By https://www.abc.net.au/news/alison-costelloe/10295942
Publication Date: 2026-04-28 19:56:00
Tasmania’s education minister has referred a parent’s complaint about how a Hobart school handled an AI pornography deepfake incident to a regulator for consideration.
According to Tasmania Police, the images of several girls at Friends’ School – the world’s largest Quaker school – were used to create deepfake pornography material.
The parents of two of the children said police told them 21 victims had been identified.
A deepfake is an image or video in which a real person’s face or body has been edited using AI software to create a false representation.
Five male students have now left the school, but the victims’ parents say their daughters “didn’t know where to turn” for support.
One parent says her daughter doesn’t know which girls at school were told and so can’t discuss it with anyone. (Reuters: Hollie Adams)
A mother told the ABC she first became aware of the incident in early March through “chatter” from her daughter.
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