{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-24T01:50:29.903Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"schools","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":5,"coverage":{"cases":5,"countries":5,"languages":5,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":5,"minors":3,"coreRelations":5,"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-kanagawa-board-suspends-high-school-teacher-who-made-generative-ai-swimsuit-images-of-female-colleague","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'同僚の女性教師の水着画像を生成AIで作成し、生徒が閲覧できる状況を作った'; '「停職6カ月」となりました'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'生成人工知能（ＡＩ）で同僚女性の水着姿を作成'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education's announcement of 12 August 2026 as reported, a male high-school teacher made swimsuit images of a female colleague with generative AI and created a situation in which students could view them, and was suspended for six months.","causal_attribution":"The board's disciplinary finding as reported by two outlets relaying the same announcement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'学校で支給されたアカウントを使ってスマートフォンで作った画像の削除の仕方がわからず、履歴に残っていたものを生徒が共用パソコンで閲覧したとみられています'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"FNN reports that the teacher made the images on a smartphone using a school-issued account, did not know how to delete them, and that students are believed to have viewed them in the account history on a shared computer.","causal_attribution":"FNN's account of the board's explanation; the viewing is stated as believed, not confirmed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'生成AIが使われた事案の処分は神奈川県で初めて'; '「性的な内容について技術的な興味を持った」'; '「戒告」となっています'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The teacher said he had a technical interest in sexual content; FNN reports that this was the first disciplinary case in Kanagawa involving generative AI, and the principal was reprimanded for supervisory responsibility.","causal_attribution":"The teacher's explanation, FNN's statement that it was the prefecture's first such case, and the principal's discipline as reported by FNN."}],"effects":[{"label":"a female teacher was depicted in swimsuit images that a colleague made with generative AI and left where students could view them","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1093662","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese on 2026-10-23 from the publisher page. Translated by the research agent (an AI); quotations are Japanese originals and English renderings are the agent's translations. FNN reports the board's announcement of 12 August 2026.","independence_group":"kanagawa-board-of-education-announcement-2026-08-12"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kanaloco.jp/news/government/article-1296577.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese on 2026-10-23 from an Internet Archive capture (the publisher page returned a script challenge); only the headline and the paywalled lead were available. Translated by the research agent (an AI). The Kanagawa Shimbun reports the same board announcement, so it shares FNN's group.","independence_group":"kanagawa-board-of-education-announcement-2026-08-12"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","education"],"unknowns":["When the images were made, and how many images there were.","How many students saw the images.","The colleague's response and any effect on her.","Which generative AI tool was used."],"geography":{"basis":"The images were made and viewed at a Kanagawa prefectural high school in Japan, where the depicted colleague works, according to the board's finding as reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as an education authority's disciplinary finding that a teacher made generative-AI swimsuit images of a colleague and left them where students could view them. The record rests on two news reports of the board's announcement; the announcement itself was not read. The colleague and the teacher are not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Kanagawa board of education's disciplinary finding, as reported by FNN and the Kanagawa Shimbun, is that the teacher made the swimsuit images of his colleague with generative AI; FNN adds that he made them on a smartphone with a school-issued account and that it was the prefecture's first discipline case involving generative AI. The tool is not named, and the board's technical basis is not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kanagawa education board suspends a high-school teacher for six months for making generative-AI swimsuit images of a female colleague that students could view","summary":"On 12 August 2026 the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education in Japan announced disciplinary action against four staff of prefectural schools. According to Fuji TV (FNN) and the Kanagawa Shimbun, one male high-school teacher was suspended for six months for making swimsuit images of a female colleague with generative AI and leaving them where students could view them. FNN reports that he made the images on a smartphone using an account issued by the school, did not know how to delete them, and that students are believed to have seen them in the account history on a shared computer. The teacher said he had a technical interest in sexual content. FNN reports that it was the first disciplinary case in the prefecture involving generative AI; the principal was reprimanded for supervisory responsibility. The colleague's own response is not reported, and the AI tool is not named.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-12","aiSystem":"A generative AI image tool, not named in the reports, used by the teacher on a smartphone through a school-issued account to make swimsuit images of a colleague","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The Kanagawa board of education found that a teacher made swimsuit images of a female colleague with generative AI and left them where students could view them; FNN reports that students are believed to have seen them, and the teacher was suspended for six months.