{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T05:38:13.261Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"social-media","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":12,"coverage":{"cases":12,"countries":7,"languages":6,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":8,"minors":3,"coreRelations":12,"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-pontevedra-province-spain-two-men-identified-over-reported-ai-generated-sexual-images-of-women","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"suma ya 18 denuncias ... según la actualización facilitada en la tarde de este miércoles, 10 de junio, por la propia Guardia Civil","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Por el momento no constan autor o autores identificados","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Son ya 18 las denuncias que de momento han sido ya presentadas por","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"creadas con inteligencia artificial","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"por el momento no hay autor o autores de estos hechos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"By the afternoon of 10 June 2026 the Guardia Civil had received 18 complaints from people who found AI-generated sexual images of themselves circulating, and no author had been identified at that point.","causal_attribution":"Guardia Civil figures as relayed by two outlets on 10 and 11 June, when the count was still rising (12 that morning and 18 that afternoon). The reviewer did not see the complaints or the images."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"las imágenes fueron difundidas a través del estado de WhatsApp de una persona y permanecieron visibles durante un día entero","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Eran fotos subidas ao estado de WhatsApp","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Eu entereime o sábado pola tarde, cando vin as imaxes","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"El vídeo se difundió el sábado a través de WhatsApp","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An affected woman said, in an El Correo Gallego article whose source line is Faro de Vigo, that the images were posted on the WhatsApp status of a person's account and stayed visible for a full day, and that the woman saw the images on the afternoon of the Saturday before the Wednesday 10 June 2026 report (6 June 2026 by the calendar).","causal_attribution":"A single first-person account (identity withheld by the outlet) in one El Correo Gallego article whose source line is Faro de Vigo. The date 6 June is computed from Wednesday 10 June in the same article and is not printed. The creation date of the images is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"en el que se emplearon aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial capaces de crear este tipo de imágenes a partir de fotografías obtenidas de perfiles de redes sociales","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"los autores habían empleado aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial capaces de crear este tipo de imágenes a partir de fotografías obtenidas de perfiles de redes sociales","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The Guardia Civil release of 16 July 2026 says the images were made with AI applications able to create such images from photographs taken from social-media profiles.","causal_attribution":"One Guardia Civil release relayed by Europa Press and EFE. The applications are not named and the reviewer did not see the images."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"ha localizado a dos hombres como presuntos responsables de la creación y divulgación de fotos falsas por inteligencia artificial (IA)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"de un varón de 29 años como presunto autor de un delito contra la integridad moral","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"como presunto creador del material manipulado","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"al que los investigadores consideran el creador del material manipulado","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"otro de 29 años, al que se le imputa un delito contra la integridad moral por difundir el contenido","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The release says the Guardia Civil located two men as presumed responsible for creating and distributing the images: a 35-year-old considered the creator of the manipulated material, and a 29-year-old investigated for an offence against moral integrity (EFE: for distributing the content).","causal_attribution":"Police allegations as relayed. Neither man is named here, no charge decision or court finding is reported, and the release establishes only its own contents."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"de un total de 22 mujeres","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"22 mujeres de la provincia de Pontevedra","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"comenzó el pasado mes de junio tras las denuncias presentadas en ... por varias de las afectadas","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The Guardia Civil release counts a total of 22 women in the images, and EFE says the investigation began in June after complaints by several of the affected women.","causal_attribution":"One Guardia Civil figure relayed by two outlets. The release does not say how many of the 22 women filed complaints, and the 18 complaints counted on 10 June are a separate figure."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Aparecemos unhas trinta mulleres de diferentes idades e entornos distintos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"ha trascendido que en la grabación aparecen una treintena de afectadas","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In June, an affected woman and El Correo Gallego put the number of women appearing in the images at about thirty, which differs from the release's 22.","causal_attribution":"A first-person estimate and an unattributed report (\"ha trascendido\") in a second El Correo Gallego piece that says a daily of the same publishing group had reported the progress of the case. The first article's source line is Faro de Vigo, so the two supports may share one upstream. The difference from the July release is unresolved."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Según confirmaron fuentes de la Guardia Civil, los denunciantes son hombres y mujeres mayores de edad","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"todas las denunciantes son mujeres mayores de edad","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"con edades comprendidas entre los 20 y los 30","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Reports of 9 to 11 June describe the complainants as adults. El Debate attributes this to Guardia Civil sources and La Voz de Galicia says most were aged 20 to 30.","causal_attribution":"El Debate attributes the adult status to Guardia Civil sources, the El Correo Gallego wording is unattributed (\"ha trascendido\") and La Voz de Galicia gives no attribution for the ages. The three outlets are in one Guardia Civil briefing group, so the claim is not corroborated. Reports differ on whether the complainants include men and whether they are one group of friends, and the ages of depicted women who did not file complaints are not stated."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"poden parecer moi reais","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Chegou un punto en que todo o mundo te chamaba para dicircho","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"La víctima describe una situación de angustia añadida por la apariencia verosímil de los montajes","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An affected woman described the images as looking very real and said many people called to tell the woman about them. The outlet describes the situation of the woman as one of anguish made worse by the realistic look of the images.","causal_attribution":"One affected woman's account through one outlet. No other affected woman's account of the impact was found."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Las diligencias fueron remitidas al Tribunal de Instancia","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Las diligencias fueron remitidas al Tribunal de Instancia","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The files were sent to a court of instruction in the province, and no charge decision or court outcome is reported.","causal_attribution":"One Guardia Civil release relayed by two outlets. The absence of a later outcome reflects the sources read up to 30 September 2026."}],"effects":[{"label":"Women reportedly depicted in AI-generated sexual images that circulated online, with at least 18 complaints filed by 10 June 2026","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/2026/06/10/victima-falsos-desnudos-difundidos-silleda-131252711.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish and Galician by the reviewer. The affected woman's quotes are in Galician. Locators are verbatim and assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase. The page carries a subscription prompt after the last paragraph, and its JSON-LD article body ends at the same paragraph.","independence_group":"el-correo-gallego-affected-woman-account-2026-06-10"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.elcorreogallego.es/concellos/2026/06/10/silleda-desnudos-inteligencia-artificial-denuncias-mujeres-mayores-de-edad-guardia-civil-131226325.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the reviewer. Locators are verbatim Spanish and assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-pontevedra-press-briefings-2026-06"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://media.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/deza/silleda/2026/06/11/18-denuncias-jovenes-silleda-desnudos-falsos-ia/0003_202606D11C19914.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the reviewer. The page is encoded ISO-8859-1 and the saved text shows replacement characters for accented letters, so locators from this page use unaccented passages only. Assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-pontevedra-press-briefings-2026-06"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.europapress.es/galicia/noticia-investigados-dos-hombres-fotos-falsas-ia-desnudos-mas-20-mujeres-silleda-20260716094338.