What it means

The incident demonstrates the ease with which anyone can use deepfake technology to attack others, and the real challenges students face in protecting their privacy.

It is also seen to have underlined the need for strong digital literacy and ethics education in schools, and highlighted gaps in supervision and student culture at boarding schools like SSP.

More broadly, the incident also led to calls for updated policies and laws to address deepfake-related crimes and protect individuals from AI-enabled sexual abuse.