Description: New South Wales police in Australia launched an investigation after parents reported that purported AI-generated sexually explicit images of female students from a Sydney high school had been created and circulated online. The reported manipulated images, produced without consent using deepfake tools, prompted school involvement and a criminal probe under new state laws banning such content.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown actor(s) creating deepfake nudes of Sydney high school students, which harmed Unnamed Sydney high school students and Families of unnamed Sydney high school students.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Nudify apps
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1234
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-10-15
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Police are investigating reports that digitally altered explicit images using the faces of female students from a Sydney high school have been circulated online.
The ABC understands a number of families attended Eastwood Police Station on W…
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Reports of deepfake image-based abuse have doubled in the country over the past 18 months, with at least one incident emerging out of Australian schools each week.
The figures were revealed on Friday by Australia's eSafety Commissioner and …
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