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Online impersonators

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 15922 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

2026-07-13

A Welsh teenager reportedly endured a nearly four-year online impersonation campaign in which another teenager created fake social media accounts using her photographs and, later, AI-generated images depicting her. The campaign reportedly attracted more than 100,000 followers, led strangers to believe they knew the victim, and resulted in a High Court settlement and damages award.

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Elha-Mai Weston

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Catfishers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Synthetic media creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Synthetic image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Sasha Davies

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Victims of catfishing

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Victims of deepfake abuse

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Targets of online impersonation

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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teenagers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Minors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Synthetic image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Snapchat

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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TikTok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Tinder

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1592
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

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