatan (AI) bagi memanipulasi rakaman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad ketika beliau melalui saat dukacita selepas pemergian isterinya'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The videos are believed to have been edited with AI.","causal_attribution":"Both sources hedge the AI attribution as a belief; no tool or forensic basis is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ramai netizen mengkritik dan mengecam tindakan tersebut serta meminta pihak berkuasa seperti MCMC dan polis untuk mengambil tindakan atas perbuatan tidak bermoral itu.'; 'mengambil tindakan segera terhadap pemilik akaun TikTok terbabit'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Many social media users condemned the edits and asked MCMC and the police to act against the account holder.","causal_attribution":"BuzzKini's account of social media reaction."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'MCMC sudah berhubung dengan platform media sosial berkaitan dan sedang meneliti kandungan berkenaan.'; 'menjejaskan maruah individu dan keluarga adalah perkara serius'; 'termasuk Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 (Akta 588)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"MCMC said it had contacted the social media platforms concerned and was examining the content, that altering real footage in ways that can mislead or harm the dignity of an individual and family is serious, and that action could follow under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 if a breach is found.","causal_attribution":"MCMC statement as reported; no finding of a breach is reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Dr Siti Hasmah meninggal dunia pada 28 September lalu pada usia 100 tahun.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali died on 28 September 2026 aged 100.","causal_attribution":"Background fact; her death is not connected to the AI-edited videos."}],"effects":[{"label":"footage of him mourning beside his wife's body was edited to add dancing and posted on TikTok","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://utusanmelayuplus.com/mcmc-teliti-video-ai-manipulasi-saat-duka-tun-dr-mahathir/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read live in Malay on 2026-10-03 (Utusan Melayu, 2 October 2026); relays the MCMC statement. Harian Metro ran an item headlined 'MCMC teliti video AI manipulasi detik duka Tun Dr Mahathir', but only its description was retrieved and it was not used. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"mcmc-statement-2026-10-02"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://buzzkini.my/trending/2026/09/30/biadab-ramai-minta-pihak-berkuasa-ambil-tindakan-terhadap-individu-sunting-video-wanita-menari-ketika-tun-m-sedang-bersedih/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ms","translation_note":"Read live in Malay on 2026-10-03 (BuzzKini, 30 September 2026); describes the TikTok videos as shared by a Threads user and the public reaction. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"buzzkini-threads-tiktok"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which tool was used and how the AI attribution was established.","Who operated the TikTok account, how widely the videos were seen, and whether the account's disappearance from TikTok (BuzzKini, 30 September) was a removal by the platform or by its holder.","Whether MCMC found a breach or took action.","Whether Mahathir or his family commented on the videos."],"geography":{"basis":"Utusan Melayu's photo caption places Mahathir at his wife's burial at the Pusara Negara in Putrajaya, and BuzzKini says she died at the Institut Jantung Negara in Kuala Lumpur, so he was in Malaysia during the mourning the footage shows. Neither source says where the edited videos were made or posted from; the Malaysian regulator's review does not establish an event location. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["MY"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: edited videos depicted a former prime minister mourning his wife, reportedly made with AI, and the national communications regulator said it was examining them. He is a public figure and is named as the sources do. Two independent accounts (BuzzKini's report of the videos; the MCMC statement, which does not describe the content, so its link to the TikTok videos is inferred); both hedge the AI attribution.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"BuzzKini says that, judging from the result, the videos are believed ('dipercayai') to have been edited with artificial intelligence. MCMC's statement, as reported by Utusan Melayu, refers to content believed ('dipercayai') to use AI to manipulate the footage. Neither names a tool or explains how the attribution was made, and the videos were not inspected. The edited videos depict Mahathir (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Malaysia: footage of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad mourning his wife was edited, in what sources believe was AI manipulation, to add dancing, and posted on TikTok in September 2026; the communications regulator MCMC said it was examining content believed to use AI to manipulate footage of him in mourning","summary":"Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, wife of former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, died on 28 September 2026 aged 100. BuzzKini reported on 30 September that a TikTok account had posted a video of Mahathir grieving beside her body, edited to show a woman dancing next to him, and another clip of the moment he raised his hands in prayer edited with dancing movements while seated in a wheelchair. BuzzKini says the edits are believed to have been made with AI, and that many social media users condemned them and asked the regulator and police to act. On 2 October the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it was examining social media content believed to use AI to manipulate footage of Mahathir in mourning, had contacted the platforms concerned, and that action could follow under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 if a breach was found.