{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T07:23:59.797Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"social-media","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":3,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":3,"minors":3,"coreRelations":3,"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-jakarta-timur-smp-student-ai-edited-classmates-photos-stickers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Beberapa siswi di sebuah SMP negeri di Jakarta Timur dilecehkan dalam bentuk penyalahgunaan foto yang diedit menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI).'; 'Foto tersebut kemudian juga dijadikan sticker WhatsApp oleh pelaku.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Polres Metro Jakarta Timur mengusut kasus dugaan pelecehan seksual seorang siswa di salah satu SMP Negeri di Jakarta Timur lewat penyalahgunaan foto yang disunting oleh kecerdasan buatan'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Seorang siswa kelas 9 di salah satu SMP Negeri di Pulogadung, Jakarta Timur (Jaktim) mengedit foto rekan-rekan menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI) hingga bermuatan vulgar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Tak hanya diedit, foto tersebut juga disebut sempat diedarkan dalam bentuk stiker.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed on 23 September 2026 that a student at a state junior high school in East Jakarta had edited photographs of several female schoolmates with AI so that they appeared indecent and that the images were made into WhatsApp stickers; detik and VIVA (24 September) describe him as a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's confirmation, relayed by all outlets (one chain); the tool and method are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Foto-foto tersebut diperjualbelikan hingga sekitar 200 lembar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Unggahan tersebut juga menyebutkan pelaku diduga memperjualbelikan foto-foto yang telah diedit kepada pihak lain dengan jumlah mencapai sekitar 200 foto.'; 'Polisi saat ini masih mendalami rangkaian kejadian tersebut mulai dari kronologi lengkap, termasuk mekanisme penyuntingan foto, pihak yang menerima atau menyebarkan hasil suntingan foto dan jumlah korban.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'informasi mengenai dugaan jual beli foto tersebut masih berasal dari unggahan yang beredar di media sosial.'; 'Jumlah foto yang diduga telah diedit juga mencapai sekitar 200 foto berdasarkan informasi yang beredar di media sosial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jumlahnya disebut mencapai ratusan foto.'; 'Polisi masih menelusuri informasi mengenai dugaan pengeditan tersebut, termasuk narasi yang menyebut foto hasil manipulasi itu sempat dijual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"A Threads post that brought the case to attention said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the sale claim, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students.","causal_attribution":"Social-media post attributed by the outlets; police treat the figure and the sale as unverified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Iya betul (informasi tersebut), namun saat ini belum ada laporan dari para korban'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'kepolisian masih memastikan apakah para siswi yang diduga menjadi korban pengeditan foto tersebut telah membuat laporan atau belum.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Polisi belum membeberkan identitas rinci siswa maupun para korban karena masih dalam tahap pengumpulan keterangan saksi.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"As of 24 September 2026 the depicted students had not filed a police report; police appealed to them to report and said they were checking whether any report had been made.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's statements."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan orang tua korban, dugaan penganiayaan terjadi pada Selasa (15/9) hingga Rabu (16/9) 2026 sekitar pukul 11.00 WIB atau setelah korban pulang sekolah.'; 'Setelah di rumah kosong korban dipukul bagian hidung, telinga, kepala, dan dada korban ditendang oleh beberapa pelaku (lidik).'; 'Kemudian setiba di waduk korban dipukul bagian kepala, digampar di bagian telinga kanan dan kiri, kemudian bagian perut korban beberapa kali ditendang'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan polisi, sejumlah siswi yang mengetahui hal tersebut kemudian tidak terima dan memukuli siswa yang diduga mengedit foto tersebut.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Laporan itu dibuat oleh pelaku yang mengedit foto-foto itu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pihak sekolah juga telah melakukan mediasi dengan orangtua siswa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September 2026 several people took the student who made the images to an empty house on Jalan Tiner and then to the Ria Rio reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; he filed an assault report, police are handling it alongside the image case and plan mediation, and the school has mediated with the parents. Police attribute the assault to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA 24 September; detik and VIVA quoting the spokesperson), while Kompas.com (23 September) quotes the spokesperson as saying the depicted students beat him.","causal_attribution":"Parents' report as relayed by the police spokesperson; the alleged assailants were still being identified."