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the female colleague depicted in the AI-made swimsuit images (board finding as reported by FNN and the Kanagawa Shimbun). Exact 1. Students who may have seen the images are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"JP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1093662","primarySourceLabel":"FNN Prime Online (Fuji TV), 12 Aug 2026: Kanagawa board disciplines four teachers, including one who made AI swimsuit images of a colleague","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:12:11.200436+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:12:11.200436+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["education","workplace","generative-ai-image","non-consensual-imagery","disciplinary-action","japan","kanagawa"]},{"id":"2023-rio-de-janeiro-private-school-says-pupils-used-ai-to-make-fake-nude-images-of-at-least-20-girls-police-inquiry","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"enviou um comunicado aos pais sobre os alunos estarem utilizando a inteligência artificial (IA) para criar montagens de fotos íntimas das alunas. ... A escola também disse que lamenta que uma “ferramenta criada para solucionar problemas e apoiar a vida moderna” tenha sido utilizada dessa forma.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The school sent parents a notice about pupils using artificial intelligence to create intimate photo montages of female pupils and regretted that such a tool had been used this way.","causal_attribution":"School notice as relayed by one outlet; the notice itself was not read."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"delegado da DPCA, disse que os alunos do colégio são suspeitos de fazer nudes falsos com inteligência artificial. Mais de 20 vítimas já foram identificadas, entre alunas e meninas que não estudam na escola. ... O delegado também informou que as investigações começaram na sexta-feira 27","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The head of the Civil Police child-protection unit (DPCA) said the pupils were suspected of making fake nudes with artificial intelligence, that more than 20 victims had been identified, including girls who do not attend the school, and that the investigation began on Friday 27 October.","causal_attribution":"Police official's statement in indirect speech, relayed by one outlet; technical basis undisclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De acordo com as famílias, alunos teriam usado uma ferramenta de inteligência artificial para colocar o rosto das estudantes de 14 a 16 anos em fotos de modelos nuas, e estariam espalhando as imagens em mídias sociais. ... que começaram a ser divulgadas na última sexta-feira.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the families, pupils used an artificial intelligence tool to put the faces of pupils aged 14 to 16 onto photos of naked models and spread the images, which began circulating the previous Friday.","causal_attribution":"Families' account relayed from O Globo and Folha."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Ao menos 20 meninas teriam sido expostas. Ao Portal G1, o delegado Marcus Vinícius Braga informou que o caso está sob segredo por se tratar de menores de idade.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"A Polícia Civil investiga se alunas de outras escolas do Rio de Janeiro também foram vítimas de nudes falsos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"At least 20 girls had altered images circulated, and the Civil Police opened an inquiry, placed under seal because minors were involved, and examined whether girls at other schools were also targeted.","causal_attribution":"Police information relayed through G1 (Itatiaia) and Folhapress; both likely rest on the same police source."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"As meninas estão tendo crise de ansiedade e chorando. (...) Esses alunos continuam na mesma sala delas e elas estão tendo que conviver.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A mother said the girls were having anxiety attacks and crying and that the pupils responsible remained in class with them.","causal_attribution":"One parent's account to O Globo, relayed by Gazeta do Povo."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"A escola informou a ambos os jornais que que está apurando os fatos e que adotará as medidas previstas no regimento escolar","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The school said it was examining the facts and would apply the disciplinary measures provided in its rules.","causal_attribution":"School statement relayed from O Globo and Folha."}],"effects":[{"label":"fake nude images of at least 20 girls circulated among pupils; girls reported anxiety attacks","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://revistaoeste.com/brasil/alunos-de-colegio-do-rio-usam-ia-para-criar-imagens-intimas-de-meninas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Revista Oeste report of 3 Nov 2023; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"revista-oeste-nov-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/colegio-rio-investigacao-montagem-nudes/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Gazeta do Povo report of 2 Nov 2023 relaying O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"gazeta-do-povo-relay-of-o-globo-folha"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.itatiaia.com.br/brasil/alunos-de-colegio-no-rio-usam-ia-para-fazer-falsos-nudes-de-colegas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Rádio Itatiaia report of 1 Nov 2023 relaying G1; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"itatiaia-relay-of-g1"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.tnh1.com.br/noticia/nid/policia-investiga-se-mais-alunas-foram-vitimas-de-nudes-falsos-no-rio/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TNH1 publication of a Folhapress report, 4 Nov 2023; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"folhapress-nov-2023"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which app was used and how the school and police established it.","What the sealed inquiry found and what disciplinary or legal measures followed.","The exact number of girls depicted."