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the reviewer. Locators are verbatim Spanish and assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-pontevedra-release-2026-07-16"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.infobae.com/espana/agencias/2026/07/16/identifican-a-autores-de-desnudos-creados-por-ia-que-afectaron-a-22-mujeres-de-pontevedra/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the reviewer. Locators are verbatim Spanish and assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase. EFE wire copy.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-pontevedra-release-2026-07-16"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.eldebate.com/espana/galicia/20260609/siete-jovenes-denuncian-silleda-difusion-falsos-desnudos-creados-inteligencia-artificial_426598.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the reviewer from a Wayback capture of the page (article text present, membership prompts around it). Locators are verbatim Spanish and assertions are the reviewer's English paraphrase.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-pontevedra-press-briefings-2026-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The creation date of the images is not stated. The record dates the case to the first documented dissemination (a WhatsApp status posting on Saturday 6 June 2026), which rests on one affected woman's account and a photo caption in the same article.","The number of women appearing differs: the release counts 22, while an affected woman and El Correo Gallego say about thirty. The release does not say how many of the 22 filed complaints.","Early reports differ on whether the complainants belong to one group of friends and whether they include men. The ages of depicted women who did not file complaints are not stated.","The AI applications are not named and the reviewer did not see the images.","The relayed July release says the investigators examined the images and traced their spread online, and it gives no further account of how the two men were identified. Neither man is named here, and no charge decision or court outcome is reported.","El Correo Gallego reports that some source photographs were taken years earlier, according to an affected woman. The reports do not say how the source photographs were selected.","The reviewer did not see the Guardia Civil release itself. Europa Press and EFE relay it and one outlet dates it a Wednesday while the others date it Thursday 16 July 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports name the Guardia Civil command of Pontevedra, the province of Pontevedra in Galicia and a court of instruction in the province, and El Debate (9 June 2026) refers to Spanish legislation. The country was not inferred from the language or the publisher. The files were referred to a court and no proceeding outcome is reported.","court_countries":["ES"],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Six Spanish and Galician reports of 9 June to 16 July 2026 are cited, and five more were read. Complaint counts and the count of women come from Guardia Civil statements relayed by several outlets, so those claims are reported and share independence groups, while the article quoting one affected woman is a separate chain. The affected women, the two men and the municipality are not identified, and the images are not described beyond AI-generated sexual images. The record dates the case to the first documented WhatsApp posting on 6 June 2026, which rests on one affected woman's account.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Guardia Civil release as relayed says AI applications were used to create the images from photographs taken from social-media profiles. The applications are not named and the reviewer did not see the images.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Pontevedra province: Guardia Civil locates two men as presumed creator and distributor of AI-generated sexual images of 22 women","summary":"In June 2026 women in a municipality of Pontevedra province (Galicia, Spain) reported to the Guardia Civil that AI-generated sexual images of them were circulating, and 18 complaints had been filed by the afternoon of 10 June. An affected woman, quoted in an El Correo Gallego article whose source line is Faro de Vigo, said the images were posted on a WhatsApp status for a full day and that the woman saw them on the afternoon of the Saturday before the 10 June report (6 June by the calendar). On 16 July 2026 the Guardia Civil said it had located two men as presumed responsible for creating and distributing the images, which it counted as showing 22 women in total. The reports name neither man and say a 35-year-old is considered the creator and a 29-year-old is investigated for an offence against moral integrity. The release says the images were made with AI applications from photographs taken from social-media profiles, and the files went to a court of instruction. June reports put the number of women appearing at about thirty, and no charge decision or court outcome is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-06-06","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-09","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI image-generation applications","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The Guardia Civil counts 22 women in the AI-generated sexual images (release as relayed), and at least 18 complaints had been filed by 10 June 2026. One affected woman described the images as very realistic, said many people called about them, and the El Correo Gallego article describes the situation of the woman as one of anguish. No other affected woman's account of the impact is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":22,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Guardia Civil release, relayed by Europa Press and EFE, counts a total of 22 women in the images. An affected woman and El Correo Gallego put the number at about thirty in June, so 22 is used as a documented minimum. Eighteen complaints had been filed by 10 June. The depicted women are counted as harmed because the release and the reports describe them as affected victims of the circulation.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.europapress.es/galicia/noticia-investigados-dos-hombres-fotos-falsas-ia-desnudos-mas-20-mujeres-silleda-20260716094338.html","primarySourceLabel":"Europa Press, 16 July 2026, Guardia Civil locates two men over AI-generated sexual images of 22 women","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:46.99391+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:44:24.174547+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2026"]},{"id":"2026-portland-david-douglas-high-school-ai-altered-racist-posts-football-players","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Some images and videos have been digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted.'; 'Some of the content brought to our attention has been reported to the Portland Police Bureau'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'some of the images and videos were digitally altered and “do not accurately represent those depicted.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"David Douglas High School said social-media posts were targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, that some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted, and that some content had been reported to the Portland Police Bureau.","causal_attribution":"The school's own statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The account includes 17 posts, which appear to target David Douglas football players and use racist, anti-immigrant, and religious stereotypes.'; 'One image depicts a Latino player wearing a sombrero being detained by people identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.'; 'Another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.'; 'The first post was made on September 22'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"KATU reviewed the account and found 17 posts, first posted on 22 September, that appear to target David Douglas football players with racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes, including images depicting a Latino player being detained by people labelled as ICE agents and a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest.","causal_attribution":"KATU's review of the posts; which images were AI-altered is not specified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But I think kids are definitely hurt by it.”'; 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'; 'one student texted him over the weekend after seeing a post'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The head coach said students were hurt by the posts and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts, writing 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","causal_attribution":"The coach's account to KATU."}],"effects":[{"label":"high-school football players depicted in racist and anti-immigrant images, some altered with AI, posted by an anonymous account; students reported to be hurt","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"one student wrote to the coach after seeing a post, calling it terrible and asking what to do","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KATU, 28 September 2026, updated the same day). Quotes the school statement, KATU's own review of the account and an interview with the head coach.","independence_group":"katu-account-review"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kptv.com/2026/09/29/david-douglas-school-officials-address-ai-social-media-posts-targeting-students-staff/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (KPTV). Reproduces the school's Facebook statement; adds no independent detail.","independence_group":"david-douglas-school-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who runs the account and on which platform it was posted.","Which images and videos were made or altered with AI and with what tool.","Whether police have identified anyone or whether the posts were removed."],"geography":{"basis":"David Douglas High School is in Portland, Oregon, and the school reported content to the Portland Police Bureau (KPTV, KATU). Where the account holder is located is unknown. No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a school says posts targeting its students and staff included images altered with AI, and a broadcaster that reviewed the account describes racist depictions of the school's football players and reports that students were hurt. Students and staff are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school's statement says some images and videos were digitally altered, including with AI, and do not accurately represent those depicted; KATU