AI sexual images without consent in Brazil ^{CEFR B2}

Several recent incidents in Brazil illustrate how AI tools can be used to produce sexual images without consent. In November 2023 parents in Rio de Janeiro reported teenagers making and sharing AI-generated nudes of classmates. In September 2024 a group of teens in Bahia were suspected of using AI to create pornographic images of classmates, and in Mato Grosso students were expelled after sharing AI images of a teacher and students in online pornography communities.

The independent research centre Internetlab published a technical note in early April, 2026 examining online violence against women and girls. Internetlab warns that training databases can be biased and that AI may reproduce or amplify gender violence. It cites a Security Hero study that found sexually explicit deepfakes make up 98 percent of deepfake videos online, that 99 percent of targets are women, and that sexual deepfakes rose by 464 percent between 2022 and 2023.

Internetlab recommends several measures to reduce harm:

• apply safety-by-design rules so platforms build protections from the start;
• classify non-consensual sexual deepfakes as an "excessive risk" and prohibit their use;
• develop curriculum guidelines for digital literacy; and
• clarify platform accountability and legal obligations.

Public debate is already active: the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in 2025 partly struck down an article of the Marco Civil da Internet about platform responsibility, prompting calls for new regulation. Internetlab also notes a rise in bills to criminalise misogynistic behaviour and movements linked to the so-called manosphere, while warning that criminalisation alone may not be enough. As Brazil approaches an election season, Internetlab and its director Clarice Tavares warn that AI tools and chatbots such as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude could reproduce gender bias and political violence against women, and it is not yet clear how fast new laws or platform rules will stop these harms.