AI incident #1592 ·
Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager
What happened
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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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Elha Mai Weston, Deepfake Creators, Catfishers, Online Impersonators, Synthetic Media Creators
- Alleged developer
- Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Sasha Davies, Victims Of Catfishing, Victims Of Deepfake Abuse, Targets Of Online Impersonation, Teenagers, Minors, Epistemic Integrity
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