{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-03T08:41:21.357Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"satara","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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-satara-maharashtra-minister-photo-allegedly-ai-morphed-into-dance-event-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'तंत्रज्ञानाच्या माध्यमातून मॉर्फ करून ते साताऱ्यातील एका नृत्य कार्यक्रमाशी जोडल्याचा आरोप झाल्याने'; 'दोन वेगवेगळ्या घटनांमधील छायाचित्रे एकत्र करून त्यांना चुकीचा संदर्भ देण्यात आला असून, हा प्रकार राजकीय बदनामीच्या उद्देशाने करण्यात आल्याचा आरोप समर्थकांनी केला आहे.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Supporters of the minister alleged that the minister's photograph had been morphed with AI technology and linked to a dance programme in Satara, combining photographs from two different events and giving them a false context, in order to defame the minister politically.","causal_attribution":"The complainants' allegation as reported; the AI alteration is under police investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'संबंधित यूट्यूब चॅनेलवरून शिवेंद्रसिंहराजे भोसले यांचे छायाचित्र कथितरीत्या संपादित करून समाजमाध्यमांवर प्रसारित करण्यात आल्याचे तक्रारीत नमूद करण्यात आले आहे.'; 'सातारा शहर पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेत संबंधित यूट्यूब चॅनेलविरोधात तक्रार दाखल केली.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, the photograph was allegedly edited and circulated on social media from a YouTube channel, and supporters filed a complaint against the channel at Satara city police station.","causal_attribution":"Content of the complaint as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'भारतीय न्याय संहिता (BNS) 353 (2), 356(2), 3(5) आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायदा (IT Act) 67 अन्वये गुन्हा नोंदवण्यात आला आहे'; 'एआयच्या माध्यमातून छायाचित्रात नेमका कोणता फेरफार करण्यात आला, पोस्ट कोणी तयार केली आणि ती समाजमाध्यमांवर कोणी प्रसारित केली, याचा तपास झाल्यानंतरच'; 'सातारा शहर पोलीस अधिक तपास करत आहेत'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police registered a case against four social media handles and account holders under BNS sections 353(2), 356(2) and 3(5) and IT Act section 67, and Satara city police are investigating; Divya Marathi says the facts will become clear only after investigation of what alteration was made to the photograph with AI and who created and circulated the posts.","causal_attribution":"Divya Marathi's report of the registered case; no finding is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a photo of the minister, allegedly morphed with AI, was circulated linking the minister to a dance event, which supporters call political defamation","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/kolhapur/news/shivendrasinhraje-bhosale-ai-morphed-photo-controversy-satara-police-138972326.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read live in Marathi on 2026-10-03 (Divya Marathi, Satara, 8 September 2026). The visible lead paragraph is truncated by a paywall overlay; its continuation was read from the article content embedded in the same page (also repeated in the page description). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"divya-marathi-satara"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the image was made with an AI tool or with ordinary photo editing, and which tool.","When the image was first posted and how widely it spread.","Whether the minister commented (the article embeds a post from the minister's Facebook page that could not be retrieved), and whether anyone was arrested or charged."],"geography":{"basis":"The image linked the minister to a dance programme in Satara, Maharashtra, and the complaint and case were registered at Satara city police station (Divya Marathi). Where the posts were made from is not stated. No court is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: a photograph of a state minister, allegedly morphed with AI, was circulated linking the minister to a dance event, and police registered a case on a defamation complaint. The minister is a public figure and is named as the source does. One report; the AI element is the complainants' allegation and is under investigation.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Divya Marathi reports an allegation that the photograph was morphed through artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The supporters' warning refers to misuse of 'AI or photo editing' technology, and the complaint describes photographs from two different events combined. The report says the AI alteration is still under investigation. No tool is named and the image was not inspected. The image depicts the minister (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Satara, Maharashtra: supporters of Public Works minister Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale allege that the minister's photo was morphed with AI to link the minister to a dance event and spread on social media; police registered a case against four social media accounts in September 2026","summary":"Divya Marathi reported on 8 September 2026 that supporters of Public Works minister Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale alleged that the minister's photograph had been morphed using artificial intelligence and linked to a dance programme in Satara. According to the complaint, the photo was allegedly edited and circulated on social media from a YouTube channel, combining photographs from two different events and giving them a false context; supporters said this was done to defame the minister politically. Supporters, including the municipal council president and the BJP group leader, went to Satara city police station on Tuesday and complained against the YouTube channel. On a named complainant's first information report, police registered a case against four social media handles and account holders under sections 353(2), 356(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Police accepted the complaint and began examining the posts, the photographs and the circumstances; Divya Marathi says the facts will become clear only after an investigation of what alteration was made to the photograph with AI and who created and spread the posts.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-08","aiSystem":"A photograph of the minister allegedly morphed with AI and linked to a dance event, circulated by a YouTube channel and social media accounts, per the complaint as reported by Divya Marathi; supporters also speak of 'AI or photo editing'. The tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Supporters of the minister allege that a photo of the minister, morphed with AI, was circulated on social media linking the minister to a dance event with which the minister had no connection, in order to cause political defamation; police registered a case (Divya Marathi).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the minister depicted in the allegedly morphed photograph (Divya Marathi). Supporters who complained are not counted. 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