}],"effects":[{"label":"several female junior-high students' photographs were edited with AI into indecent images and circulated as WhatsApp stickers, with a social-media claim that about 200 were sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the student who made the images was beaten on two days and threatened with a bladed weapon by schoolmates angry at the images, according to his parents' report relayed by police","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 15:47 WIB; html lang=id). Indonesian; passages quoted in the original and paraphrased in English by the reviewer.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/20403251/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-yang-edit-foto-siswi-pakai-ai-malah-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 20:40 WIB; html lang=id). Reports the assault complaint, the police account that the depicted students' friends beat the student, and the education office's statement on school mediation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/24/06285861/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-edit-foto-siswi-jadi-tak-senonoh-pakai-ai-dijual-dan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 24 September 2026 06:28 WIB; html lang=id). Notes that the sale allegation still rests on the social-media post.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5754759/polisi-usut-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-di-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 23 September 2026 16:46 WIB; html lang=id). Agency report from the Pulogadung police station briefing.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5757344/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dianiaya-usai-edit-foto-temannya-pakai-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 24 September 2026 21:09 WIB; html lang=id). Details of the assault complaint as relayed by the police spokesperson from the parents' account.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8677002/foto-siswi-smp-di-jaktim-diedit-ai-jadi-vulgar-dan-stiker-polisi-selidiki","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (detik.com, 24 September 2026 12:34 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Spokesperson quoted by telephone; states no report yet from the depicted students.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.viva.co.id/berita/metro/1930788-edit-foto-teman-pakai-ai-jadi-vulgar-siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dipukuli-lalu-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (VIVA, 24 September 2026 12:38 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Same telephone remarks; 'hundreds of photographs' and sticker circulation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://mediaindonesia.com/megapolitan/936703/polisi-selidiki-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-smp-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Media Indonesia, 23 September 2026; html lang=id). Relays the briefing; notes police have not disclosed identities.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use","own_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were edited and how many students were depicted; police say the chronology, the editing tool and the number of depicted students are still being established (the 15-16 September dates are the assault dates).","Whether any images were actually sold, to whom, and how widely the stickers circulated; the sale figure comes from a social-media post.","The injuries suffered by the student who was beaten; the reports describe the blows but not injuries or treatment.","Whether the depicted students have since filed a report, and whether any charge, diversion or school sanction has followed.","Which police unit holds the image case: three Kompas items quote 'Polres Metro Jaksel' while the first Kompas item, ANTARA and Media Indonesia say Polres Metro Jakarta Timur.","Who carried out the beating: the depicted students (Kompas.com, 23 September, quoting the spokesperson: 'korbannya banyak, (korban) kesel, akhirnya dipukullah') or their friends (ANTARA, 24 September: 'teman-teman para korban')."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is a state junior high school in East Jakarta (Kompas.com, ANTARA, Media Indonesia), in Pulogadung according to detik and VIVA; the assault locations are in Kayu Putih, Pulogadung (ANTARA); the depicted students are schoolmates there. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case involving minors: AI-edited indecent images of several junior-high students circulated as stickers, confirmed by the East Jakarta police spokesperson and reported by five Indonesian outlets that relay the same briefing (one chain; the sale figure is a social-media claim police call unverified), with the reported beating of the student who made the images recorded as a consequence. Claims are recorded as reported. No student, school or social-media account is named; the image content is not described beyond indecent.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed that the photographs were edited using artificial intelligence and made into stickers; the tool is not identified and police say the editing method is still being established. All outlets relay the police statements.