describes the posts as AI-generated images. Neither identifies which images were AI-generated or the tool used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Portland, Oregon: an anonymous social-media account posted 17 racist and anti-immigrant images targeting David Douglas High School football players and their coach, some digitally altered including with AI, from 22 September 2026; the school reported content to Portland police","summary":"David Douglas High School in Portland warned families in a statement reported on 28 September 2026 about social-media posts targeting its students, athletes, coaches and staff, saying some images and videos had been digitally altered, including with AI, and did not accurately represent those depicted; it reported some of the content to the Portland Police Bureau. KATU, which reviewed the account, reports 17 posts using racist, anti-immigrant and religious stereotypes against football players: one image shows a Latino player in a sombrero being detained by people labelled as ICE agents, another shows a player in a head covering with what appears to be a fake explosive vest, and a Black player is depicted beneath a caption referring to George Floyd. The head coach said students were hurt, and that one student texted him over the weekend after seeing one of the posts: 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?' The account references Rex Putnam High School, whose team David Douglas played on the Friday before the report; which along with its district says it has no connection to it. Who runs the account and which images were AI-generated are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-22","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI image or video tools used to alter or generate images of real students and staff posted by an anonymous social-media account (school statement: 'digitally altered, including with AI'); the tool and platform are not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The head coach told KATU that students were hurt by posts depicting them in racist and anti-immigrant scenes, some altered with AI according to the school, and that one student texted him after seeing a post, 'Coach, this is terrible. What do I do?'","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"At least one student who texted the coach in distress after seeing a post (KATU); the coach says students more generally were hurt, and at least three players and the coach were depicted, but harm to each is not separately reported. Partial, minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-OR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://katu.com/news/local/david-douglas-football-team-condemns-social-media-posts-targeting-students-artificial-intelligence-racism-vulgar-obscene-ice-sports-investigation-crime-police-local-community","primarySourceLabel":"KATU, 28 September 2026: David Douglas High School condemns racist AI posts targeting football players","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:21:43.794724+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.328047+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-images","harassment","racism","school","students","oregon","portland","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-saginaw-michigan-credit-union-ceo-chatgpt-lake-america-image-job-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'snapped a quick picture and put it through ChatGPT to see what it would look like if they were wearing Lake America sweatshirts.'; 'with a marker saying it contained AI content.'; 'reposted it publicly without that marker.'; 'We were in Halifax at the time. We never had actual sweatshirts. We never wore sweatshirts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'snapped a picture before boarding a flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 11. They then put that image into ChatGPT to make a post in jest of President Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She says that before boarding a flight to Halifax on 11 September 2026 she and family members took a photo and put it through ChatGPT to show them in 'Lake America' sweatshirts, posted it to her private Facebook page with an AI marker, and that her sister reposted it publicly without the marker while they were in Halifax; they never wore such sweatshirts.","causal_attribution":"Her own account to WJRT; the original post and label were not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The family returned early on Tuesday because'; 'said she was getting death threats.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'her family returned to Michigan early because they were receiving death threats, but didn't elaborate.'; 'which said they can't confirm whether any individual or organization is associated with a police investigation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'noting that she had received death threats.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"She says she was getting death threats and the family returned from Canada early.","causal_attribution":"Her account to WJRT, relayed; the threats are not described or independently confirmed, and Halifax District RCMP would not confirm any investigation."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is no longer an employee of Family First Credit Union, effective immediately,'; 'left of her own accord or if she was fired by the organization.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'it is legally prohibited from discussing the circumstances surrounding'; 'under section 381 of the Michigan Credit Union Act.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'nor did it say whether fallout from the viral post was the reason for'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"On 23 September 2026 the credit union announced she was no longer an employee, effective immediately; it has not said whether she resigned or was dismissed, and its board says state law bars it from discussing the circumstances.","causal_attribution":"The credit union's statements; the link between the image and the departure is drawn by the outlets, not stated by the employer."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'said she won't be using AI again.'; 'I think the AI can be dangerous in the fact that it can make people think something's real that's not,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She said she would not use AI again and that AI can be dangerous because it can make people think something is real that is not.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement to WJRT."}],"effects":[{"label":"she says she received death threats and the family cut its trip short after the ChatGPT-altered photo circulated without its AI label","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the credit union announced she was no longer employed, effective immediately; it has not said why or whether she resigned","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.abc12.com/news/business/saginaw-ceo-in-viral-lake-america-post-voices-ai-concerns/article_b8cfeaa1-4122-4bcf-a5e9-14121e0dbe52.html","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-28 from an Internet Archive capture (WJRT/ABC12, published 17 September 2026); abc12.com returns 451 to this host. The original interview report.","independence_group":"wjrt-interview-and-credit-union-statements"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.abc12.com/news/business/family-first-credit-union-parts-ways-with-ceo-after-lake-america-post/article_3e37d2bb-26dc-443d-be99-3bba7138f117.html","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-28 from an Internet Archive capture (WJRT/ABC12, 23 September 2026); quotes the board chair's and COO's joint statement.","independence_group":"wjrt-interview-and-credit-union-statements"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lake-america-sweatshirts-halifax-9.7356629","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (CBC News, 24 September 2026); body re-used on 2026-09-28. Quotes an emailed board statement to CBC.","independence_group":"wjrt-interview-and-credit-union-statements"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lake-america-sweatshirts-halifax-9.7349406","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (CBC News, 18 September 2026); body re-used on 2026-09-28. Relays the ABC12 interview; reports the Halifax District RCMP response.","independence_group":"wjrt-interview-and-credit-union-statements"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.bankingdive.com/news/michigan-credit-union-ceo-leaves-after-blowback-lake-america-ai-facebook-post-family-first/831396/","kind":"trade_press","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Banking Dive, 25 September 2026); body re-used on 2026-09-28. Relays the WJRT interview and the credit union's statements.","independence_group":"wjrt-interview-and-credit-union-statements"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether she resigned or was dismissed, and the board's reasons.","The nature and senders of the reported death threats, and whether any were reported to police.","How far the missing AI label, as opposed to the image's political message, drove the reaction.","Whether the relatives in the image suffered consequences beyond the curtailed trip."],"geography":{"basis":"The photo was taken and altered before boarding a flight to Halifax (WJRT; Banking Dive places it at Detroit airport); the public repost was made while the family was in Halifax, Nova Scotia (WJRT: 'We were in Halifax at the time'), where the backlash centred; the executive and the credit union are in Saginaw, Michigan. No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US","CA"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an own-use depiction case: she used ChatGPT to produce a realistic image of herself and relatives in clothing they never wore; after it circulated without its AI label she reported death threats and her employment ended. The controversy concerned the image's political content, and the employer gives no reason, so causation is recorded as unclear. She is not named here although she is named in all coverage.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"She says she put a family photo through ChatGPT so that she and her relatives appeared to wear 'Lake America' sweatshirts they never wore (WJRT). The AI output depicted real people in clothing they did not wear. The backlash was directed at the image's political message; she chose that content, her sister removed the AI label when reposting, and the employer's decision and reasons are its own. The AI's role is generating the realistic image.