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"Edited videos of Mahathir Mohamad mourning his wife, posted by a TikTok account; BuzzKini says they are believed to have been edited with AI and MCMC describes content believed to use AI. The tool and the account holder are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Footage of the former prime minister mourning beside his wife's body was edited, believed to be with AI, to add dancing and was posted on TikTok, prompting public condemnation and an MCMC review of content it said could harm the dignity of an individual and family (BuzzKini; MCMC via Utusan Melayu).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Mahathir Mohamad, who is depicted in the edited footage (BuzzKini; Utusan Melayu). Viewers and commenters are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"MY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://utusanmelayuplus.com/mcmc-teliti-video-ai-manipulasi-saat-duka-tun-dr-mahathir/","primarySourceLabel":"Utusan Melayu, 2 October 2026: MCMC teliti video AI manipulasi saat duka Tun Dr Mahathir","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:58.566577+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:58.566577+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-edited-video","deepfakes","public-figure","bereavement","tiktok","mcmc","malaysia","malay-language"]},{"id":"2026-portland-david-douglas-high-school-ai-altered-racist-posts-football-players","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Some images and videos have been digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted.'; 'Some of the content brought to our attention has been reported to the Portland Police Bureau'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'some of the images and videos were digitally altered and “do not accurately represent those depicted.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"David Douglas High School said social-media posts were targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, that some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted, and that some content had been reported to the Portland Police Bureau.","causal_attribution":"The school's own statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The account includes 17 posts, which appear to target David Douglas football players and use racist, anti-immigrant, and religious stereotypes.'; 'One image depicts a Latino player wearing a sombrero being detained by people identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.'; 'Another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.'; 'The first post was made on September 22'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"KATU reviewed the account and found 17 posts, first posted on 22 September, that appear to target David Douglas football players with racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes, including images depicting a Latino player being detained by people labelled as ICE agents and a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.","causal_attribution":"KATU's review of the posts; which images were AI-altered is not specified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But I think kids are definitely hurt by it.”'; 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'; 'one student texted him over the weekend after seeing a post'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The head coach said students were hurt by the posts and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts, writing 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","causal_attribution":"The coach's account to KATU."}],"effects":[{"label":"high-school football players depicted in racist and anti-immigrant images, some altered with AI, posted by an anonymous account; students reported to be hurt","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"one student wrote to the coach after seeing a post, calling it terrible and asking what to do","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KATU, 28 September 2026, updated the same day). Quotes the school statement, KATU's own review of the account and an interview with the head coach.","independence_group":"katu-account-review"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kptv.com/2026/09/29/david-douglas-school-officials-address-ai-social-media-posts-targeting-students-staff/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KPTV). Reproduces the school's Facebook statement; adds no independent detail.","independence_group":"david-douglas-school-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who runs the account and on which platform it was posted.","Which images and videos were made or altered with AI and with what tool.","Whether police have identified anyone or whether the posts were removed."],"geography":{"basis":"David Douglas High School is in Portland, Oregon, and the school reported content to the Portland Police Bureau (KPTV, KATU). Where the account holder is located is unknown. No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a school says posts targeting its students and staff included images altered with AI, and a broadcaster that reviewed the account describes racist depictions of the school's football players and reports that students were hurt. Students and staff are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school's statement says some images and videos were digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted; KATU describes the posts as AI-generated images. Neither identifies which images were AI-generated or the tool used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Portland, Oregon: an anonymous social-media account posted 17 racist and anti-immigrant images targeting David Douglas High School football players and their coach, some digitally altered including with AI, from 22 September 2026; the school reported content to Portland police","summary":"David Douglas High School in Portland warned families in a statement reported on 28 September 2026 about social-media posts targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, saying some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted; it reported some of the content to the Portland Police Bureau. KATU, which reviewed the account, reports 17 posts using racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes against football players: one image shows a Latino player in a sombrero being detained by people labelled as ICE agents, another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest, and