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"East Jakarta: police confirm a grade-9 student at a state junior high school edited several female schoolmates' photographs with AI into indecent images that circulated as WhatsApp stickers; a social-media post said about 200 images were sold; the student was later beaten by schoolmates angry at the images (police statements differ on whether the depicted students or their friends did so) and both matters are under police investigation (Kompas, ANTARA, detik, VIVA, Media Indonesia, 23-24 September 2026)","summary":"On 23 September 2026 the spokesperson of the East Jakarta metropolitan police (Polres Metro Jakarta Timur) confirmed to reporters that a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, had edited photographs of several female schoolmates using artificial intelligence so that they appeared indecent, and that the edited images had been made into WhatsApp stickers; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating. The case surfaced through a post on Threads which said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the claim that the images had been sold, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students. As of 24 September the depicted students had not filed a report (detik and VIVA date the spokesperson's telephone remarks 'Kamis (22/9/2026)', a date that is internally inconsistent) and police appealed to them to do so. According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September several people took the student who made the images to an empty house and then to a reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; police attribute the beating to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA, detik, VIVA), while Kompas.com's 23 September report quotes the same spokesperson as saying the depicted students themselves beat him; he filed an assault report, which police are handling alongside the image case, and the school has held mediation with the students' parents. No student or school is named in the reports.","incidentDate":"2026-09-15","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-23","aiSystem":"AI image-editing tool used to alter photographs into indecent images; not identified in the police statements or the reports","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Several female junior-high students had their photographs edited with AI into indecent images that were made into WhatsApp stickers and, according to a social-media post relayed by the outlets, sold; police confirm the editing and the stickers and are investigating it as alleged sexual harassment ('dugaan pelecehan seksual') through the women-and-children protection unit. The student who made the images was, according to his parents' report relayed by police, beaten on two days by schoolmates angry at the images (the depicted students per Kompas.com, their friends per ANTARA, detik and VIVA) (punched and kicked on the head, chest and stomach and threatened with a bladed weapon); the injuries are not described. Both harms are reported through the police spokesperson.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Counted: the grade-9 student who made the images, reported by police to have been beaten on 15 and 16 September (one person). Not counted: the depicted female students, described as 'beberapa siswi' (several) and 'sejumlah siswi' by police and the outlets; police say the number of depicted students is still being established, and the 'about 200' figure refers to photographs in a social-media post, not to people. Status partial: one counted person plus an unquantified number of depicted students. He is counted as a participant user because he used the AI tool; his reported harm followed from that use.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","primarySourceLabel":"Kompas.com, 23 September 2026: Siswa SMP di Jaktim Diduga Edit Foto Sejumlah Siswi dengan AI Jadi Konten Dewasa","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-25T03:54:25.193666+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:41.38713+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minors","school","indonesia","jakarta","whatsapp-stickers","assault","police-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-bhopal-ai-images-blackmail-suicide","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A 17-year-old Class 11 student allegedly died by suicide at her house in Bhopal's Aishbagh area on Thursday night'; 'The girl was found hanging inside her room after she allegedly sent her younger sister outside on some pretext. Family members rushed her down and attempted to save her, but she already died by then. Her body was sent for post-mortem examination on Friday.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'भोपाल के ऐशबाग इलाके में 11वीं कक्षा की 17 वर्षीय छात्रा ने गुरुवार रात घर में फांसी लगाकर आत्महत्या कर ली'; 'उसने छोटी बहन को सामान लेने के बहाने बाहर भेजा। इसी दौरान उसने कमरे में दुपट्टे का फंदा बनाकर फांसी लगा ली'; 'पोस्टमॉर्टम के बाद शुक्रवार दोपहर परिजन शव लेकर सीधे ऐशबाग थाने पहुंचे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On Thursday night, 14 May 2026, a 17-year-old Class 11 student was found hanging in her room at the family home in Bhopal's Aishbagh area after sending her younger sister outside on a pretext; relatives brought her down but she had died; the body was sent for post-mortem on Friday.","causal_attribution":"Death and circumstances reported by two outlets from the family and police; Thursday before the Friday post-mortem of 15 May is 14 May 2026."