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Saginaw, Michigan: a credit union CEO used ChatGPT to put herself and family members in 'Lake America' sweatshirts in a photo taken before a trip to Halifax; after her sister reposted it publicly without its AI label she says she received death threats and the family came home early, and on 23 September 2026 the credit union said she was no longer employed","summary":"The chief executive of Family First Credit Union in Saginaw, Michigan, told WJRT (ABC12) that before boarding a flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 11 September 2026 she and family members took a photo and put it through ChatGPT to show them wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts, a joke about the US president's order renaming Lake Ontario. She posted it to her private Facebook page with a marker saying it contained AI content; her sister reposted it publicly without the marker while they were in Halifax, and it spread in Canada as if the family had worn the shirts. The backlash concerned the image's political message; she said she would understand the anger of anyone in Halifax who thought the family had walked in wearing those sweatshirts. She said she was getting death threats and the family returned early; by 16 September she was back in the US. She called the post poor judgment, said she would not use AI again and that AI 'can make people think something's real that's not'. On 23 September the credit union said she was no longer an employee, effective immediately; it has not said whether she resigned or was dismissed, or why.","incidentDate":"2026-09-11","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-23","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-16","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, used by the executive to alter a family photo so that the people in it appeared to wear 'Lake America' sweatshirts (her account to WJRT)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI (ChatGPT, per the former CEO's account)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"After the ChatGPT-altered photo circulated without its AI label, she says she received death threats and the family cut the trip short; her employer then announced she was no longer employed, without saying why or whether she resigned (her account to WJRT; board statements via WJRT and CBC).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"unclear","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the executive, who used ChatGPT, says she received death threats and lost her job (WJRT; credit union statements). CBC's 18 September report says the family returned early because 'they' were receiving threats, but no number of relatives harmed is stated, so they remain unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-MI","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.abc12.com/news/business/saginaw-ceo-in-viral-lake-america-post-voices-ai-concerns/article_b8cfeaa1-4122-4bcf-a5e9-14121e0dbe52.html","primarySourceLabel":"WJRT (ABC12), 17 September 2026: Saginaw CEO in viral 'Lake America' post voices AI concerns","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-28T03:31:28.046414+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:51.371966+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","ai-image","social-media","job-loss","backlash","death-threats","michigan","canada","own-use","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"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-rajasthan-influencer-ganga-dip-ai-deepfake-reel","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim had visited Haridwar with her family in June to take a dip in the Ganga. On June 6, she also uploaded a video on social media showing herself taking a dip in the river while wearing a salwar suit. The video was edited to create a fake version, which went viral last week'; 'Around two months later, she suddenly discovered that the original video had been manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements. Her face and body were portrayed in a shameful manner in the fake video.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 6 June 2026 the influencer uploaded a video of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar, wearing a salwar suit; about two months later she discovered that it had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable video showing the same movements, which went viral in the week before 20 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"The victim's account as reported; the AI characterisation is the report's."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I am mentally very disturbed. People are commenting... I have reached a point where I cannot even step out of my house.'; 'In a statement, the victim said the fake video had caused her severe mental distress. People were posting objectionable comments under the video, while several others were also sharing it.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She said the fake video caused her severe mental distress, that people were posting objectionable comments and sharing it, and that she had reached a point where she could not step out of her house; she appealed for its removal as a matter of her dignity.","causal_attribution":"The victim's statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The victim then filed a complaint with the cyber crime police on September 16.'; 'RPS officer Pallavi Gupta, who is investigating the case, said they are trying to establish who created and circulated the video. Efforts are also being made to remove it from social media. She said it would take time to complete the investigation and identify the accused.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating RPS officer said police were trying to establish who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as quoted by the report."}],"effects":[{"label":"an AI-manipulated objectionable reel of the influencer went viral with abusive comments; she reports severe mental distress and being unable to leave her house","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (HTTP 200; published 2026-09-20 06:00 IST; Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan local news, 'Sunday Big Story'). Based on the victim's public statement and the investigating officer; the victim is not named.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar-2026-09-20"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The tool used, the platform on which the fake circulated and who made it are not established.","The exact date the manipulated reel began circulating is given only as 'last week' relative to 20 September; the record uses the complaint date.","The victim's town and the police unit handling the complaint are not stated.","No arrest, takedown outcome or later coverage was found by 21 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The original video was recorded at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar (Uttarakhand); the victim is a Rajasthan influencer and the complaint is with the cyber-crime police and is investigated by a Rajasthan Police Service officer (Dainik Bhaskar English, Rajasthan edition). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI image-based abuse case with a reported harm (severe distress, withdrawal from public life) stated publicly by the victim and a registered cyber-crime complaint confirmed by the investigating officer. One source read in full; claims recorded as reported. The victim is anonymous in the source and here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The report states that the original video 'was manipulated using AI to create and circulate an objectionable video showing the same movements' and describes the case as a deepfake; the investigating officer is quoted on the investigation, not on the tool. No forensic finding is reported and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Rajasthan: a social-media influencer's video of a Ganga dip at Haridwar was manipulated with AI into an objectionable reel that went viral; she says she is mentally disturbed and cannot leave her house, and filed a cyber-crime complaint on 16 September 2026","summary":"A Rajasthan social-media influencer visited Haridwar with her family in June 2026 and on 6 June uploaded to Instagram a short video, recorded by relatives, of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri wearing a salwar suit. About two months later she found that the video had been manipulated with AI into an objectionable version showing the same movements with her face and body portrayed 'in a shameful manner'; the fake reel went viral in the week before 20 September and drew objectionable comments and re-sharing. In a public appeal she asked whoever uploaded it to remove it, saying it was a matter of her dignity, that she was mentally very disturbed and had reached a point where she could not step out of her house. She filed a complaint with the cyber-crime police on 16 September 2026; the investigating Rajasthan Police Service officer said they were trying to identify who created and circulated the video and to have it removed, and that identifying the accused would take time. Dainik Bhaskar's English edition reported the case on 20 September in a 'Sunday Big Story' that does not name her.","incidentDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-20","aiSystem":"AI video manipulation (deepfake) tool, not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The influencer says the AI-manipulated reel, its viral spread and the comments left her mentally very disturbed and unable to leave her house, and that it damaged her dignity (her statement as reported by Dainik Bhaskar English); the objectionable depiction itself is the abuse.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, the influencer who filed the complaint (Dainik Bhaskar English). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-influencer-ai-deepfake-video-controversy-cyber-safety-139083898.