DeepfakeHigh
Purported AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes Allegedly Deployed in Transnational Harassment Campaign Targeting Hong Kong Exiles
- Occurred
- Nov 11, 2025
- Published
- Dec 11, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Purported deepfake images of exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were reportedly mailed to neighbors and others in the UK and Australia in late 2025. The letters allegedly depicted altered sexual images and false advertisements portraying activists, including Carmen Lau, as sex workers. Police described the materials as malicious communications. The incidents were described by victims and officials as an escalation of transnational harassment and intimidation.
Developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown actors
- Malicious actors
- Unidentified harassment campaign
- Suspected transnational repression actors
Harmed parties
- Carmen Lau
- Ted Hui
- Ted Hui's wife
- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
- Family members of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
- Associates of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
- Neighbors of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
- Epistemic integrity
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated sexual deepfakes used for harassment and intimidation across multiple countries.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8