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is in Rio de Janeiro, the images circulated among its pupils and the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police opened the inquiry, so the event and the depicted girls are placed in Brazil. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the school, which examined the facts, told parents that pupils used AI to create intimate montages of female pupils, and the head of the investigating police unit said the pupils were suspected of making fake nudes with AI; at least 20 girls were depicted and a mother reported anxiety attacks. The attribution's technical basis is undisclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school, which was examining the facts and applying discipline, told parents that pupils had used artificial intelligence to create intimate photo montages of female pupils, and the head of the investigating police unit said the pupils were suspected of making the fake nudes with AI (both relayed by Revista Oeste); the families say an AI tool put the girls' faces on naked bodies. Those AI-made images are what circulated. The app is not identified and neither the school nor the police disclosed the technical basis for the attribution.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Rio de Janeiro: private school tells parents pupils used AI to make fake nude images of girls; police open inquiry with at least 20 victims","summary":"In late October 2023, fake nude images of girls at a private school in Rio de Janeiro circulated in messaging groups and on social media. Families said pupils in years 7 to 9 had used an artificial intelligence tool to put the faces of pupils aged 14 to 16 onto photos of naked bodies. The school sent parents a notice about pupils using AI to make intimate photo montages and said disciplinary measures would follow. The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police child-protection unit (DPCA) opened an inquiry; its head said the pupils were suspected of making fake nudes with AI and that more than 20 victims had been identified, including girls from other schools. A mother said the girls were having anxiety attacks and crying. The inquiry was placed under seal because minors were involved; its outcome is not known.","incidentDate":"2023-10-27","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-11-01","aiSystem":"An artificial intelligence tool or app that placed girls' faces onto naked bodies, according to the school's notice to parents, the police unit's head and the families (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the school, the police unit's head and the families, pupils used an AI tool to make fake nude images of at least 20 girls that circulated among pupils; a mother said the girls were having anxiety attacks and crying.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":20,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"\"Ao menos 20\" girls (Itatiaia, TNH1) and \"mais de 20 vítimas\" identified per the police unit's head (Revista Oeste); O Globo's estimate of about 25 (relayed by Gazeta do Povo) is approximate and not used. The count is a lower bound.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://revistaoeste.com/brasil/alunos-de-colegio-do-rio-usam-ia-para-criar-imagens-intimas-de-meninas/","primarySourceLabel":"Revista Oeste, 3 Nov 2023: Alunos de colégio do Rio usam IA para criar imagens íntimas","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:17:06.336965+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:17:06.336965+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_image_tool","sexualised_images","school","minors","police_inquiry","brazil"]},{"id":"2026-marshall-county-alabama-prosecutors-say-students-allegedly-made-ai-nude-images-of-classmates-in-several-cases","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Marshall County prosecutors report several cases involving students allegedly creating nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence.' and 'According to the Marshall County District Attorney’s Office, the cases surfaced over the past month. They involve middle and high school students across county school systems.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Marshall County prosecutors said that several cases had surfaced over the past month in which middle and high school students across the county's school systems allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The district attorney's office alleges that students used AI to create the images; no charge or court finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in local cases.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in the local cases.","causal_attribution":"Attributed to the prosecutors; the platforms are not named and the technical basis is not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'However, the announcement did not identify students or schools, provide an exact case count, or announce specific charges.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The announcement did not identify students or schools, give an exact case count or announce specific charges.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The office warned that creating, possessing, or distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material can lead to felony charges.' and 'We will aggressively prosecute these violations,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The office warned that creating, possessing or distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material can lead to felony charges and said it would aggressively prosecute these violations.