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Police in Almendralejo, Spain, investigate AI-made nude images of schoolgirls
See how this story connectsBy 20 September 2023 police in Almendralejo, Extremadura, had received at least 22 complaints about fake nude images of underage girls made with AI. The suspects were boys aged 12 to 14; those aged 14 can be prosecuted under Spain’s juvenile criminal law. The Almendralejo judicial police brigade is investigating and will report to prosecutors.
Why it matters
Spanish families and schools found that children could make sexual images of classmates with AI tools.
- When
- 20 Sep 2023
- ID
WTA-N-2023-0095- Where
- Spain
- Who
- Policía Nacional; Miriam Al Adib
- Topics
- Deepfakes, Children and teens
- System
- AI image generation
- Operator
- Minors aged 12 to 14
- Type
- non-consensual images of minors
- Status
- under investigation; disclosed by Policía Nacional · Incident ledger
Summary by wheresthe.ai, from elDiario.es and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.
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Cite this story
WTA-N-2023-0095: “Police in Almendralejo, Spain, investigate AI-made nude images of schoolgirls.” wheresthe.ai, 20 Sep 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/es-almendralejo-ai-nude-images-minors-2023-09/ (source: elDiario.es).
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