Incident #1592
Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager
Description
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.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- elha-mai-weston
- deepfake-creators
- catfishers
- online-impersonators
- synthetic-media-creators
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- sasha-davies
- victims-of-catfishing
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- targets-of-online-impersonation
- minors
- epistemic-integrity
- adolescents