a Black player is depicted beneath a caption referring to George Floyd. The head coach said students were hurt, and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts: 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?' The account references Rex Putnam High School, whose team David Douglas played on the Friday before the report; which along with its district says it has no connection to it. Who runs the account and which images were AI-generated are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-22","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI image or video tools used to alter or generate images of real students and staff posted by an anonymous social-media account (school statement: 'digitally altered, including with AI'); the tool and platform are not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The head coach told KATU that students were hurt by posts depicting them in racist and anti-immigrant scenes, some altered with AI according to the school, and that one student texted him after seeing a post, 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one student who texted the coach in distress after seeing a post (KATU); the coach says students more generally were hurt, and at least three players and the coach were depicted, but harm to each is not separately reported. Partial, minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-OR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","primarySourceLabel":"KATU, 28 September 2026: David Douglas High School condemns racist AI posts targeting football players","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:21:43.794724+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.328047+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-images","harassment","racism","school","students","oregon","portland","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-rajasthan-influencer-ganga-dip-ai-deepfake-reel","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim had visited Haridwar with her family in June to take a dip in the Ganga. On June 6, she also uploaded a video on social media showing herself taking a dip in the river while wearing a salwar suit. The video was edited to create a fake version, which went viral last week'; 'Around two months later, she suddenly discovered that the original video had been manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements. Her face and body were portrayed in a shameful manner in the fake video.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 6 June 2026 the influencer uploaded a video of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar, wearing a salwar suit; about two months later she discovered that it had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable video showing the same movements, which went viral in the week before 20 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"The victim's account as reported; the AI characterisation is the report's."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I am mentally very disturbed. People are commenting... I have reached a point where I cannot even step out of my house.'; 'In a statement, the victim said the fake video had caused her severe mental distress. People were posting objectionable comments under the video, while several others were also sharing it.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She said the fake video caused her severe mental distress, that people were posting objectionable comments and sharing it, and that she had reached a point where she could not step out of her house; she appealed for its removal as a matter of her dignity.","causal_attribution":"The victim's statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim then filed a complaint with the cyber crime police on September 16.'; 'RPS officer Pallavi Gupta, who is investigating the case, said they are trying to establish who created and circulated the video. Efforts are also being made to remove it from social media. She said it would take time to complete the investigation and identify the accused.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating RPS officer said police were trying to establish who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as quoted by the report."}],"effects":[{"label":"an AI-manipulated objectionable reel of the influencer went viral with abusive comments; she reports severe mental distress and being unable to leave her house","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (HTTP 200; published 2026-09-20 06:00 IST; Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan local news, 'Sunday Big Story'). Based on the victim's public statement and the investigating officer; the victim is not named.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar-2026-09-20"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The tool used, the platform on which the fake circulated and who made it are not established.","The exact date the manipulated reel began circulating is given only as 'last week' relative to 20 September; the record uses the complaint date.","The victim's town and the police unit handling the complaint are not stated.","No arrest, takedown outcome or later coverage was found by 21 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The original video was recorded at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar (Uttarakhand); the victim is a Rajasthan influencer and the complaint is with the cyber-crime police and is investigated by a Rajasthan Police Service officer (Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan edition). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI image-based abuse case with a reported harm (severe distress, withdrawal from public life) stated publicly by the victim and a registered cyber-crime complaint confirmed by the investigating officer. One source read in full; claims recorded as reported. The victim is anonymous in the source and here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The report states that the original video 'was manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements' and describes the case as a deepfake; the investigating officer is quoted on the investigation, not on the tool. No forensic finding is reported and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Rajasthan: a social-media influencer's video of a Ganga dip at Haridwar was manipulated with AI into an objectionable reel that went viral; she says she is mentally disturbed and cannot leave her house, and filed a cyber-crime complaint on 16 September 2026","summary":"A Rajasthan social-media influencer visited Haridwar with her family in June 2026 and on 6 June uploaded to Instagram a short video, recorded by relatives, of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri wearing a salwar suit. About two months later she found that the video had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable version showing the same movements with her face and body portrayed 'in a shameful manner'; the fake reel went viral in the week before 20 September and drew objectionable comments and re-sharing. In a public appeal she asked whoever uploaded it to remove it, saying it was a matter of her dignity, that she was mentally very disturbed and had reached a point where she could not step out of her house. She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating Rajasthan Police Service officer said they were trying to identify who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time. Dainik Bhaskar's English edition reported the case on 20 September in a 'Sunday Big Story' that does not name her.","incidentDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-20","aiSystem":"AI video manipulation (deepfake) tool, not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The influencer says the AI-manipulated reel, its viral spread and the comments left her mentally very disturbed and unable to leave her house, and that it damaged her dignity (her statement as reported by Dainik Bhaskar English); the objectionable depiction itself is the abuse.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, the influencer who filed the complaint (Dainik Bhaskar English). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar English (Rajasthan), 20 September 2026, Sunday Big Story: Truth behind Rajasthan influencer's viral objectionable reel: AI-generated deepfake video","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-21T04:11:24.565395+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:50.363597+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","harassment","influencer","india","rajasthan","haridwar","depicted","cyber-crime-complaint"]},{"id":"2026-solo-semarang-ex-boyfriend-ai-deepfake-porn","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pelaku ini mengedit wajahnya dari korban yang kemudian itu dipasangkan dengan badan seseorang dengan menggunakan AI yang wajahnya asli korban' (the perpetrator edited the victim's face and attached it to someone's body using AI, the face being the victim's real face); 'Konten hasil rekayasa kemudian diunggah pelaku melalui platform X. Polisi memastikan materi itu tidak diperjualbelikan' (the fabricated content was then uploaded by the perpetrator on X; police confirmed it was not sold).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Wajah korban ditempelkan pada tubuh perempuan lain dalam kondisi tanpa busana sehingga seolah-olah korban tampil dalam konten pornografi' (the victim's face was attached to another woman's unclothed body so that the victim appeared in pornographic content).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Yang diedit itu wajah korban. Kemudian dipasang pada tubuh orang lain sehingga seolah-olah itu korban, fotonya telanjang bulat, ditemukan di Instagram dan Telegram' (what was edited was the victim's face, then placed on someone else's body so it looked like the victim, fully naked, found on Instagram and Telegram); 'terdapat pula video berbau pornografi dengan wajah korban yang diduga merupakan hasil editan AI' (there was also a pornographic video with the victim's face believed to be an AI edit).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The complainant's face was composited with AI onto another woman's naked body in images and a pornographic video; the suspect uploaded the content to his X account and did not sell it, and the complainant's lawyer said the material was found on Instagram and Telegram.","causal_attribution":"Police statement of 6 August 2026 (based on the investigation and the suspect's admission) and the complainant's lawyer (based on the material found); the two accounts differ on where the material was found. Recorded as reported (not corroborated) because the pornographic video (lawyer chain only) and the X upload / no-sale detail (police chain only) rest on single chains; the 28 January complaint and the 4 August detention are carried by both chains."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Korban mengetahui hal tersebut pada 1 Januari 2026. Pihak korban pun telah melapor ke Polda Jateng dengan nomor aduan STPA/182/I/2026/Ditressiber' (the victim learned of it on 1 January 2026; the victim's side reported to the Central Java police under complaint number STPA/182/I/2026/Ditressiber).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Perkara ini bermula ketika seorang perempuan mendatangi Polda Jawa Tengah pada 28 Januari 2026' (the case began when a woman came to the Central Java regional police on 28 January 2026); 'Polda Jawa Tengah menerbitkan laporan polisi pada 31 Juli 2026' (the regional police issued the police report on 31 July 2026); 'ditangkap di tempat kosnya di kawasan Gunungpati, Semarang. Penyidik Polda Jawa Tengah kemudian menahannya di Rutan Polda Jawa Tengah sejak Selasa (4/8/2026)' (arrested at his boarding house in the Gunungpati area of Semarang; investigators then detained him at the regional police detention centre from Tuesday 4 August 2026).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'dijerat dengan Pasal 51 juncto Pasal 35 Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2008 tentang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (ITE) serta Pasal 407 Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2026' (charged under Article 51 in conjunction with Article 35 of Law 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions and Article 407 of Law No. 1 of 2026); 'ancaman hukuman maksimal adalah 12 tahun penjara dan denda paling banyak Rp12 miliar' (the maximum penalty is 12 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to Rp12 billion).