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Alabama District Attorneys Association’s Alabama Justice' and 'Marshall County District Attorney Jennifer Bray recently spoke to the Albertville Rotary Club'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The marshallda.org office is the district attorney for Marshall County in Alabama.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim; establishes the location of the announcing office."}],"effects":[{"label":"nude images of classmates allegedly created with AI","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://weisradio.com/2026/10/21/marshall-county-ai-student-images-warning/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). Local radio report of the district attorney office announcement, published 21 October 2026.","independence_group":"marshall-county-da-announcement-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://marshallda.org/news","kind":"official_record","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). News and events page of the Marshall County District Attorney; it does not carry the AI announcement.","independence_group":"marshall-county-da-website"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["How many cases and how many depicted pupils there are.","Which AI platforms or websites were used and how investigators established it.","Whether the images were shared beyond their makers and how the depicted pupils were affected.","Whether anyone will be charged.","When the images were made; the office says only that the cases surfaced over the past month."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: school systems in Marshall County, according to the district attorney's office, whose marshallda.org website identifies it as an Alabama prosecutor's office. The pupils attend those schools. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Marshall County District Attorney's Office says several cases surfaced in which students allegedly made nude images of classmates with AI, and that its investigators identified the platforms used to generate them. The office does not disclose its technical basis, give a count or name anyone. No pupil or school is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Marshall County District Attorney's Office, the prosecuting authority examining the cases, says students allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence and that its investigators have identified the platforms and websites used to generate the images in the local cases (WEIS Radio report of the announcement). The generated images depict the classmates (depicted_or_impersonated), and their creation is the reported harm. The office does not name the platforms or disclose how the AI generation was established.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Marshall County, Alabama: prosecutors say middle and high school students allegedly made AI nude images of classmates in several cases","summary":"The Marshall County District Attorney's Office in Alabama said in a public warning, reported by WEIS Radio on 21 October 2026, that several cases had surfaced over the past month in which middle and high school students across the county's school systems allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence. According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in these local cases. The office did not identify students or schools, give a case count or announce charges, and said it would aggressively prosecute such violations.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-21","aiSystem":"AI platforms and websites used to generate nude images of classmates, which investigators say they have identified (not named in the announcement)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Marshall County District Attorney's Office, students in several cases over the past month allegedly created nude images of classmates with AI; the office gives no count and describes no individual pupil's response.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The office speaks of several cases involving nude images of classmates but, as reported, gave no case count and identified no students; no number of depicted pupils can be supported, so zero placeholders are used.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-AL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://weisradio.com/2026/10/21/marshall-county-ai-student-images-warning/","primarySourceLabel":"WEIS Radio, 21 October 2026: Marshall County DA warns of AI-generated sexual images involving students","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:04:44.559952+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:04:44.559952+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","sexual-images-of-minors","school","prosecutor-statement","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"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-oldenburg-school-email-accounts-ai-deepfakes-of-children-threats","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Der Polizei ist bekannt geworden, dass in den vergangenen Tagen über einen oder mehrere Schüleraccounts der E-Mail-Server Oldenburger Schulen zahlreiche Nachrichten versandt wurden.'; 'Die Nachrichten enthielten unter anderem sogenannte Deepfakes, also manipulierte Darstellungen von Kindern und Jugendlichen.'; 'Darüber hinaus enthielten die versandten Nachrichten zum Teil Gewaltandrohungen sowie Aufforderungen, sich selbst etwas anzutun.