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar English (Rajasthan), 20 September 2026, Sunday Big Story: Truth behind Rajasthan influencer's viral objectionable reel: AI-generated deepfake video","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-21T04:11:24.565395+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:50.363597+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","harassment","influencer","india","rajasthan","haridwar","depicted","cyber-crime-complaint"]},{"id":"2026-picos-piaui-ai-voice-clone-uncle-car-purchase-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Os golpistas utilizaram foto e áudios com voz clonada por inteligência artificial para se passar pelo tio'; 'iniciou negociação na segunda-feira (10), após encontrar um anúncio na internet com venda em Fortaleza (CE)'; 'Eles usaram a foto do familiar do influenciador e enviaram áudios que imitavam a voz dele'; 'usando algum tipo de inteligência artificial e a voz idêntica'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 10-11 August 2026 fraudsters contacted the influencer from a different number using his uncle's photo and sent audios imitating the uncle's voice, generated with AI, to pose as the uncle who was supposed to inspect a car advertised for sale in Fortaleza.","causal_attribution":"Victim's account as reported by G1."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'perdeu mais de R$ 56 mil ao cair em um golpe durante a compra de um carro'; 'o golpista afirmou que o carro estava em boas condições e o orientou a realizar a transferência bancária'; 'entrou em contato com o número verdadeiro do tio descobriu que havia sido vítima de um golpe. O prejuízo ultrapassou R$ 56 mil'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Believing the audios came from his uncle, he made the bank transfer; the loss exceeded R$56,000, and he discovered the fraud when he called the uncle's real number.","causal_attribution":"Victim's account; the loss is attributed to the fraudsters."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Um boletim de ocorrência foi registrado na terça-feira (11) e o caso é investigado pela Delegacia Especializada em Crimes contra o Patrimônio (Depatri)'; 'também tenta, junto aos bancos, o reembolso do valor pago'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A police report was registered on Tuesday 11 August 2026; the case is under investigation by Depatri; the victim is seeking reimbursement from the banks.","causal_attribution":"G1 report; the police unit had not responded to G1."}],"effects":[{"label":"a bank transfer of more than R$56,000 lost after audios in a relative's AI-cloned voice 'confirmed' the purchase","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/pi/piaui/noticia/2026/08/13/influenciador-golpe-com-voz-clonada.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Based on the victim's social-media account and an interview with G1; quotations translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"g1-piaui-2026-08-13"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The voice-cloning tool is not identified and no police or technical confirmation of the AI element is reported.","The exact amount beyond 'more than R$56,000' and whether any money was recovered are not stated.","Whether the uncle's number or accounts were compromised, or how the fraudsters obtained his photo and voice, is not reported.","No later coverage of the investigation was found.","An embedded video title on the G1 page gives the loss as R$ 50 mil; the article text says more than R$ 56 mil, which this record follows."],"geography":{"basis":"Victim in Picos, Piauí; the car was advertised in Fortaleza, Ceará, where the impersonated uncle lives; police report with the Piauí Depatri (G1 Piauí). No court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a concrete financial loss reported by the victim in a public account and a registered police report. One source (G1 Piauí) read in full; claims recorded as reported and attributed. The victim is a public influencer who reported the case under his own name; he is not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The victim states that the fraudsters sent audios imitating his uncle's voice 'usando algum tipo de inteligência artificial e a voz idêntica' together with the uncle's photo; G1 reports this as his account. No police or technical confirmation of the AI element is reported and the tool is unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Picos, Piauí, Brazil: a digital influencer lost more than R$56,000 when fraudsters sent him audio messages in his uncle's AI-cloned voice 'confirming' a car he was buying in Fortaleza","summary":"On Monday 10 August 2026 a digital influencer from Picos, in the centre-south of Piauí, began negotiating a car advertised online for sale in Fortaleza (Ceará), where an uncle of his lives, and asked the sellers to take the car to the uncle so he could inspect it. On Tuesday 11 August a contact using a different number but the uncle's photo sent him audio messages in a voice identical to his uncle's, generated with artificial intelligence, saying the car was in good condition and telling him to make the bank transfer. Believing he was speaking to his uncle, he transferred the money; when he then called the uncle's real number he learned he had been defrauded. The loss exceeded R$56,000, money he says he had saved for years. He registered a police report on 11 August; the Piauí property-crimes unit (Depatri) is investigating and he is seeking a refund from the banks. The account is the victim's own, reported by G1 Piauí on 13 August 2026 from his social-media posts and an interview; the police unit did not respond to G1 before publication.","incidentDate":"2026-08-11","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-13","aiSystem":"AI voice cloning (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"One person lost more than R$56,000 in a bank transfer made after receiving audios in his uncle's cloned voice; the victim attributes the persuasion to AI voice cloning and the loss to the fraudsters.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One victim who made the transfer (G1 Piauí). No loss is reported for the uncle whose photo and voice were imitated, so he is not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/pi/piaui/noticia/2026/08/13/influenciador-golpe-com-voz-clonada.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"G1 Piauí, 13 August 2026: Influenciador do PI perde R$ 56 mil em golpe com voz clonada por IA durante compra de carro","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:28:14.49159+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:48.925543+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation","car-purchase-fraud","brazil","piaui","financial-loss","first-person-account"]},{"id":"2026-hudsonville-michigan-ai-voice-clone-closing-wire-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"the four-bedroom, $460,000 condo in the nearby suburb of Hudsonville checked every box\"; \"But on May 19 this year, days before closing, they got a startling email. To keep the closing on schedule, it said, the couple needed to wire $66,026.92 to a specified bank account within 24 hours to cover a down payment and closing costs\"; \"received a call to confirm the instructions, and the voice on the phone sounded just like their loan officer\"; \"The couple wired the money.\"; \"The closing was canceled hours before the couple was scheduled to sign the final paperwork\"; \"the couple instead rushed to borrow money from family and other sources\"; \"had two extra letters: UnitedsMortgages, instead of UnitedMortgage\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"必須在24小時內把頭期款與交屋費用共計6萬6026.92元匯到指定銀行帳戶\"; \"收到一封緊急電郵，結果因此損失6萬多元\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 19 May 2026, days before closing on a US$460,000 condo in Hudsonville, Michigan, the couple received an email demanding a US$66,026.92 wire within 24 hours from an address with two extra letters and listing a phone number two digits off their loan officer's; the husband then received a call confirming the instructions in a voice that sounded just like the loan officer; the couple borrowed from family and wired the money, which was gone by the time the real loan officer's statement arrived the day before closing, and the closing was cancelled.","causal_attribution":"The couple's account to CNN; the World Journal item relays CNN."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"ensnared in a sophisticated real estate scam that uses suspected AI voice cloning and fake emails to target homebuyers in the frantic days before closing\"; \"The 64-year-old said he now believes the phone call that followed the emails was from a spoofed number and used AI-assisted voice cloning\"; \"home-buying process was compromised\"; \"likely took snippets of the loan officer\"; \"Neither the company nor the loan officer have been accused of any complicity in the scam\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"詐騙份子利用AI語音複製與偽造電郵\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The husband believes the call came from a spoofed number using AI-assisted voice cloning; CertifID's co-founder, working with the couple and federal officials, said someone's email in the transaction was likely compromised and that the scammers likely cloned the loan officer's voice from his social-media posts; CNN describes the fraud as using 'suspected AI voice cloning'.","causal_attribution":"Attribution by the victim and a fraud-prevention firm involved in the case; no forensic confirmation is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"They eventually got money from their mutual fund and completed the home purchase in early June\"; \"Internet Crime Complaint Center, the agency\"; \"wired the money to has since closed, the couple said\"; \"We are just very apprehensive\"; \"Do we need to work a little bit longer?\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"終於在6月初完成購屋手續。他們已向FBI「網際網路犯罪申訴中心」(Internet Crime Complaint Center)報案\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The couple later completed the purchase in early June 2026 from their mutual fund, filed a report with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, and say the receiving account has closed; they describe apprehension and discussions about delaying retirement.","causal_attribution":"The couple's account to CNN."}],"effects":[{"label":"a couple wired US$66,026.92 to scammers after a spoofed email and a call in a voice resembling their loan officer; closing cancelled, money not recovered","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/us/homebuyers-voice-cloning-scam","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (CNN, Faith Karimi, published 15 Sep 2026, updated the same day). Interviews with the couple, CertifID's Tyler Adams and the National Association of Realtors; FBI figures; lender's counsel comment.","independence_group":"cnn"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121469/9231485","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Traditional Chinese on 2026-09-16 and re-read on 2026-09-19 (World Journal, 15 Sep 2026): a relay of CNN's report, so it does not corroborate it; translation by the reviewer. Cited for the exact amount and the June completion of the purchase as reported in Chinese.","independence_group":"cnn"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the call in fact used AI voice cloning; no forensic finding is reported.","Whose email account was compromised and how the scammers obtained the transaction details.","Whether any funds have been recovered or suspects identified.","The exact loss after any recovery; CNN reports the wired amount and that the money was gone."],"geography":{"basis":"Hudsonville, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan, per CNN's report and photographs; the couple live there. No court proceeding; an FBI IC3 report was filed.