By https://www.abc.net.au/news/alison-costelloe/10295942
Publication Date: 2026-04-29 04:51:00
A Tasmanian school has been criticized by parents over its response to a deepfake incident targeting 21 students.
The parents say Friends School advised them not to tell their daughters that their images were identified in fake pornographic images.
Parents of Friends School students have criticized how the school has responded to the spread of AI-manipulated pornographic depictions of female students. (ABC News: Jake Grant)
They decided to tell them, but said their children felt silenced and unsupported and didn’t know whether their classmates had been told or not.
The school said it had acted on advice from police and experts and that the images were created on personal devices outside of school hours, so it could not address the challenges of deepfakes alone.
So what should parents and schools do if a deepfake incident occurs involving students?
What is a “deepfake”?
The eSafety commissioner says victims often don’t know their image has been used…