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Einige Bilder könnten nach erster Einschätzung der Ermittler/innen kinder- oder jugendpornografische Inhalte darstellen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Nach einer ersten Bewertung könnten einzelne dieser Darstellungen strafrechtlich relevant sein und den Straftatbestand der Verbreitung kinder- beziehungsweise jugendpornografischer Inhalte erfüllen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In the days before 22 September 2026, numerous messages were sent through one or more student accounts on the email servers of Oldenburg schools; they included deepfakes (manipulated depictions of children and young people), some of which the police, on a first assessment, consider could meet the offence of distributing child or youth sexual abuse material, and some contained threats of violence and calls to harm oneself.","causal_attribution":"Police statement (reviewer translation: 'The messages contained, among other things, so-called deepfakes, that is, manipulated depictions of children and young people'). Whether the material is criminal is under investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Wie ein Polizeisprecher sagte, sollen einige der mit Künstlicher Intelligenz erstellten Bilder den Straftatbestand der Verbreitung kinder- oder jugendpornografischer Inhalte erfüllen.'; 'Schüler und Eltern hatten sich bei der Polizei gemeldet und die Vorfälle angezeigt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"dpa, reporting a police spokesman's statements, describes the images as created with artificial intelligence; students and parents had contacted the police and reported the incidents.","causal_attribution":"dpa's report of a police spokesman (reviewer translation: 'Students and parents had contacted the police and reported the incidents')."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ob und auf welche Weise sich bislang unbekannte Personen unberechtigt Zugang zu diesen Accounts verschafft haben, wird durch die Ermittler geprüft.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Die Ermittlungen zur Urheberschaft und zu den Hintergründen dauern an.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Die Polizei arbeitet eng mit den betroffenen Schulen zusammen. Erste digitale Spuren wurden bereits gesichert und werden derzeit ausgewertet.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In their 22 September statement the police said they were investigating whether unknown persons had gained unauthorised access to the student accounts, had secured first digital traces and were working with the affected schools; authorship was then under investigation.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as published and relayed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Über einen oder mehrere Schüleraccounts der Plattform IServ sind in den vergangenen Tagen Nachrichten an Oldenburger Schulen verschickt worden'; 'Das Unternehmen habe keinen Zugriff auf die Nachrichten oder Einsicht in die Schüleraccounts.'; 'Wir gehen aber davon aus, dass der Vorfall nur in Oldenburg stattgefunden hat.'; 'Nach aktuellem Stand sei nicht bekannt, dass Passwörter von Nutzern kompromittiert wurden'; 'keine Hinweise darauf, dass die von den Schulen betriebenen IServ-Instanzen selbst kompromittiert worden seien'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The accounts were on the IServ school platform; an IServ spokesman said the company has no access to the messages or accounts and assumes the incident occurred only in Oldenburg; it said no compromise of user passwords was known and there was no indication that the school-operated IServ instances had been compromised.","causal_attribution":"RND's reporting of the platform and of the company spokesman's statement; RND attributes the account description to the Oldenburg police, but the inspected police release does not name IServ, so the platform identification rests on RND."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'konnte inzwischen ein Tatverdächtiger ermittelt werden.' ... 'Bei dem Tatverdächtigen handelt es sich um einen Jugendlichen. Im Rahmen der bisherigen Ermittlungen räumte dieser die ihm vorgeworfenen Taten ein.' ... 'Das Verfahren wird bei der Schwerpunktstaatsanwaltschaft zur Bekämpfung gewaltdarstellender, pornographischer oder sonst jugendgefährdender Inhalte bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Aurich geführt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"On 28 September 2026 the police said a suspect had been identified, a juvenile who admitted the offences he is accused of in the investigation so far; the proceedings are conducted by the Aurich public prosecutor's specialised office.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; an admission in the investigation is not a conviction. The release does not say how the images were made."}],"effects":[{"label":"deepfake images of children and young people, some possibly sexual abuse material, were distributed to students through school email accounts together with threats and calls to self-harm","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/68440/6356847","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (police statement, 22 September 2026; German). Quotations are German originals; English renderings are reviewer translations, no human translator.","independence_group":"pi-oldenburg-stadt"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-09/22/deepfake-bilder-an-oldenburger-schulen-verschickt","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (dpa Niedersachsen via Zeit Online, 22 September 2026; German). Adds a police spokesman's statements; same police chain as s1. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"pi-oldenburg-stadt"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.rnd.de/lokales/niedersachsen/braunschweig/pornografische-deepfakes-ueber-schueleraccounts-verschickt-braunschweiger-softwarefirma-aeussert-CCBUGZ3AXNAFNBSQO7RTFYIBLM.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Live fetch returned 403; read on 2026-09-27 via Internet Archive capture (RND, 23 September 2026; German). Police facts relayed from the same police chain; the IServ spokesman's statement is RND's own reporting. Reviewer translation. Its lede repeats the dpa lede verbatim.","independence_group":"rnd-iserv-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.oldenburger-onlinezeitung.de/blaulicht/deepfakes-manipulierte-bilder-schueleraccounts-237639.