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'family members accusing two youths of harassing and blackmailing her using morphed obscene photographs allegedly created with the help of artificial intelligence tools'; 'two youths from the Chhola area were threatening to circulate edited obscene images prepared using photographs taken from her social media accounts'; 'the accused allegedly were stalking the girl while she travelled to and from school and were pressuring her to meet them'; 'the girl never personally interacted with the youths and that the images were digitally manipulated using AI tools'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'चाचा के मुताबिक, आरोपियों ने सोशल मीडिया से छात्रा की तस्वीरें लेकर एआई की मदद से अश्लील फोटो तैयार किए थे। इन्हें वायरल करने और बदनाम करने की धमकी देकर वे छात्रा पर दबाव बनाते थे'; 'छात्रा की आरोपियों से कभी सीधी मुलाकात तक नहीं हुई थी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The family alleged that two young men harassed her for weeks, stalked her to and from school, pressured her to meet them and threatened to circulate obscene images made from her social-media photographs with AI tools, and said she had never met them in person.","causal_attribution":"The family's allegations as reported by two outlets; not confirmed by police at the time of reporting."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'As of now a case of unnatural death has been registered and based on the statement of kin and the evidence further course of action will be decided'; 'Aishbagh police station in-charge Sandeep Pawar told TOI. Police said no suicide note was recovered from the spot.'; 'relatives, who gathered at Aishbagh police station on Friday, demanding strict action against the accused'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ऐशबाग टीआई संदीप पवार ने बताया कि मौके से कोई सुसाइड नोट नहीं मिला है। घरवालों के बयान दर्ज किए जा रहे हैं, जिसके आधार पर आगे की कार्रवाई तय होगी'; 'परिजनों ने शुक्रवार को ऐशबाग थाने का घेराव किया'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Aishbagh police registered an unnatural-death case; the station in-charge said no suicide note was recovered, that the family's statements were being recorded (Dainik Bhaskar) or yet to be recorded (Times of India) and that further action would be decided on the statements and evidence; relatives protested at the police station after the post-mortem demanding action against the accused.","causal_attribution":"Police statements to both outlets."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'चाचा के मुताबिक, आरोपियों ने सोशल मीडिया से छात्रा की तस्वीरें लेकर एआई की मदद से अश्लील फोटो तैयार किए थे'; 'परिवार का दावा है कि आरोपियों ने छात्रा के पिता से भी बदसलूकी की थी, लेकिन बदनामी के डर से पहले पुलिस में शिकायत नहीं की गई'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The uncle claimed that the student had informed her parents about the harassment earlier'; 'Family members had reportedly tried to reason with the accused, but they allegedly misbehaved with the girl's father as well'; 'One of them lives in the Chhola area, while the other is from the victim's neighbourhood'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'two youths from the Chhola area were threatening to circulate edited obscene images'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Her uncle told Dainik Bhaskar that one accused lives in the Chhola area and the other in her neighbourhood (the Times of India describes both as from Chhola), that she had told her parents about the harassment, that the men misbehaved with her father when the family tried to reason with them, and that the family had not complained earlier for fear of defamation.","causal_attribution":"Family allegations carried by Dainik Bhaskar only; the Times of India differs on the accused's localities."}],"effects":[{"label":"a 17-year-old died by hanging after, her family says, weeks of stalking and blackmail with obscene images made from her photographs with AI tools","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"threats to circulate AI-made obscene images, stalking and pressure to meet, as alleged by the family","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/class-11-girl-dies-by-suicide-after-harassment-blackmail-by-2-youth-using-ai-images/articleshow/131126861.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Times of India, Bhopal, published 16 May 2026 00:35 IST, bylined). Own reporting: family allegations and the Aishbagh station in-charge quoted directly.","independence_group":"toi"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/g/local/mp/bhopal/news/bhopal-11th-student-suicide-blackmail-threat-137941035.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-21 (Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal, published 15 May 2026 14:22 IST, updated 18:13). Own reporting quoting the uncle and the station in-charge. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/mp/bhopal/news/bhopal-youths-blackmail-student-suicide-protest-police-station-137942433.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Dainik Bhaskar English, published 15 May 2026 17:18 IST). English version of the same Bhaskar reporting; grouped with s2.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.ibc24.in/videos/bhopal-student-suicide-news-11th-grade-student-commits-suicide-by-hanging-troubled-by-blackmailing-she-committed-suicide-3596570.html","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"IBC24 video page cited by the historical record; answered HTTP 403 on 2026-09-21 and the Internet Archive CDX service was offline. Not relied on.","independence_group":"ibc24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice","education"],"unknowns":["Whether the images were in fact made with AI tools: no police, forensic or platform confirmation was reported.","Bhaskar English also reports the family saying the accused possessed AI-generated obscene photos and videos of her; no other source mentions videos.","Whether the accused were identified, questioned or arrested, and whether an FIR was registered against them after the family's