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'korban telah melaporkan kasus tersebut ke Polda Jawa Tengah sejak 28 Januari 2026' (the victim reported the case to the Central Java regional police on 28 January 2026); 'penyidik akhirnya menetapkan tersangka dan melakukan penahanan terhadap pelaku pada 4 Agustus 2026' (investigators finally named the suspect and detained him on 4 August 2026).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The complainant learned of the material on 1 January 2026; she and her family reported to the Central Java regional police cyber directorate on 28 January 2026; police issued a formal report on 31 July, arrested the suspect at a boarding house in Gunungpati, Semarang, and detained him on 4 August 2026; he is charged under Articles 51 and 35 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law and an article printed as Article 407 of 'Law No. 1 of 2026', with a maximum of 12 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to Rp12 billion.","causal_attribution":"Dates from the police statement and the complainant's lawyer agree on the 28 January complaint and 4 August detention; the discovery date comes from the lawyer alone. Recorded as reported (not corroborated) because the 1 January discovery date (lawyer only), the 31 July formal report (police only) and the statute text rest on single chains; the 28 January complaint and the 4 August detention are carried by both chains."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'pelaku nekat membuat konten deepfake AI porno diduga karena sakit hati setelah hubungan asmara antara dirinya dan korban berakhir secara putus-nyambung' (the perpetrator made the pornographic AI deepfake content allegedly out of hurt after his on-and-off romantic relationship with the victim ended).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'sempat memergoki ... sedang melakukan panggilan telepon video dengan perempuan lain. Hal itu memicu kemarahan' (she had caught him on a video call with another woman, which triggered her anger).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Police said the suspect admitted acting out of resentment after an on-and-off relationship with the complainant ended; her lawyer said she ended the relationship after finding him on a video call with another woman.","causal_attribution":"Motive as stated by the police spokesman from the suspect's admission and by the complainant's lawyer."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Iya sempat psikologisnya terkena, susah tidur, murung, malu. Dia tahu gambar-gambar itu kan dari teman-teman ceweknya. Malu dan drop' (yes, she was affected psychologically, could not sleep, was withdrawn, ashamed; she learned of the images from her female friends; ashamed and down); 'sempat stres, sempat murung dan sudah tidak ada harapan lagi waktu itu' (she was stressed, withdrawn and had no hope at that time); 'Kuasa hukum korban meminta Dinas Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak memberikan pendampingan psikologis secara intensif' (the victim's lawyer asked the women's empowerment and child protection office to provide intensive psychological support).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Stresnya setengah mati, enggak bisa tidur. Nangis dia, murung sekali' (she was extremely stressed, could not sleep, cried, was very withdrawn).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to her lawyer, the complainant had trouble sleeping, was withdrawn and ashamed, cried, at one point had no hope, and has since recovered some spirit; he asked the local women's and children's protection office for intensive psychological support.","causal_attribution":"Interested-party account: the complainant's lawyer in two interviews on 7 August 2026; no clinical source."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'penelusuran tim kuasa hukum menemukan total tujuh orang yang diduga menjadi korban manipulasi konten pornografi berbasis AI oleh tersangka. Namun, enam korban lainnya belum membuat laporan resmi' (the legal team's tracing found seven people in total allegedly victims of AI pornographic manipulation by the suspect, but the other six had not filed formal reports); 'Keluarga pelaku itu minta supaya berdamai' (the perpetrator's family asked for a settlement).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Sementara ini korban yang terkonfirmasi baru satu orang, yaitu pelapor' (for now only one victim is confirmed, the complainant).","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The lawyer said his team had found seven women in total allegedly targeted by the suspect, six of whom had not filed reports, and that the suspect's parents apologised and asked for an out-of-court settlement so he could continue his studies; police said only one complainant was confirmed.","causal_attribution":"The seven-woman figure and the settlement approach are the lawyer's account; police confirmed one complainant."}],"effects":[{"label":"her face was composited with AI onto pornographic images and a video that were posted on X and found on Instagram and Telegram","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"sleeplessness, withdrawal, shame and loss of hope reported by her lawyer during the nearly seven-month investigation","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://regional.kompas.com/read/2026/08/07/133400678/motif-mahasiswa-semarang-bikin-deepfake-ai-wajah-mantan-terancam-12-tahun","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (Kompas.com regional, published 2026-08-07 13:34 +07:00). Central Java police spokesman's written statement received on 6 August 2026. Model reading of the original; English glosses are the reviewer's.","independence_group":"polda-jateng-statement-2026-08-06"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://kumparan.com/kumparannews/mahasiswa-di-semarang-edit-foto-mantan-pacar-jadi-konten-porno-berakhir-dibui-27vvfyraEgL","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (kumparan, published 2026-08-06 09:14 UTC). Same police spokesman at the 6 August briefing; adds the statutes and the one-complainant confirmation.","independence_group":"polda-jateng-statement-2026-08-06"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8593323/mahasiswi-di-solo-jadi-objek-deepfake-ai-porno-korban-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (detikcom