{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-09T08:14:33.328Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"sanctions","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":2,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-buenos-aires-carlos-pellegrini-ai-fake-intimate-images-of-schoolgirls-whatsapp","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El escándalo de las falsas imágenes íntimas creadas con inteligencia artificial en la Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini escaló hasta el Gobierno nacional.'; 'A más de dos meses de que el horror comenzara a circular en los grupos de WhatsApp de los alumnos de segundo año'; 'La pesadilla para las jóvenes de entre 13 y 14 años salió a la luz a fines de junio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Todo salió a la luz a fines de junio, cuando varias alumnas de segundo año comenzaron a denunciar la existencia de estos grupos.'; 'descubrir un grupo de WhatsApp en el que sus compañeros compartían packs de imágenes y videos alterados con IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La investigación por la difusión y presunta comercialización de imágenes de alumnas del Colegio Carlos Pellegrini generadas con inteligencia artificial continúa avanzando.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Fake intimate images of female pupils aged 13 and 14, created with artificial intelligence, circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Carlos Pellegrini school, and the case came to light in late June 2026.","causal_attribution":"Reported by three outlets drawing on different accounts (the families and ministry, the victims' testimony, the prosecutor); the girls' ages come from Perfil alone, so the claim stays reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'cuáles fueron las sanciones efectivas contra los estudiantes que manipularon, difundieron y comercializaron el material explícito de sus compañeras.'; 'Ustedes nos pueden delatar, pero no vamos a parar de desnudarlas y venderlas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Según el testimonio de las víctimas, que eran compañeras de curso, amigas o ex parejas de los acusados, las fotos manipuladas eran ofrecidas en'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the reports, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material (offered in packs priced around 1,000 pesos, per the victims' testimony reported by Infobae), and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would not stop undressing and selling them.","causal_attribution":"Reported; how and to whom the material was sold is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El 30 de ese mes, la conducción del Carlos Pellegrini reconoció la existencia de los chats'; 'El pasado 16 de julio presentaron una denuncia formal ante la Unidad Fiscal Especializada en Delitos y Contravenciones Informáticas (UFEDICI) de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.'; 'determinar si las imágenes generadas con IA continúan circulando en redes sociales o sitios de internet, para así bloquear de inmediato su comercialización.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The school acknowledged the chats on 30 June 2026, and the families filed a complaint with the City of Buenos Aires cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July 2026, seeking to trace whether the AI images still circulate so their sale can be blocked.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the families' statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'exigió formalmente a la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) que brinde respuestas claras sobre la falta de protección hacia las alumnas afectadas'; 'la institución sigue sin comunicar una resolución concreta contra los varones involucrados.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"By 1 October 2026 the national Ministry of Human Capital had formally asked the UBA for answers on the lack of protection for the affected pupils and for a detailed report on sanctions, and the families say the school has not communicated a resolution.","causal_attribution":"Reported ministry action and family statement."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ante una consulta sobre si los involucrados serían alrededor de 50 alumnos, la fiscal respondió que, en principio, esa sería la cantidad que surge de las primeras actuaciones.'; 'Tenemos que determinar si las personas que cometieron estos delitos son punibles'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La causa es investigada como producción y difusión de imágenes de explotación sexual infantil, y habría 50 menores involucrados en la propagación del material audiovisual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The UFEDYCI prosecutor said her unit is investigating the production, distribution and alleged sale of the images, that about 50 minors emerge from the first steps of the investigation, and that whether they can be prosecuted must be established.","causal_attribution":"The prosecutor's statements as relayed. Infobae attributes the figure of 50 to the same prosecutor's radio statements, so s2 and s3 are one chain for this claim. 50 is an early figure for people involved, not victims."