statements.","The AI tool used and where the images were sent or posted.","No later coverage of the investigation was found on 2026-09-21."],"geography":{"basis":"Death at the family home in the Aishbagh area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; case registered at Aishbagh police station (Times of India; Dainik Bhaskar). No court proceeding reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case involving a minor's death. Three bodies read across two independent reporting chains (Times of India; Dainik Bhaskar Hindi and English), both confirming the death through the station in-charge and both reporting the family's allegation of AI-made images, which meets the two-independent-sources rule for the death and the reported AI connection; the AI use and the causal link remain the family's allegations. The girl, her family and the accused are not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The family, including the girl's uncle, told the Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar that the two accused made obscene images from her social-media photographs using AI tools and threatened to circulate them. No police statement, seized image or forensic finding confirming AI use was reported; the police said the family's statements were still being recorded. The artifacts depicted the girl; no AI system interacted with her.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: a 17-year-old Class 11 student died by hanging at home on 14 May 2026; her family told police that two young men had stalked her and blackmailed her with obscene images made from her social-media photographs with AI tools","summary":"On the night of Thursday 14 May 2026 a 17-year-old Class 11 student was found hanging in her room at the family home in Bhopal's Aishbagh area after sending her younger sister out on a pretext; relatives brought her down but she had died. Her family told the Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar that two young men (both from the Chhola area according to the Times of India; one from Chhola and one from her neighbourhood according to Dainik Bhaskar) had harassed her for weeks, stalked her to and from school, pressured her to meet them, and threatened to circulate obscene images of her that they had made with AI tools from photographs taken from her social-media accounts; the family said she had never met them in person; they also told Dainik Bhaskar that she had told her parents, that the men had misbehaved with her father when the family tried to reason with them, and that fear of social defamation had kept them from going to the police earlier. The Aishbagh police station in-charge said an unnatural-death case had been registered, no suicide note was found, the family's statements were being recorded and further action would follow; investigators were expected to examine her phone and social-media accounts. After the post-mortem on 15 May relatives took the body to the police station and demanded action against the accused. No arrest or later development was found in this review.","incidentDate":"2026-05-14","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-15","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation tools, not named in any inspected report; AI use is the family's allegation","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["death","psychological_distress","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 17-year-old died by hanging after, according to her family, weeks of stalking and blackmail with obscene images made from her photographs with AI tools; the family attributes her death to that harassment. Police registered an unnatural-death case and said the cause could not yet be confirmed. Causation is the family's allegation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, the girl who died (all inspected reports). Her family members are not counted; the two accused are alleged perpetrators. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/class-11-girl-dies-by-suicide-after-harassment-blackmail-by-2-youth-using-ai-images/articleshow/131126861.cms","primarySourceLabel":"The Times of India (Bhopal), 16 May 2026: Class 11 girl dies by suicide after harassment, blackmail by 2 youth using AI images","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-15T06:54:55.51261+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:28.617079+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","blackmail","stalking","minor","suicide","death","india","madhya-pradesh","bhopal","depicted","image-based-abuse"]},{"id":"2026-brazil-influencer-ai-sexualized-minors","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Influenciador digital usou ferramentas de IA para inserir fotos de jovens evangélicas da Congregação Cristã do Brasil (CCB) em vídeos com conotação sexual dentro das igrejas da entidade.'; 'O material foi publicado nas redes sociais do influencer, onde ele soma quase 50 mil seguidores.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Um influenciador digital é investigado pela Polícia Civil de São Paulo sob suspeita de usar inteligência artificial para manipular imagens de jovens evangélicas, sem consentimento, criando vídeos com conteúdos sexualizados. As manipulações eram divulgadas em perfis nas redes sociais.'; 'O caso foi inicialmente divulgado pelo g1 e confirmado pela Folha.