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a concrete, quantified consequence: a couple lost US$66,026.92 after a call in a voice resembling their loan officer that they and a fraud-prevention firm attribute to AI voice cloning. One original report (CNN) and one relay read; AI involvement recorded as suspected; the couple are not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"CNN describes 'suspected AI voice cloning'; the husband believes the confirming call used AI-assisted voice cloning from a spoofed number, and CertifID's co-founder, who is working on the case, says the scammers likely cloned the loan officer's voice from social-media clips. No technical confirmation is published. If the attribution is right, the AI impersonated a third party (the loan officer) in a live call with the victim; the email side of the fraud is ordinary spoofing.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated","communicated_with"]},"name":"Hudsonville (Grand Rapids area), Michigan: a couple wired US$66,026.92 to scammers after a spoofed email and a phone call in what sounded like their loan officer's voice, which they and a fraud-prevention firm attribute to AI voice cloning","summary":"A married couple in their sixties buying a US$460,000 condo in Hudsonville, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, received an email on 19 May 2026, days before closing, telling them to wire US$66,026.92 for the down payment and closing costs within 24 hours. The email listed a phone number differing from their loan officer's by two digits, and the husband then received a call confirming the instructions in a voice that sounded just like the loan officer. The couple borrowed from family and other sources and wired the money. The day before closing their real loan officer sent the actual statement; the closing was cancelled hours before signing and the money was gone. The husband now believes the call came from a spoofed number using AI-assisted voice cloning; Tyler Adams of CertifID, which is working with the couple and federal officials, said someone's email in the transaction was probably compromised and that the scammers likely cloned the loan officer's voice from social-media clips. The sender's address had two extra letters ('UnitedsMortgages' instead of 'UnitedMortgage'). Neither the lender nor the loan officer is accused of complicity. The couple later completed the purchase in early June from their mutual fund, reported the loss to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, and describe lasting apprehension and have discussed delaying retirement. CNN reported the case on 15 September 2026; the account the money went to has since closed.","incidentDate":"2026-05-19","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-15","aiSystem":"Suspected AI voice cloning of a mortgage loan officer, combined with a spoofed phone number and a look-alike email domain (tool not identified; attribution by the victims and CertifID)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A couple wired US$66,026.92, partly borrowed from family, to a fraudulent account after a spoofed email and a call in what sounded like their loan officer's voice; the money was not recovered as of CNN's report, their closing was cancelled and later completed from savings, and they describe lasting apprehension and have discussed working longer before retiring.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"CNN describes one married couple who wired the funds and bore the loss. Exact count of two.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/us/homebuyers-voice-cloning-scam","primarySourceLabel":"CNN, 15 Sep 2026: 'We both missed the signs:' How two homebuyers lost $66,000 in a suspected voice-cloning scam","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:50.137088+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:39.755493+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation","wire-fraud","real-estate-scam","mortgage-closing","united-states","michigan","financial-loss","ic3"]},{"id":"2026-chuzhou-anhui-farmer-ai-herbicide-plan-sesame-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"«记者翻看吴大伯和AI软件的对话记录，7月10号» (the reporter looked through the chat log: 10 July); «AI最终生成了“百亩芝麻飞防除草+除虫全套方案”：推荐除草剂“高效氟吡甲禾灵”和“氟磺胺草醚”» (the AI finally generated a 'full plan', recommending the herbicides haloxyfop-P-methyl and fomesafen); «喷下去第二天苗就不行了，草和苗一起死了，苗死得更快» (the day after spraying the seedlings failed; weeds and seedlings died together, the seedlings faster); «150亩芝麻苗一夜之间全部枯萎» (150 mu of sesame seedlings all withered overnight).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"«2026 年 7 月 10 日，他向 AI 询问芝麻田除草除虫方案» (on 10 July 2026 he asked the AI for a sesame weeding and pest-control plan).; '吴大伯按方案用无人机全田喷洒' (he sprayed the whole field by drone per the plan)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 10 July 2026 the farmer asked the AI app for a sesame weeding and pest-control plan and then a drone-spraying version; the app produced a 'full plan' naming haloxyfop-P-methyl and fomesafen as herbicides plus two insecticides; he sprayed the whole 150-mu field and the seedlings died the next day.","causal_attribution":"Farmer's account and the chat log viewed by the Lizhi News reporter; single chain."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"«除草剂“氟磺胺草醚”，是一种专用于大豆田的阔叶除草剂，不能喷洒在芝麻田中» (fomesafen is a broadleaf herbicide for soybean fields and cannot be sprayed on sesame); «全田打的话肯定会打死作物» (whole-field spraying will certainly kill the crop); «AI告诉他，配方里的“氟磺胺草醚”是致死芝麻的元凶» (the AI told him the fomesafen in the mix was the culprit that killed the sesame).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A nearby pesticide dealer and an agronomist said fomesafen is a broadleaf herbicide for soybean fields that cannot be sprayed on sesame and that whole-field application kills the crop; when the farmer questioned the app afterwards, it said fomesafen was the cause.","causal_attribution":"Pesticide dealer and agronomist consulted by the reporter; no formal assessment of the cause is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"«AI对话记录的最上方，注明一行小字：AI生成可能有误，注意核实» (at the top of the chat log a line of small print: AI output may be wrong, verify); «AI软件没有自己的知识库，它是根据网络公开信息进行整合的» (the AI software has no knowledge base of its own; it integrates public web information); «针对吴大伯的损失，工作人员表示将登记反馈。截至发稿前，记者暂未获得回复» (on the loss, staff said they would log it for feedback; no reply by press time).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The chat window carried a small header line that AI output may be wrong and should be verified, which the farmer had never noticed; the app's customer service said the software has no knowledge base of its own and assembles answers from public web content, and logged the loss for follow-up; no reply had been received at publication.","causal_attribution":"Support-line reply recorded by the reporter; single chain."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'吴大伯按方案用无人机全田喷洒，次日 150 亩芝麻苗全部枯萎，草和苗一同死亡，预计损失约 15 万元' (he sprayed the whole field by drone per the plan; the next day 150 mu of seedlings withered; estimated loss about 150,000 yuan)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"«导致150亩芝麻一夜枯萎受损» (leading to 150 mu of sesame withering overnight); the post names the app as «豆包» (Doubao), a detail absent from s1. (150 mu withered; no monetary figure) and the post names the app as '豆包'","relation":"context","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"«面对损失，AI 平台主动承认方案出错» (facing the loss, the AI platform admitted on its own that the plan was wrong), unsourced commentary.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Relays and a trade commentary put the loss at about 150,000 yuan, and the trade commentary says the platform admitted the plan was wrong; neither statement appears in the text of the originating report.","causal_attribution":"Unsourced relay and commentary statements; recorded as reported and not adopted as fact."}],"effects":[{"label":"150 mu of sesame seedlings destroyed after spraying an AI-generated herbicide mix","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"no reply from the app operator by publication; the support line logged the loss","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260801A09OZB00","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-09-19: the Lizhi News (荔枝新闻, Jiangsu Broadcasting) report of 1 August 2026 republished on the outlet's official Tencent News account; body recovered from the page's script payload. Model-read original; English glosses are unreviewed by a bilingual human. The outlet's own site copy was not located.","independence_group":"lizhi-news-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ithome.com/0/987/474.htm","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-09-19 (ITHome, 9 August 2026). A condensed retelling attributed to Lizhi News; adds an estimated loss of about 150,000 yuan and states the spraying was whole-field by drone; these details are the relay's, not in s1. Same chain as s1.","independence_group":"lizhi-news-report"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.enongzi.com/news/details?id=137f6db5-95d9-452d-82fe-a0a4c1d028f0","kind":"trade_commentary","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-09-19 (enongzi.com, dated 5 August 2026, byline 一条农资 agricultural-inputs trade commentary). Restates the case and asserts the platform admitted the plan was wrong; no sourcing given.","independence_group":"enongzi-trade-commentary"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.sina.cn/news/detail/5327877962993336.html","kind":"broadcaster_social_post","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-09-19: a Sina relay of a 3 August 2026 Weibo post by 群众新闻 (Shaanxi Daily) carrying an Anhui Shixun (安徽视讯) item that names the app as Doubao and reports the broadcaster's call to the 12316 farm hotline. Case facts restate the Lizhi report; the app name is not in s1.","independence_group":"anhui-shixun-weibo-relay"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","agriculture"],"unknowns":["The AI app is not named in the originating report; a broadcaster's Weibo relay names Doubao without sourcing.","The loss estimate of about 150,000 yuan appears in relays and the observations lead but not in the text of the Lizhi report as republished; its origin was not confirmed.","No formal agronomic assessment of the cause is reported; the quoted lawyer said one would be needed to assign liability.","Whether the pesticide seller warned about fomesafen's registered crops, and whether any compensation or complaint followed, is not reported.","The Lizhi News site's own copy of the report was not located; the outlet's Tencent News account copy was read.","The spraying date is not stated separately; the 10 July date is the date of the chat, and the report says the seedlings failed the day after spraying."],"geography":{"basis":"The report locates the farmer and the field in Chuzhou, Anhui (安徽滁州的农户); no court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an ordinary-assistance case with a concrete property loss to one identified person after acting on an AI assistant's advice; the reporter inspected the chat log. Single reporting chain, so claims are recorded as reported. The farmer is identified only by surname and age; the app is unnamed.