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Oldenburger Onlinezeitung, 22 September 2026; German). Rewrite of the police statement. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"pi-oldenburg-stadt"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/68440/6360432","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Follow-up police press release on presseportal.de, 28 September 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"pi-oldenburg-stadt"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used: the police say a juvenile suspect admitted the alleged offences but do not describe how the images were made.","Whether the student accounts were compromised or used by their holders.","Whether the depicted children and young people are real, identifiable students at the schools, and how many were depicted.","How many schools (more than one per the police statement), messages and recipients were involved (police: 'zahlreiche Nachrichten').","Exact dates of sending ('in den vergangenen Tagen' before 22 September 2026).","Any effects on the depicted children or recipients beyond the reports to police, and any school measures or charges."],"geography":{"basis":"The messages were sent through accounts on the email servers of Oldenburg schools and the Oldenburg-Stadt police are investigating (police statement). The depicted children's location is not stated, so affected_person_countries rests on the student recipients at Oldenburg schools. No court proceedings are reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core depicted_or_impersonated case: the police report deepfakes of children and young people (which dpa, reporting a police spokesman, describes as AI-made), some possibly sexual abuse material, sent through school email accounts together with threats and self-harm calls, reported by students and parents. One police chain; RND adds the platform provider's statement. No child or school is identified. Updated on 2026-10-20 with the police's 28 September follow-up: a juvenile suspect was identified and admitted the alleged offences; the suspect is not identified in the record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The police statement calls the images deepfakes, 'manipulierte Darstellungen von Kindern und Jugendlichen'; dpa's report of a police spokesman's statements describes them as images created with artificial intelligence ('mit Künstlicher Intelligenz erstellten Bilder'); the written police statement does not mention AI. No tool is identified and no forensic finding is published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Oldenburg police investigate deepfakes of children sent with threats via school email accounts, AI-made per dpa; police say a juvenile admitted the alleged acts","summary":"The Oldenburg-Stadt police inspectorate said on 22 September 2026 that in the preceding days numerous messages had been sent through one or more student accounts on the email servers of Oldenburg schools. The messages contained, among other things, deepfakes (manipulated depictions of children and young people); on an initial assessment some of these could constitute the offence of distributing child or youth sexual abuse material, and some messages contained threats of violence and calls for recipients to harm themselves. According to dpa, students and parents reported the incidents to the police, and dpa, reporting a police spokesman, describes the images as made with artificial intelligence (the written police statement calls them deepfakes, manipulated depictions, without naming AI). Investigators are examining whether unknown persons gained unauthorised access to the accounts; first digital traces were secured and the police are working with the affected schools. RND reports that the accounts were on the IServ school platform, whose provider said it had no access to the messages and believed the incident was limited to Oldenburg. The exact number of schools (the police refer to 'the affected schools', plural), messages, depicted children and recipients, are not reported. On 28 September 2026 the police said a suspect had been identified: a juvenile who, in the investigation so far, admitted the offences he is accused of. The proceedings are conducted by the Aurich public prosecutor's specialised office for violent, pornographic or otherwise youth-endangering content, and the police give no further details about the suspect to protect him.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-22","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI image-manipulation tool used to produce deepfake images of children and young people; the tool and its operator are not reported. The messages were sent through student accounts on the IServ school platform (RND).","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Oldenburg police, AI-made deepfakes of children and young people, some possibly constituting child or youth sexual abuse material, were sent to students through school email accounts together with threats of violence and calls to self-harm; students and parents reported the incidents (police statement; dpa).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The police speak of 'zahlreiche Nachrichten' (numerous messages) and depictions of children and young people but give no number of depicted children, recipients or schools; a count of messages is not a count of people. Unquantified with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"DE-NI","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/68440/6356847","primarySourceLabel":"Polizeiinspektion Oldenburg-Stadt (POL-OL) on Presseportal, 22 September 2026: Manipulierte Bilder über Schüleraccounts versandt - Polizei ermittelt","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:47.296658+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:20:42.632602+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","csam","school","minors","germany","niedersachsen","school-email","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}