Description: Queensland police in Australia allege that a man used AI to place at least eight women's faces onto explicit images and displayed posters containing their names, social media accounts, employment details, and false claims that they offered sexual services. The alleged campaign ran from February 2021 through May 2026.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The incident ID date is 02/01/2021, used as a month-level encoding because Queensland Police said the alleged poster campaign began in February 2021 but did not identify the date of the first poster. Police said a later poster was discovered in Gatton on 05/26/2026 and publicly announced the charges on 07/24/2026. The incident ID was created 07/30/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic media generation technology developers , Synthetic image generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unnamed Queensland man charged in alleged deepfake sexual-image campaign , Synthetic media creators and Deepfake creators, which harmed Women , Victims of non-consensual deepfakes , Victims of deepfake abuse , Stalking victims , Privacy , Epistemic integrity and Eight women targeted by alleged Queensland deepfake poster campaign.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic image generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1610
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2021-02-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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Women's faces have been stolen and pasted onto pornographic images then advertised for sex in a "callous and sickening" deepfake campaign spanning years, police say.
A man has been accused of using artificial intelligence to turn women into…
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A man has been charged following an extensive investigation into the creation and distribution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated posters targeting multiple women across South East Queensland since February 2021.
Investigations comme…
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