DeepfakeHigh
Tasmanian School Students Reportedly Created Purported AI-Generated Pornographic Images of Female Classmates
- Occurred
- Apr 1, 2026
- Published
- Apr 29, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Five boys at The Friends' School in Hobart, Tasmania allegedly created purported AI-generated pornographic images using photos of female classmates, with parents saying 21 girls were identified as victims. The images were reportedly shared in a boys' group chat. Tasmania Police said no charges had been laid and the youths were being dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Students
- Minors
- Men and boys
- Deepfake creators
- Boys
- Adolescent boys
- AI-generated CSAM creators
Harmed parties
- Women and girls
- Victims of non-consensual deepfakes
- Victims of deepfake child abuse
- Victims of deepfake abuse
- The Friends' School community
- The Friends' School
- Students
- Privacy
- Minors
- Girls
- Epistemic integrity
- Educational communities
- Adolescent girls
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated pornographic images of real individuals constitute deepfake abuse with significant harm to victims.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8