Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
- Occurred
- Oct 20, 2023
- Published
- Mar 3, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In October 2023, alleged deepfake nude images of female students were created and shared at Westfield High School in New Jersey. One alleged implicated system in this incident is the Clothoff deepfake app. A victim, Francesca Mani, and her mother, Dorota, began advocating for stronger laws after the school’s response reportedly left perpetrators unaccountable. Since the incident, their advocacy has drawn national attention, leading to trips to Washington, D.C., and bipartisan backing for legislation targeting AI-generated nonconsensual content while calling attention to deficiencies in existing legal protections.
Developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
- Developers of Clothoff
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Unnamed male students at Westfield High School
- Synthetic media creators
- Men and boys
- Deepfake creators
- Boys
- Adolescent boys
Harmed parties
- Women and girls
- Unnamed female students at Westfield High School
- Privacy
- Girls
- Francesca Mani
- Epistemic integrity
- Educational communities
- Adolescent girls
- Victims of deepfake abuse
Tags
- deepfakes
- deepfake porn
- CSAM
- minors
- response
Classification
Rationale: Deepfake nudes created and shared caused significant harm, leading to advocacy for new laws and national attention.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8