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Lizhi News reporter examined the farmer's chat log showing the app-generated plan with fomesafen; the app's support line acknowledged that its answers are assembled from public web content and logged the loss; the app's own follow-up reply attributed the crop deaths to fomesafen. Single reporting chain; no formal agronomic assessment is reported.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Chuzhou, Anhui: a 67-year-old farmer sprayed 150 mu of sesame by drone with an AI assistant's 'weeding and pest-control plan' that named a soybean-field herbicide; the seedlings died overnight","summary":"On 10 July 2026 a 67-year-old farmer in Chuzhou, Anhui, who said he had relied on an AI assistant app for more than a year for questions such as when to spray and fertilise, asked it for a weeding and pest-control plan for his sesame field and then for a drone-spraying version. The app produced a 'full plan for 100-mu sesame aerial weeding and pest control' recommending the herbicides haloxyfop-P-methyl (高效氟吡甲禾灵) and fomesafen (氟磺胺草醚) and two insecticides. He sprayed the whole 150-mu field; the next day grass and seedlings had died together. A nearby pesticide dealer and an agronomist told Lizhi News (Jiangsu Broadcasting) that fomesafen is a broadleaf herbicide for soybean fields that must not be sprayed on sesame, and that spraying it across a whole field kills the crop; asked afterwards, the app itself said fomesafen was the cause. The chat window carried a small header line saying AI output may be wrong and should be verified, which he said he had never noticed. The app's customer service said the software has no knowledge base of its own and assembles answers from public web content, and logged the loss for follow-up; no reply or compensation was reported by publication on 1 August 2026. Relays put the loss at about 150,000 yuan; that figure is not in the text of the originating report.","incidentDate":"2026-07-10","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-08-01","aiSystem":"Unnamed general-purpose AI assistant app used by the farmer for about a year for farm advice; the originating report does not identify it (one broadcaster's social-media relay names Doubao, unconfirmed)","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["property_loss","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"150 mu of sesame seedlings died the day after the farmer sprayed a herbicide mix generated by an AI assistant app; relays estimate the loss at about 150,000 yuan; no compensation is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One farmer whose field was sprayed; exact count of one.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260801A09OZB00","primarySourceLabel":"Lizhi News (荔枝新闻, Jiangsu Broadcasting), 1 August 2026, republished on Tencent News: 67岁农民大伯误信AI喷错除草剂，150亩芝麻苗一夜枯萎，谁之过？","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:12:44.572222+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:32.242839+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-assistant","agriculture","herbicide","crop-loss","china","anhui","wrong-advice","elderly-user","property-loss"]},{"id":"2026-manhattan-da-deepfake-ncii-site-seizure","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'seizure of 12 domain names of illegal websites'; 'turn pre-existing photos and videos of approximately 1,200 real people into what appear to be hyper-realistic images and videos of those individuals engaging in sexual conduct'; 'overwhelmingly women and primarily public-facing individuals'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the seizure of 12 domains'; 'Around 1,200 people—overwhelmingly women—were depicted in nonconsensual sexual images and videos on the websites'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Manhattan DA seized 12 domains used to disseminate, publish and sell non-consensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes of approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, including actors, politicians, athletes, musicians, activists and influencers.","causal_attribution":"Directly established by the DA's press release; corroborated by WIRED's independent reporting."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'many videos appeared to be reposts of content that had originally be[en] shared on the MrDeepFakes website'; 'On at least two of the seized websites, elected officials were given profiles'; '56 European politicians... 16 US politicians and two based in the UK'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Many videos reposted content from the defunct MrDeepFakes platform, and dozens of politicians appeared on the sites (56 European, 16 US and two UK-based figures per the American Sunlight Project), some with profiles containing their names and positions.","causal_attribution":"Reported by WIRED, citing researchers Benjamin Shultz (American Sunlight Project) and Leonie Oehmig (Institute for Strategic Dialogue); not part of the DA's release."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'seized these websites pursuant to a court order'; 'Our investigations into these websites and similar operations are ongoing'; sites not named.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'a seizure warrant issued by a New York State Supreme Court'; 'has not publicly named the websites'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The seizure was carried out under a New York State Supreme Court warrant; the DA did not name the sites and said investigations into who ran them and uploaded content are ongoing.","causal_attribution":"DA release and WIRED."}],"effects":[{"label":"about 1,200 real people depicted in non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery published and sold on 12 seized websites","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-17 (DA press release, 14 Sep 2026). ~1,200 real people, 12 domains, overwhelmingly women, court-ordered seizure, ongoing investigation, victim hotline.","independence_group":"manhattanda"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-17 (datePublished 2026-09-14). Independent reporting: observed takedown notices pre-announcement, New York State Supreme Court warrant, MrDeepFakes reposts, ISD and American Sunlight Project researchers, 56 EU / 16 US / 2 UK politicians.","independence_group":"wired"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["No individual victim is named and the ~1,200 figure is the DA's approximation; how it counts depicted people versus content creators is not fully specified.","The site operators and uploaders are not identified and no arrests are reported.","How long the sites operated is unclear (WIRED cites one claiming to have been online since 2018); the anchoring event date is the 14 September 2026 seizure."],"geography":{"basis":"Event and court: the seizure was executed by the Manhattan DA under a New York State Supreme Court warrant (DA release, WIRED). Affected people span many countries (US, UK and dozens of European figures per the American Sunlight Project) and are not enumerated, so affected-person countries are left empty.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a bounded series of non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery affecting about 1,200 real, identifiable-category people, anchored to the Manhattan DA's 14 September 2026 seizure. The DA's release and WIRED's independent reporting (with named researchers) are read; the count is the DA's approximate figure and the counting method for anonymous-actor artifact waves is flagged for the operator.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Manhattan DA's office states AI image- and video-creation tools were used to turn real people's photos into sexual deepfakes; WIRED and cited researchers describe the AI-generated non-consensual imagery on the seized sites. The specific tools are not identified.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New York: the Manhattan District Attorney seized 12 websites selling AI-generated sexual deepfakes of about 1,200 real people","summary":"On 14 September 2026 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the seizure of 12 domain names used to disseminate, publish and sell non-consensual AI-generated sexual 'deepfake' videos. His office said individuals under investigation had used AI image- and video-creation tools to turn photos and videos of approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, into hyper-realistic sexual imagery without consent. The victims included actors, politicians, athletes, musicians, activists and social-media influencers. WIRED and outside researchers reported that many videos reposted content from the defunct MrDeepFakes platform and that dozens of politicians appeared on the sites; investigations into who ran them are ongoing.","incidentDate":"2026-09-14","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"AI image- and video-generation tools (not identified), used to create non-consensual sexual deepfakes","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, had their faces and bodies turned into non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery published and sold on 12 websites; the Manhattan DA described an immense toll on victims' emotional and mental wellbeing and careers, and seized the domains.