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Pego a foto, as irmãs postando de costas, e jogo na IA. A IA faz dançar'; 'Disse que retirou as imagens de perfis públicos em redes sociais e que não sabia que algumas das pessoas retratadas eram adolescentes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'publicadas em perfis dele no Instagram, no TikTok e no YouTube'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A digital influencer manipulated, without consent, photographs of young women and adolescent girls of the Congregação Cristã do Brasil into videos with sexual connotation using AI ('deepfake') tools and published them on his social-media profiles, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube; he admitted in his own recordings that he takes the congregants' photographs and puts them into an AI that makes them dance.","causal_attribution":"Reported by g1 from the police and the victims, confirmed by Folha, and admitted by the influencer in his own recordings and police statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ele pegou a minha foto sem autorização e fez uma montagem com inteligência artificial, com as mulheres sensualizando na frente e [comigo] junto a elas'; 'Eu sou muito envergonhada, então não queria ter sido exposta. Eu tomo cuidado e também fico com medo disso afetar meu convívio social'; 'Eu não tirei mais nenhuma [fotografia]. Eu não tirei mais de mim.'; 'O caso veio à tona em fevereiro, quando a jovem e os pais procuraram a 8ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher (DDM), em São Mateus, Zona Leste da capital paulista.'; 'A família entrou com ação na Justiça pedindo indenização por dano moral.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'após uma adolescente de 16 anos, vítima do influenciador em uma das publicações, denunciar o caso à 8ª Delegacia da Defesa da Mulher (DDM) de São Paulo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A 16-year-old congregant told g1 that her photograph, taken in 2025 in front of the altar of a CCB church, had been used without authorisation in an AI montage placing her beside women in sensual poses; she said she was very shy and had not wanted to be exposed, feared the effect on her social life and had stopped taking photographs of herself; she and her parents had gone to the 8ª DDM in February 2026 and the family filed a civil action for moral damages.","causal_attribution":"The girl's and her family's account to g1; Metrópoles confirms the 16-year-old's complaint to the 8ª DDM. g1's 15 May report describes the first complainant as also 17, a discrepancy recorded in unknowns."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Polícia Civil de São Paulo investiga o caso.'; 'O inquérito, que começou na 8ª DDM da capital, foi encaminhado'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A ocorrência foi registrada na 8ª DDM (Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher) da capital e posteriormente encaminhada à Delegacia de Polícia de Lençóis Paulistas, responsável pela área onde teriam ocorrido os fatos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'O Metrópoles apurou que a investigação é feita por meio de um inquérito policial que foi direcionado às autoridades de Lençóis Paulista, no interior de São Paulo, por determinação judicial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The São Paulo Civil Police investigate the influencer; the inquiry was registered at the 8ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher in São Paulo and sent to the police of Lençóis Paulista by judicial order.","causal_attribution":"The investigation and the transfer to Lençóis Paulista are reported by g1 and confirmed by Folha and Metrópoles; Folha frames the transfer by where the facts occurred, g1 by where the suspect lives."},{"id":"c3b","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'conforme o artigo 241-C do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA), cuja pena varia de 1 a 3 anos de reclusão, além de multa. A polícia também apura se ele cometeu difamação em relação a outras jovens expostas.'; 'à 2ª Vara da Comarca de Lençóis Paulista, no interior do estado, onde o investigado mora. O pedido foi feito pelo Ministério Público (MP).'; 'A gente está investigando esse caso de deepfake. Houve uma simulação dessas imagens dessas meninas, algumas delas adolescentes'; 'pede que outras jovens expostas pelo influencer também procurem à delegacia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"g1 reports that he is investigated under article 241-C of the Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (one to three years plus a fine) and for possible defamation of other young women exposed; that the transfer to the 2ª Vara of Lençóis Paulista, where he lives, was ordered by the 1ª Vara de Crimes Praticados contra Crianças e Adolescentes at the Ministério Público's request; and that the delegada of the 8ª DDM said some identified victims were adolescents and asked others to come forward.","causal_attribution":"g1's reporting of the police and court steps; single chain for these details."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O boletim de ocorrência mais recente foi registrado em 30 de abril, pela mãe da adolescente, na 4ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher (DDM) Norte, após a divulgação da reportagem do g1 sobre o caso.'; 'A divulgação na internet afetou a garota psicologicamente.'; 'outras jovens evangélicas da CCB tiveram suas imagens expostas sem autorização, mas o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado.'; 'também é investigado por difamação, já que há vítimas adultas que aparecem nos vídeos manipulados com deep fake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 30 April 2026 the mother of a second adolescent, aged 17, registered a police report at the 4ª DDM Norte; g1 reported that the online exposure had affected the girl psychologically, that the influencer was also investigated for defamation of adult women in the videos, and that the total number of victims was still being established.","causal_attribution":"g1's report of the second complaint; the psychological effect is g1's statement without an attributed speaker."