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Purported Deepfake Video Circulated Among Students Targets Orrington, Maine Educator
- Occurred
- Apr 22, 2025
- Published
- Apr 22, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An Orrington, Maine public school teacher was the target of a purported AI‑generated deepfake video depicting their likeness, according to the AOS 47 superintendent. The manipulated content was reportedly shared and circulated by some students. The district confirmed the video had no basis in reality, reported the hosting account, and had the post removed, while affirming support for the teacher and warning about the harms of AI‑based impersonation.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown perpetrator(s) of deepfake harassment targeting AOS 47 teacher
Harmed parties
- Unnamed AOS 47 teacher
- General public of Orrington, Maine
- AOS 47 community
- Teachers
- Educational communities
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- public school
- student circulation of harmful content
- reputational harm
- emotional distress
- digital harassment
- Maine
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video targeted a teacher, causing distress but no physical harm or major legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8