}],"effects":[{"label":"schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Cites the families' statement and the Ministry of Human Capital communiqué.","independence_group":"perfil-pellegrini"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2026/08/08/nos-pueden-delatar-pero-no-vamos-a-parar-desnudaban-a-sus-companeras-con-ia-y-vendian-sus-fotos-por-packs-de-mil-pesos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Infobae's own reporting (byline Matias Chierasco), citing the victims' testimony and the school authorities.","independence_group":"infobae-pellegrini"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/fotos-de-alumnas-de-pellegrini-desnudas-con-ia-investigan-a-unos-50-menores-y-analizan-quienes-son-nid10072026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays prosecutor Daniela Dupuy's Radio Mitre interview; the broadcast itself was not heard.","independence_group":"ufedyci-prosecutor-dupuy"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many pupils were depicted.","Which AI tool was used and who made the images.","How and to whom the images were sold.","The status of the UFEDICI complaint and of any disciplinary sanction beyond the few days' suspension Infobae reported in August.","When the images were first made and shared."],"geography":{"basis":"The images circulated among pupils of the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the complaint was filed with a City of Buenos Aires prosecution unit. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to three outlets drawing on the families, the victims and the prosecutor, AI-generated fake intimate images depicted schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 and circulated among pupils. No pupil is identified; the image content is not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Perfil describes the images as fake intimate images created with artificial intelligence and reports the families' aim of tracing whether the images generated with AI still circulate. The images depicted the pupils (depicted_or_impersonated). The prosecutor told Radio Mitre (relayed by La Nación) that pupils used an AI app that undresses existing photos of classmates; Infobae reported on 8 August that judicial investigators were still working to establish whether the photos were made with AI. The tool used is not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Buenos Aires: AI-generated fake intimate images of 13- and 14-year-old girls at the Carlos Pellegrini school circulate in pupils' WhatsApp groups; families file a complaint and the national ministry demands answers from the UBA","summary":"Perfil reported on 1 October 2026 that fake intimate images of female pupils, created with artificial intelligence, had circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, a secondary school run by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The girls are 13 and 14 years old. The case came to light in late June 2026, and the school acknowledged the chats on 30 June. According to the report, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material, and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would keep undressing and selling them. Families filed a complaint with the Buenos Aires City cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July and say the school has not concluded disciplinary action. By 1 October the national Ministry of Human Capital had asked the UBA rector for a detailed report on the protective measures and sanctions applied.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence used to create fake intimate images of female pupils, as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Female pupils aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold, with a written threat to continue, according to Perfil's report of the families' and the ministry's statements.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The report refers to the affected pupils in the plural, aged 13 to 14, but gives no number. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","primarySourceLabel":"Perfil, 1 October 2026: El Ministerio de Sandra Pettovello exigió explicaciones a la UBA por las falsas fotos íntimas creadas con IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","school","whatsapp","argentina","buenos-aires","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-berlin-school-alleged-ai-sexual-images-classmates","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'An der [school/locality withheld] in [school/locality withheld] wird gegen zwei Schüler wegen des Verdachts ermittelt, KI-generierte sexualisierte Nacktbilder von Mitschülerinnen erstellt und verbreitet zu haben.'; 'Die Senatsverwaltung für Bildung bestätigte dem Tagesspiegel die Vorfälle und die laufenden Ermittlungen.'; 'Den Schülern sollen mindestens drei Fälle vorgeworfen werden. Die Schulleitung informierte die Schulgemeinschaft, dass sie am vergangenen Freitag von den Vorfällen erfahren habe.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Two pupils at a Berlin school were suspected of creating and distributing AI sexual images of classmates in at least three cases. The school informed parents after learning of the incidents in June 2026; education authorities confirmed an investigation.","causal_attribution":"The school's letter and the Senate confirmation as reported by the Tagesspiegel; 'vergangenen Freitag' before the 24 June 2026 report is 19 June 2026."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die beiden mutmaßlich hauptverantwortlichen Schüler seien mit sofortiger Wirkung vom Unterricht suspendiert worden. Zudem habe die Schule Maßnahmen gegen Schülerinnen und Schüler verhängt, die von den Bildern gewusst, die Vorfälle jedoch nicht gemeldet haben sollen.'; 'In dem Schreiben bezeichnet die Schulleitung die mutmaßlichen Taten als „massiven Angriff auf die Persönlichkeitsrechte der betroffenen Schülerinnen“ und als „Form sexualisierter Gewalt“.'; 'Als Reaktion wolle die Schule ihr Präventionskonzept sowie das Konzept zur Sexualerziehung überarbeiten.