A primary school teacher has revealed she was forced to leave her job after an eight-year-old pupil created a deepfake video depicting her in a sexual act with two colleagues. The incident, which occurred in 2021, involved a Year Four girl who used photographs from the school website to generate the explicit footage.
The teacher, identified only as Megan, described the child as a 'strange character' who 'seemed older than her age'. The girl showed no remorse when confronted, reportedly 'sniggering' during meetings with her parents and school staff. Megan said the most disturbing aspect was the child's age: 'To even know what a threesome is at that age is shocking enough, never mind creating a deepfake.'
The deepfake was shared on a children's WhatsApp group, prompting complaints from parents. While the child who shared the video was 'mortified' and apologised, the creator faced no consequences. Megan felt unsupported by the school, which declined to involve the union or exclude the pupil, citing a desire to avoid 'drama or bad press'.
Megan left the school a year later, her confidence severely shaken. She now fears deepfake abuse will worsen and has called for stricter online safeguards, including a ban on under-16s using social media platforms, following Australia's example. The case comes as Ofcom investigates X (formerly Twitter) over its Grok AI tool, which was used to create sexualised images.