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1200,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Manhattan DA's office states approximately 1,200 real people were depicted in non-consensual sexual imagery on the 12 seized sites; WIRED independently reports the same approximate figure, and the American Sunlight Project counted dozens of politicians among them (56 European, 16 US, 2 UK). The 1,200 figure is the prosecuting authority's approximate count of depicted real people; recorded as a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/","primarySourceLabel":"Manhattan District Attorney's Office press release, 14 September 2026: D.A. seizes domains of 12 illegal websites selling AI-generated deepfakes (~1,200 real people)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-17T03:27:44.31761+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:45.263793+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ncii","non-consensual-imagery","manhattan-da","new-york","celebrities","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-chennai-ai-morphed-ex-colleague","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu police have arrested a woman who posted morphed photographs of her former colleague on social media platforms with an intention to cause mental trauma and tarnish her reputation.'; 'in the first week of January, several employees of the victim'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'received a follow request on January 4 from an unknown ID, which then went on to circulate defamatory content, including morphed images of the woman.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The case was registered following a complaint from a Chennai-based employee of a private company, who alleged that objectionable and morphed images were circulated using fake Instagram accounts to damage her reputation and cause mental distress.'; 'On January 4, several employees of the firm received follow requests from unknown Instagram IDs, which were later used to share defamatory content of the victim.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"From 4 January 2026 several employees of the victim's company received follow requests from unknown Instagram accounts, which were then used to circulate objectionable and defamatory content including obscene morphed images of a senior woman employee; she complained that the images were circulated to damage her reputation and cause mental distress.","causal_attribution":"Police release and the victim's complaint as reported by three outlets (one chain)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It was found that the accused was a former employee of the same organisation where the victim holds a senior position. She had resigned from her position in October 2025.'; 'She downloaded the photos of the victim from the official website of the company and morphed them using various Artificial Intelligence applications.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The accused had resigned from her job in October 2025 and fell into depression.'; 'morphed the photos using various Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications and had circulated through fake IDs, police said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The accused had resigned in October 2025 and had previous enmity with the victim, police said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police traced the accounts to a former employee of the same company who had resigned in October 2025 and, according to police, acted out of resentment and previous enmity to threaten, harass and publicly humiliate the victim; she downloaded the victim's photographs from the company's official website and morphed them using various artificial-intelligence applications.","causal_attribution":"Police account; motive is the police characterisation."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The accused was produced in a city court and remanded in judicial custody, the release said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The accused was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.'; 'cautioned citizens to use social media platforms responsibly and warned that cyber harassment through social media is punishable.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The accused was arrested, produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody, and the Cyber Crime Wing DGP issued a public warning that cyber harassment through social media is punishable.","causal_attribution":"Police release."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene AI-morphed images of a senior employee circulated to her colleagues through fake Instagram accounts; she alleged they were circulated to damage her reputation and cause her mental distress","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/woman-held-for-posting-morphed-photos-of-former-colleague-on-social-media/article70591659.ece","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-23 from an Internet Archive capture (live page 403); The Hindu, Chennai, published 4 February 2026 19:45 IST. Carries the police press release.","independence_group":"tn-cyber-crime-wing-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/chennai-woman-arrested-for-using-ai-to-create-obscene-photos-of-senior-at-former-workplace","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (DT Next, 4 February 2026): the same police release with the 4 January date and the DGP's warning.","independence_group":"tn-cyber-crime-wing-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2026/Feb/05/chennai-woman-held-for-circulating-morphed-pictures-of-ex-colleague","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-23 (The New Indian Express, 5 February 2026): the complaint and the police account; same chain.","independence_group":"tn-cyber-crime-wing-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://theprint.in/india/woman-held-for-using-ai-to-morph-photos-of-ex-colleague-to-settle-personal-grudge/2845802/","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"Original primary source of the June 2026 row (ThePrint, 4 February 2026); on 2026-09-23 the live page returned 403, no Internet Archive capture was found and the reader proxy was redirected to an unrelated blocked page (loadway.best). Not relied on.","independence_group":"tn-cyber-crime-wing-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["The date of the arrest (reported on 4 February 2026; not stated).","The charge sections and the outcome of the prosecution.","The AI applications used.","Whether the images were removed from the platforms."],"geography":{"basis":"The victim is a Chennai-based employee of a private company (The New Indian Express) and the case was handled by the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime Wing with a Chennai dateline (The Hindu: city-based company); the accused was produced in a city court and remanded (The Hindu, DT Next).","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case in a workplace: obscene AI-morphed images of a senior employee sent to her colleagues, documented by a Tamil Nadu police press release carried by three outlets (one chain, all claims reported). The original ID and first-publication timestamp are preserved; the incident date and unsupported details of the historical row are corrected. Neither woman is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The police release states that the accused morphed the victim's photographs using various artificial-intelligence applications (The Hindu, DT Next, NIE); the applications are not named and no independent account was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Chennai: a former employee downloaded a senior woman colleague's photographs from their company's website, morphed them into obscene images with AI applications and circulated them to the company's staff through fake Instagram accounts from 4 January 2026; Tamil Nadu's cyber-crime wing traced and arrested her (reported 4 February 2026) and she was remanded in judicial custody","summary":"From 4 January 2026 several employees of a Chennai company received follow requests from unknown Instagram accounts that then circulated defamatory content, including obscene AI-morphed images of a senior woman employee. On her complaint the State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre of the Tamil Nadu police traced the digital footprints, social-media activity and IP logs to a former employee of the same company who had resigned in October 2025 and, according to police, acted out of resentment and previous enmity to threaten, harass and publicly humiliate the victim; she had taken the photographs from the company's official website and morphed them using various artificial-intelligence applications. She was arrested, produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody; the police press release was reported on 4 and 5 February 2026 and the cyber-crime DGP issued a public warning about social-media misuse. The victim alleged the images were circulated to damage her reputation and cause mental distress.","incidentDate":"2026-01-04","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-02-04","aiSystem":"AI image-morphing applications (unspecified; police say various artificial-intelligence applications were used)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A senior woman employee had obscene AI-morphed images of herself sent to her colleagues through fake Instagram accounts from 4 January 2026; she alleged the images were circulated to damage her reputation and cause her mental distress, and police describe the aim as threatening, harassing and publicly humiliating her. The account rests on the police release and the complaint as reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One victim, the senior employee whose images were morphed and circulated (The Hindu, DT Next, NIE). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/woman-held-for-posting-morphed-photos-of-former-colleague-on-social-media/article70591659.ece","primarySourceLabel":"The Hindu, 4 February 2026: Woman held for posting morphed photos of former colleague on social media","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-15T09:09:11.276087+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:31.041777+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","morphing","harassment","india","tamil-nadu","chennai","workplace","instagram","non-consensual-images","arrest","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"]}]}