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A defesa enfatiza que as publicações realizadas em suas redes sociais tinham o intuito estrito de sátira e crítica de costumes, inseridas em um contexto de humor. Em nenhum momento houve a intenção de promover exploração sexual, pornografia ou qualquer ato que atentasse contra a dignidade sexual das pessoas mencionadas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'alegou que as publicações foram feitas em um “contexto de humor”, sem a intenção de atentar contra a dignidade sexual das vítimas.'; 'realizou uma retratação pública, pedindo desculpas às jovens, às famílias e à comunidade da Congregação Cristã do Brasil (CCB) por qualquer constrangimento ou sofrimento causado'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Through his lawyer the influencer said the publications were satire and criticism of customs in a context of humour, without intent of sexual exploitation, that he did not know the ages of those depicted, and that he had expressed regret and made a public retraction apologising to the young women, their families and the CCB.","causal_attribution":"The defence note was sent to both g1 and Metrópoles."},{"id":"c5b","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pego a foto, as irmãs postando de costas, e jogo na IA. A IA faz dançar'; 'Eu peço perdão a todos que se sentiram ofendidos. Eu prometo ser mais cauteloso'; 'declarou apoiar a adoção de medidas legais cabíveis pelas autoridades'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'negou ter vinculado a imagem da adolescente a fotografias de mulheres com pouca vestimenta ou a qualquer conteúdo sexualizado ou pornográfico'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"g1 reports that he admitted in his own earlier recordings and in his police statement that he takes the congregants' photographs and animates them with AI, that he posted an apology video, and that the CCB said it supports the legal measures taken by the authorities; in his police statement he also denied linking the adolescent's image to scantily dressed women or any sexualised content and said he had taken her for an adult.","causal_attribution":"g1's reporting of his recordings, statement and video; the CCB note as given to g1."}],"effects":[{"label":"a 16-year-old depicted in an AI-made sexualised video: embarrassment, fear for her social life, stopped taking photographs of herself","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a 17-year-old reported to be psychologically affected by the video made from her photograph","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"young women and adolescent girls of a church inserted without consent into sexualised videos posted to tens of thousands of followers","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 22 April 2026, updated 23 April). Own reporting: the 16-year-old and her parents, another congregant, the delegada, the family's lawyer, experts. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/24/influencer-investigado-por-videos-sexualizados-de-evangelicas-com-ia-diz-que-usou-humor-para-criticar-roupas-usadas-por-jovens-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 24 April 2026). The suspect's defence note, police statement, own recordings and apology video; CCB and platform responses. Grouped with s1.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/05/15/nova-vitima-de-17-anos-registra-bo-contra-influenciador-que-usa-ia-para-sexualizar-jovens-evangelicas.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 15 May 2026). Second police report of 30 April 2026. Grouped with s1.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2026/04/influenciador-e-investigado-sob-suspeita-de-criar-videos-sexualizados-de-jovens-evangelicas-em-sp.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 at the .shtml path (Folha de S.Paulo, 22 April 2026); the .ghtml path cited by the historical record answers 404 and its Internet Archive capture is a subscription shell. Folha states the case was first reported by g1 and confirmed by Folha.","independence_group":"folha"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/influencer-acusado-de-sexualizar-adolescentes-usando-ia-alega-humor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (Metrópoles, 24 April 2026). Defence note, Metrópoles's own checking of the inquiry's transfer, CCB note to Metrópoles.","independence_group":"metropoles"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice","religion"],"unknowns":["The age of the first complainant: 16 per g1 on 22 April 2026, 'também de 17 anos' per g1 on 15 May 2026.","How many people were depicted; the police were still establishing the number in May 2026.","When the videos were first posted; the photographs date from 2025 and the first complaint from February 2026.","Whether the suspect has been indicted or charged, and the status of the civil damages action; no development after 15 May 2026 was found.","Which AI tools were used beyond the TikTok tools he named to police.","When the apology video was posted: g1's 22 April report dates it to 5 April 2026 and says it does not mention the deepfakes; g1's 24 April report describes it as posted after his police statement.","Which police station took the first complaint: 8ª DDM (g1 22 April, Metrópoles) or 5ª DDM Leste (g1 15 