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The two pupils alleged to be mainly responsible were suspended from lessons with immediate effect and the school imposed measures on pupils who are said to have known of the images and not reported them; the school called the alleged acts a massive attack on the affected girls' personality rights and a form of sexualised violence and said it would revise its prevention and sex-education concepts.","causal_attribution":"The school's letter as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'„Es liegen Anzeigen wegen der Erstellung sogenannter Deepfakes vor“, sagte ein Sprecher der Berliner Polizei.'; 'Die Ermittlungen dazu habe die Abteilung des Landeskriminalamts übernommen, die für Sexualdelikte zum Nachteil Minderjähriger zuständig sei.'; 'Dabei komme eine Strafbarkeit wegen des Besitzes, der Beschaffung, der Erstellung oder Verbreitung von Jugendpornografie nach Paragraf 184 c des Strafgesetzbuchs in Betracht.'; 'Die Schule habe die Polizei eingeschaltet, die Ermittlungen würden im Auftrag der Staatsanwaltschaft geführt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Berlin police spokesman said complaints had been filed over the creation of deepfakes, that the State Criminal Police Office unit for sexual offences against minors had taken over the investigation, and that liability for possessing, obtaining, creating or distributing youth pornography under section 184c of the Criminal Code was under consideration; the school's letter says the investigation is conducted on behalf of the public prosecutor.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesman as quoted by the Tagesspiegel; the prosecutor's role is the school letter's statement."}],"effects":[{"label":"female pupils depicted in AI-generated sexualised nude images distributed at their school, described by the school as sexualised violence","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/schule/polizei-eingeschaltet-jugendliche-sollen-ki-nacktbilder-von-mitschulerinnen-an-berliner-schule-verbreitet-haben-15754057.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-09-22 (Der Tagesspiegel, 24 June 2026 14:39, marked 'Update', with dpa). Own reporting: the school leadership's letter to parents, statements from the Senate Department for Education, a Berlin police spokesman and the Pankow district parents' committee. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"tagesspiegel"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many girls were depicted; 'at least three cases' is a count of alleged acts, not of persons.","The ages of the suspects and of the depicted pupils, and the tool used.","When the images were created and how they were distributed.","Whether charges followed; no development after June 2026 was found on 2026-09-22.","The Berliner Morgenpost's first report was not read.","The date of the school's letter is not given; 19 June 2026 assumes 'am vergangenen Freitag' is relative to the week of the 24 June report."],"geography":{"basis":"[school/locality withheld], [school/locality withheld], Pankow district; Berlin police and public prosecutor (Tagesspiegel). No court proceeding reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case affecting minors at a school, documented by the school's letter, the Senate education administration and the police through one newspaper's own reporting (single article, several official origins, recorded as reported). Not a death case. Nobody is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school's letter and the Senate education administration describe KI-generated sexualised nude images; the police spokesman refers to complaints over the creation of deepfakes. No tool is named and no forensic detail is public. The artifacts depicted the girls; no AI system interacted with them.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Berlin school and police investigate alleged AI sexual images of pupils","summary":"A Berlin school and education authorities reported suspicions that pupils created and distributed AI sexual images of classmates. The school imposed sanctions and police opened an investigation. The pupils are unnamed and the number depicted was not reliably established.","incidentDate":"2026-06-19","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-24","aiSystem":"AI image-generation ('deepfake') tool, not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Female pupils were depicted in AI-generated sexualised nude images that were distributed at their school, which the school describes as a massive attack on their personality rights and a form of sexualised violence; the creation and distribution are attributed by the school's letter to two suspended pupils, and the police confirm complaints over the creation of deepfakes and an investigation by the LKA unit for sexual offences against minors. No account from the depicted girls has been published.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The report speaks of 'Mitschülerinnen' (female classmates, plural) and of 'mindestens drei Fälle' (at least three cases) alleged against the pupils, without stating how many girls were depicted; a count of cases is not a count of persons. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"DE-BE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/schule/polizei-eingeschaltet-jugendliche-sollen-ki-nacktbilder-von-mitschulerinnen-an-berliner-schule-verbreitet-haben-15754057.html","primarySourceLabel":"Der Tagesspiegel — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-22T03:45:58.07027+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:30.144921+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","school","germany","berlin","pankow","184c-stgb","depicted"]}]}