citing detikJateng, published 2026-07-28 10:29 +07:00; the lawyer's remarks are dated Monday 27 July 2026). Complainant's lawyer; police spokesman said he was checking. Predates the arrest.","independence_group":"complainant-lawyer"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://indonesiaonline.co.id/deepfake-porno-di-solo-trauma-korban-dan-lambannya-proses-hukum/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (indonesiaonline.co.id, published 2026-08-08 10:32 +07:00). Feature built on a phone interview with the complainant's lawyer on 7 August 2026.","independence_group":"complainant-lawyer"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://rejogja.republika.co.id/berita/tjglkl282/dendam-diputusin-mahasiswa-semarang-edit-wajah-mantan-pacar-pakai-ai-jadi-konten-porno","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (Republika Jogja, published 2026-08-08 23:24 +07:00). Interview with the complainant's lawyer on 7 August 2026 on the relationship history and her reaction.","independence_group":"complainant-lawyer"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://indoraya.news/keluarga-korban-desak-hukuman-maksimal-untuk-pelaku-deepfake-porno-mahasiswi-uns","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-09-19 (Indoraya News, published 2026-08-06 22:28 +07:00). Complainant's lawyer at the regional police lobby on 6 August 2026; restates the statutes.","independence_group":"complainant-lawyer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","privacy","justice","education"],"unknowns":["Whether the six other women named by the lawyer exist as complainants; police had confirmed one complainant as of 6 August 2026.","The statute printed by kumparan and Indoraya as 'Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2026' is recorded as printed; it may be a misprint for the 2023 Criminal Code (Law No. 1 of 2023), whose Article 407 concerns pornography. Not verified.","The identity of the woman whose body appears in the composites is unknown to police.","No indictment, court filing or trial date had been reported by 2026-09-19.","The AI tool used is not identified.","When the content was created and uploaded is not reported; 1 January 2026 is the date the complainant learned of it from friends."],"geography":{"basis":"The complainant studies in Solo and the suspect was arrested in Semarang, both in Central Java, Indonesia; the case is held by the Central Java regional police. No court proceeding has begun, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case with a criminal investigation: AI-composited pornographic images and video of a named-by-initial student, posted online by an ex-partner who was detained after seven months. Six Indonesian items read from two account chains (police statement and the complainant's lawyer). The complainant and suspect appear only by initials in the sources and are not identified here; the lawyer is not named; one cited URL identifies the complainant's university.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Central Java police spokesman said the suspect edited the complainant's face onto another person's body using AI ('menggunakan AI'); her lawyer described the material as AI manipulation. No forensic report was inspected and the tool is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Solo and Semarang, Indonesia: a university student's face was composited with AI onto pornographic images and a video by her ex-boyfriend and posted online; the suspect was detained after a nearly seven-month investigation","summary":"A female student at a state university in Solo (Surakarta), Central Java, learned on 1 January 2026 from friends that her face had been composited onto pornographic images and a video, which her lawyer said were found on Instagram and Telegram. Her family reported the case to the Central Java regional police cyber directorate on 28 January 2026. Police issued a formal police report on 31 July, arrested her ex-boyfriend, a university student in Semarang, at his boarding house in Gunungpati on 4 August 2026, and detained him. The police spokesman said the suspect used AI to place the complainant's face on another woman's naked body so that she appeared in pornographic content, uploaded it to his X account, did not sell it, and acted out of resentment after an on-and-off relationship ended. He faces charges under Articles 51 and 35 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law and an article printed by two outlets as 'Law No. 1 of 2026', with a maximum of 12 years' imprisonment. Her lawyer said she could not sleep, withdrew, felt shame and at one point lost hope, that his team had found seven women in total allegedly targeted of whom six had not reported, and that the suspect's parents asked for an out-of-court settlement; police said only one complainant was confirmed.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-07-28","aiSystem":"AI face-composite tool used to place the complainant's face on pornographic images and a video (tool not identified); content posted on X and found on Instagram and Telegram","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-composited pornographic images and a video of the complainant were posted online; her lawyer reported sleeplessness, withdrawal, shame and loss of hope during the seven months before a suspect was named.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One complainant confirmed by police ('korban yang terkonfirmasi baru satu orang, yaitu pelapor'). Her lawyer says his team found seven women in total, six of whom have not reported; that figure is an interested party's count and is not added.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://regional.kompas.com/read/2026/08/07/133400678/motif-mahasiswa-semarang-bikin-deepfake-ai-wajah-mantan-terancam-12-tahun","primarySourceLabel":"Kompas.com, 7 August 2026: Motif Mahasiswa Semarang Bikin Deepfake AI Wajah Mantan, Terancam 12 Tahun Penjara (Central Java police statement)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:38.26217+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:53.636775+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ncii","ex-partner","university","indonesia","central-java","criminal-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated","image-based-abuse"]}]}