May)."],"geography":{"basis":"Photographs taken in CCB churches in São Paulo; complaints at the 8ª DDM (São Mateus, São Paulo) and 4ª DDM Norte; suspect in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo state (g1, Folha, Metrópoles). Court: the inquiry was transferred by the 1ª Vara de Crimes Praticados contra Crianças e Adolescentes of São Paulo to the 2ª Vara of Lençóis Paulista, and the first girl's family filed a civil damages action (g1).","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case involving minors, documented by g1's interviews with the victims, their families and the delegada, confirmed by Folha and Metrópoles, and admitted in substance by the influencer, who disputes criminal intent. Not a death case. The girls and their families are unnamed; the adult suspect is described but not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The influencer admitted in his own recordings and in his police statement that he takes the congregants' photographs and puts them into an AI that makes them dance; the delegada describes the case as deepfake; g1, Folha and Metrópoles all report AI manipulation. The tool is not named. The artifacts depicted the girls and women; no AI system interacted with them.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"São Paulo: a 37-year-old influencer used AI 'deepfake' tools to insert photographs of young women and adolescent girls of the Congregação Cristã do Brasil, taken from their social-media profiles without consent, into sexualised videos set inside churches; a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old filed police reports and the Civil Police investigate under the child-protection statute","summary":"A humorist and tyre repairer from Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo state, who posts on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok as an impersonator of a television presenter, used AI tools to turn photographs that young women and adolescent girls of the Congregação Cristã do Brasil (CCB) had posted from inside churches into videos in which they appear dancing sensually beside women in short skirts, with the presenter inserted and the influencer commenting on their clothes. A 16-year-old congregant and her parents went to the 8ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher in São Paulo in February 2026; g1 made the case public on 22 April 2026 and Folha de S.Paulo confirmed the investigation. The girl told g1 the photograph had been taken in 2025 in front of the altar of a CCB church, that she was very shy, had not wanted to be exposed and was afraid the exposure would affect her social life, and that she had stopped taking photographs of herself; her family sued for moral damages. On 30 April 2026 the mother of a second girl, aged 17, registered a police report at the 4ª DDM Norte; g1 reported that the exposure had affected the girl psychologically. The São Paulo Civil Police investigate under article 241-C of the Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (simulating a sex or pornography scene with a minor by digital means) and for defamation of adult women in the videos; the inquiry was sent at the prosecutor's request to Lençóis Paulista, where the suspect lives, and the total number of people depicted was still being established. The influencer admitted making the videos with AI, said through his lawyer that they were satire and criticism of customs in a context of humour, said he did not know some of those depicted were minors, denied in his police statement linking the adolescent's image to sexualised content and said he had taken her for an adult, and posted an apology video (dated 5 April by g1's first report, which says it does not mention the deepfakes; described as posted after his police statement in g1's second report). The CCB said it had identified him, was taking internal measures and supports legal measures by the authorities. No later development was found on 2026-09-22.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-04-30","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-22","aiSystem":"AI image-animation and face-insertion ('deepfake') tools; the influencer told police he used TikTok tools to animate and manipulate the images, and said in a recording that he 'throws' the photographs into an AI that makes them dance","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Adolescent congregants and adult women were depicted without consent in AI-made sexualised videos posted to tens of thousands of followers; a 16-year-old described embarrassment, fear for her social life and giving up photographs of herself, and a 17-year-old was reported to be psychologically affected. The creation and posting are admitted by the influencer, who disputes any sexual or criminal intent.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two identified minors who filed police reports (a 16-year-old, g1 22 April; a 17-year-old, g1 15 May). Other congregants, adult and adolescent, are described as depicted ('uma quantidade enorme de vítimas' per the father; 'o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado' per g1) but not counted. Partial: 2 counted plus an unquantified number.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"g1 São Paulo, 22 April 2026: 'Pegou foto sem autorização', diz evangélica de 16 anos vítima de influencer que usou IA para sexualizar sua imagem em igreja","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-14T11:18:13.776891+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:29.549296+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","brazil","sao-paulo","church","influencer","eca","depicted"]}]}