Source: WIRED
A joint WIRED and Indicator investigation documented deepfake nude imagery affecting students across roughly 90 schools worldwide. The scale suggests this is not isolated incidents but an emerging abuse vector with institutional reach. Existing deepfake tools require minimal expertise, meaning schools face a harassment problem without established protocols to address it. Victims lack recourse while perpetrators remain largely anonymous. As these tools become more accessible among students, institutions are scrambling to develop policies for a form of abuse that existing child safety frameworks don't account for.